Jim Perry and Jim Strickland combined on a shutout and Dave Goltz gained his first major league victory, also with Strickland relieving, as the Twins defeated the Brewers, 3-0 and 6-5. Harmon Killebrew homered for the Twins in each game. Perry, who yielded only four hits in the opener, was lifted with two men on base and one out in the ninth inning. Strickland saved the game by inducing Tommie Reynolds to ground into a double play.

Goltz, called up from Tacoma (Pacific Coast), batted in a run with a single in the fourth inning and held a 4-0 lead before serving up a two-run homer by Ellie Rodriguez in the seventh. Wayne Granger finished the inning and Strickland took over in the eighth in his second relief appearance of the day. The Twins scored twice in the ninth on singles by Danny Thompson and Steve Braun, a pass to Strickland and single by Bobby Darwin. Those runs proved important when Strickland gave up a three-run homer by George Scott before ending the game. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Milwaukee Brewers 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      23, 1972 (Day game) at County Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   3  8  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Auerbach ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .215
Thompson ss           2   1   1   0     2   0   .287      Heise 2b,3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Braun 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .324        Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Brye lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Killebrew 1b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .241      Briggs lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
  Monzon 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        T. Reynolds ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Reese lf,1b           3   0   2   1     1   0   .259      May cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Darwin cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .265      Brown rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Ferraro 3b            2   0   1   0     0   1   .228
Borgmann c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Theobald ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Perry p               4   0   1   0     0   0   .234      Felske c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .115
  Strickland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .132
                                                            Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .194
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   8   3     4   3             Totals               29   0   4   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:16
Left on Base: Twins 6, Brewers 4
DP: Twins 3, Brewers 2
Errors: Soderholm, Ferraro
Doubles: Auerbach (10)
Home Runs: Killebrew (14)
Stolen Bases: Auerbach (9)
Caught Stealing: Thompson (4)
GIDP: Braun (5), Scott (14), T. Reynolds (2)
Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (3,by Sanders)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(8-9)            8.1   4   0   0   2   4   0  30   3.21
Strickland SV(2)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.62
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   4   0  31

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(8-5)          8     8   3   3   4   3   1  32   2.87
Sanders                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.45
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   3   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Sanders (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson walked;
Thompson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Braun
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach doubled to left; Heise grounded out
(pitcher to first); Scott lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Auerbach out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew singled to center; Reese walked [Killebrew
to second]; Darwin hit into a double play (right to third)
[Killebrew out at third]; Soderholm forced Reese (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs walked; May popped to catcher in foul
territory; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first) [Briggs to
second]; Ferraro was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann reached on an error by Ferraro; Perry flied
out to right; Tovar forced Borgmann (first to shortstop);
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Felske grounded out (second to first); Lonborg
lined to pitcher; Auerbach made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Braun walked; Killebrew was called out on strikes;
Reese singled to right [Braun out at third (right to third)];
Darwin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Heise singled to right; Scott grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Heise out at
second]; Briggs made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Borgmann popped to
first in foul territory; Perry singled to center; Tovar lined to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Brown grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ferraro singled to center; Felske
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Thompson walked; Braun grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; Killebrew
homered; Reese flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Lonborg made an out to pitcher; Auerbach walked;
Auerbach stole second; Heise flied out to center; Scott struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Darwin struck out; Soderholm popped to first in foul
territory; Borgmann flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Briggs popped to catcher in foul territory; May
grounded out (second to first); Brown grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

TWINS 8TH: Perry grounded out (second to first); Tovar singled
to right; Thompson singled to left [Tovar to third]; Braun
singled to center [Thompson to second, Tovar scored]; Killebrew
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Braun to second, Thompson to
third]; Reese singled to right [Braun out at home (right to
catcher), Thompson scored]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: BRYE REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING LF); MONZON REPLACED
KILLEBREW (PLAYING 2B); REESE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
THEOBALD BATTED FOR FERRARO; Theobald grounded out (shortstop to
first); Felske grounded out (second to first); CLARK BATTED FOR
LONBORG; Clark was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); THEOBALD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); HEISE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Darwin
flied out to left; Soderholm was hit by a pitch; Borgmann
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Soderholm to second]; Perry
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Auerbach reached on an error by Soderholm; DAVIS
BATTED FOR HEISE; Davis flied out to right; Scott singled to
center [Auerbach to second]; T. REYNOLDS BATTED FOR BRIGGS;
STRICKLAND REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); T. Reynolds grounded into
a double play (third to first) [Auerbach out at third]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.