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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Senators

1968-08-26 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · 2:19

Minnesota Twins defeated Washington Senators 4–2. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 7th. Jim Merritt earned the win and Bob Miller picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	6
WS2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Jim Merritt L: Joe Coleman SV: Bob Miller

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: John Rice · 2B: Cal Drummond · 3B: Jim Odom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	1	1	1	0	0
Rich Reese	3	0	1	2	0	1
Rod Carew	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Oliva	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Allison	4	1	2	0	0	1
John Roseboro	3	1	1	0	1	1
Rich Rollins	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Clark	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jim Merritt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Look	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken McMullen	3	0	0	0	1	1
Cap Peterson	3	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brant Alyea	4	1	0	0	0	2
Paul Casanova	3	1	1	0	0	0
Tim Cullen	2	0	0	1	0	1
Ed Brinkman	2	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Coleman	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bernie Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Stroud	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Holman	1	0	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Merritt	6.0	4	1	5
Bob Miller	3.0	1	0	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	8.0	6	2	8
Dave Baldwin	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 63
Rich Reese: K/C
Rod Carew: K

Bot 1

Del Unser: 5
Ken McMullen: W
Cap Peterson: S8.1-3
Frank Howard: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Tony Oliva: K
Bob Allison: 1
John Roseboro: W
Rich Rollins: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Brant Alyea: E2
Paul Casanova: D7.1-3
Tim Cullen: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Ed Brinkman: S9.2-H
Joe Coleman: PO1(134)
Joe Coleman: 3

Top 3

Ron Clark: K/C
Jim Merritt: 31
Cesar Tovar: E1
Rich Reese: HP.1-2
Rod Carew: PB.1-2;2-3
Rod Carew: 5/FL

Bot 3

Del Unser: 8
Ken McMullen: 7/L
Cap Peterson: S7
Frank Howard: K

Top 4

Tony Oliva: 5/FL
Bob Allison: S8
John Roseboro: CS2(26)
John Roseboro: K/C

Bot 4

Brant Alyea: K
Paul Casanova: 6
Tim Cullen: K/C

Top 5

Rich Rollins: K23
Ron Clark: E5
Jim Merritt: 8
Cesar Tovar: 4

Bot 5

Ed Brinkman: 9
Joe Coleman: K
Del Unser: 43

Top 6

Rich Reese: 63
Rod Carew: 43
Tony Oliva: 31

Bot 6

Ken McMullen: 8
Cap Peterson: 9
Frank Howard: K

Top 7

Bob Allison: S4
John Roseboro: S9.1-3
Rich Rollins: K
Ron Clark: W.1-2
Bruce Look: 7/7D/SF.2-3;3-H
Cesar Tovar: D9.1-3;3-H
Rich Reese: S3.2-H;3-H
Rod Carew: S8.1-3
Tony Oliva: 43

Bot 7

Brant Alyea: 63
Paul Casanova: 9
Tim Cullen: 63

Top 8

Bob Allison: K/C
John Roseboro: 6
Rich Rollins: 8

Bot 8

Bernie Allen: 9/9D
Ed Stroud: 13
Del Unser: 43

Top 9

Ron Clark: 1/L
Bob Miller: 63
Cesar Tovar: 43

Bot 9

Ken McMullen: K/C
Gary Holman: D7
Frank Howard: 9
Brant Alyea: K/C