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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Senators

1968-08-26 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · 13 innings · Att: 5214 · 5:05

Washington Senators defeated Minnesota Twins 1–0. Dennis Higgins earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
WS2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4

W: Dennis Higgins L: Ron Perranoski SV: (none)

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	6	0	0	0
Frank Kostro	6	0	0	0
Rod Carew	5	0	0	2
Tony Oliva	4	0	1	0
Bob Allison	4	1	1	1
Ron Clark	3	1	1	1
Frank Quilici	3	0	1	0
Jerry Zimmerman	3	0	0	1
Jim Perry	3	0	0	3
Rich Rollins	0	0	1	0
Rick Renick	1	0	0	1
Bruce Look	1	0	0	0
Rich Reese	1	1	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ken McMullen	5	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Epstein	5	0	1	0	0	3
Frank Howard	5	0	0	0	0	3
Brant Alyea	4	1	0	0	1	2
Jim French	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bernie Allen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Brinkman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Bertaina	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Holman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Cullen	1	0	1	1	1	0
Ed Stroud	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Allen	0	0	0	0	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	9.0	2	1	9
Al Worthington	3.0	0	1	2
Ron Perranoski	0.1	2	2	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Bertaina	11.0	2	4	9
Dennis Higgins	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 9
Frank Kostro: 5
Rod Carew: K/C

Bot 1

Del Unser: 7
Ken McMullen: K
Mike Epstein: K

Top 2

Tony Oliva: W
Bob Allison: K+CS2(24)/DP
Ron Clark: W
Frank Quilici: 9/FL

Bot 2

Frank Howard: 3/G
Brant Alyea: K
Jim French: 8/8D

Top 3

Jerry Zimmerman: 63
Jim Perry: K
Cesar Tovar: 9

Bot 3

Bernie Allen: 8
Ed Brinkman: 63
Frank Bertaina: 63

Top 4

Frank Kostro: 7
Rod Carew: 43
Tony Oliva: 8

Bot 4

Del Unser: S4
Ken McMullen: 64(1)3/GDP
Mike Epstein: K/C

Top 5

Bob Allison: S7
Ron Clark: S8.1-2
Frank Quilici: HP.2-3;1-2
Jerry Zimmerman: K/C
Jim Perry: K
Cesar Tovar: 6

Bot 5

Frank Howard: K
Brant Alyea: K
Jim French: 5/FL

Top 6

Frank Kostro: 8
Rod Carew: 43
Tony Oliva: 31

Bot 6

Bernie Allen: 3/G
Ed Brinkman: 63
Frank Bertaina: 43

Top 7

Bob Allison: 6
Ron Clark: K/C
Frank Quilici: 6

Bot 7

Del Unser: 43
Ken McMullen: 63
Mike Epstein: S7
Frank Howard: K

Top 8

Jerry Zimmerman: 63
Jim Perry: K
Cesar Tovar: 7

Bot 8

Brant Alyea: 53
Jim French: 3/G
Bernie Allen: W
Gary Holman: K

Top 9

Frank Kostro: 8
Rod Carew: 13
Tony Oliva: 4

Bot 9

Frank Bertaina: 4
Del Unser: 6/L
Ken McMullen: K

Top 10

Bob Allison: W
Ron Clark: 14/SH.1-2
Frank Quilici: WP.2-3
Frank Quilici: 4
Rich Rollins: IW
Rick Renick: K

Bot 10

Mike Epstein: 43
Frank Howard: K
Brant Alyea: 9

Top 11

Cesar Tovar: 13
Frank Kostro: 8
Rod Carew: K

Bot 11

Jim French: 3/L
Bernie Allen: 8
Tim Cullen: W
Ed Stroud: 43

Top 12

Tony Oliva: 8/L
Bob Allison: 63
Ron Clark: 7/7D

Bot 12

Del Unser: 4/L
Ken McMullen: 6/L
Mike Epstein: K

Top 13

Frank Quilici: W
Bruce Look: 3/FL
Rich Reese: S8.1-2
Cesar Tovar: 9.2-3
Frank Kostro: 5

Bot 13

Frank Howard: 63
Brant Alyea: W
Jim French: S1.1-3(E1);B-2
Hank Allen: IW
Tim Cullen: S7.1-2;2-3;3-H