Harmon Killebrew and Danny Thompson provided the big blows for the Twins in an 8-1 victory over the White Sox, who were stopped on their six-game winning streak. Killebrew homered with a man on base in the first inning and Thompson tripled with the bases loaded in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, Chicago White Sox 1

Game Played on Wednesday, May 17, 1972 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 8 8 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar rf 3 3 1 0 2 0 .296 Kelly rf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .352 Thompson ss 5 1 2 4 0 0 .272 Andrews 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Braun 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .353 May lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .244 D. Allen 1b 4 0 2 1 0 2 .313 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Melton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Darwin cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .271 Johnstone cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .184 Nettles lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .250 Egan c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .171 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Morales ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 .278 Roof c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .216 Bradley p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Carew ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .304 Orta ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Dempsey c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .190 Lemonds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Qualls ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 8 8 7 5 9 Totals 37 1 9 1 2 10 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 10,533 Left on Base: Twins 4, White Sox 11 DP: Twins 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Killebrew, Egan Doubles: Thompson (8), Andrews (4) Triples: Thompson (1) Home Runs: Killebrew (4) Stolen Bases: Tovar (6), Soderholm (1) Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (2) GIDP: Soderholm (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(5-2) 6 7 1 1 2 9 0 28 2.63 Granger SV(6) 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.54 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 10 0 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bradley L(4-2) 6 3 3 3 2 7 1 23 3.26 Johnson 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 8 11.42 Lemonds 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3.86 Gossage 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.45 Totals 9 8 8 8 5 9 1 39 Wild Pitches: Bradley (2), Gossage (2) Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to right; Tovar stole second [Tovar to third (error by Egan)]; Bradley threw a wild pitch [Tovar scored]; Thompson made an out to second; Braun walked; Killebrew homered [Braun scored]; Darwin struck out; Nettles struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; Andrews flied out to left; May popped to shortstop in foul territory; D. Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Roof struck out; Blyleven was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton struck out; Johnstone singled to right; Egan flied out to left; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 3RD: Tovar flied out to center; Thompson flied out to center; Braun lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bradley singled to left; Kelly walked [Bradley to second]; Andrews made an out to shortstop; May reached on a fielder's choice [Bradley to third, Kelly to second (error by Killebrew)]; D. Allen struck out; Melton made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 4TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Darwin was called out on strikes; Nettles made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone flied out to right; Egan struck out; Morales singled to left; Bradley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. TWINS 5TH: Soderholm singled to center; Soderholm stole second; Roof struck out; Blyleven struck out; Tovar was walked intentionally; Thompson forced Tovar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kelly flied out to left; Andrews doubled to left; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Andrews to third]; D. Allen singled to center [Andrews scored]; Melton singled to center [D. Allen to third]; Johnstone was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 1. TWINS 6TH: Braun grounded out (third to first); Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Darwin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Egan singled to left; Morales struck out; ORTA BATTED FOR BRADLEY; Orta was called out on strikes; Kelly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 1. TWINS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED ORTA (PITCHING); Nettles singled to right; Soderholm out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Nettles to second]; CAREW BATTED FOR ROOF; Carew was walked intentionally; REESE BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Reese grounded out (first unassisted) [Nettles to third, Carew to second]; Tovar was walked intentionally; Thompson tripled to center [Nettles scored, Carew scored, Tovar scored]; Braun singled to left [Thompson scored]; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING C ); REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GRANGER REPLACED KILLEBREW (PITCHING); Andrews grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (second to first); D. Allen singled to right; Melton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 1. TWINS 8TH: LEMONDS REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Darwin was called out on strikes; Nettles walked; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Johnstone flied out to right; Egan singled to shortstop; Morales struck out; QUALLS BATTED FOR LEMONDS; Qualls flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, White Sox 1. TWINS 9TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED QUALLS (PITCHING); Dempsey singled to center; Reese struck out; Tovar forced Dempsey (shortstop to second); Gossage threw a wild pitch [Tovar to second]; Thompson doubled to left [Tovar scored]; Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews made an out to shortstop; May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, White Sox 1.

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