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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Senators

1968-08-27 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 5047 · 2:19

Minnesota Twins defeated Washington Senators 7–1. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 2nd. Jim Roland earned the win. Cesar Tovar went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Roland L: Dick Bosman SV: (none)

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	1	3	1	0	0
Rich Reese	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rod Carew	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Oliva	4	2	2	0	0	0
Rich Rollins	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jim Holt	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bruce Look	4	1	1	3	0	0
Rick Renick	3	1	2	1	1	0
Jim Roland	3	0	0	0	0	2
Frank Quilici	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Clark	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ken McMullen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Allen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	0	1	1	0	0
Brant Alyea	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Casanova	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tim Cullen	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Ortega	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ed Stroud	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cap Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Roland	9.0	5	3	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Bosman	1.1	5	0	1
Phil Ortega	3.2	1	0	2
Bill Haywood	2.0	1	2	1
Bob Humphreys	2.0	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 63
Rich Reese: 43
Rod Carew: K

Bot 1

Del Unser: 13
Ken McMullen: W
Hank Allen: 64(1)/FO
Frank Howard: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Tony Oliva: S7
Rich Rollins: E5.1-2
Jim Holt: S8.1-2;2-3
Bruce Look: D8.1-H;2-H(UR);3-H
Rick Renick: S8.2-H
Jim Roland: FC1.1X3(16)
Cesar Tovar: S1/BG.1-2
Rich Reese: 9/9D
Rod Carew: 43

Bot 2

Brant Alyea: K
Paul Casanova: 9
Tim Cullen: S8
Ed Brinkman: 7

Top 3

Tony Oliva: 4
Rich Rollins: K/C
Jim Holt: 2/FL

Bot 3

Phil Ortega: W
Del Unser: E3.1-2
Ken McMullen: 9
Hank Allen: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Frank Howard: S7.1-2;3-H(UR)
Brant Alyea: 9

Top 4

Bruce Look: 8
Rick Renick: 3
Jim Roland: K

Bot 4

Paul Casanova: 53
Tim Cullen: 13
Ed Brinkman: 9

Top 5

Cesar Tovar: HR/7
Rich Reese: 43
Rod Carew: 13
Tony Oliva: 63

Bot 5

Ed Stroud: K
Del Unser: W
Ken McMullen: 16(1)/FO
Hank Allen: 4

Top 6

Rich Rollins: W
Jim Holt: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Bruce Look: 43

Bot 6

Frank Howard: 31
Brant Alyea: 4
Paul Casanova: S8
Tim Cullen: S7.1-2
Ed Brinkman: 43

Top 7

Rick Renick: W
Jim Roland: K
Cesar Tovar: S9.1-3
Rich Reese: PO1(E3).1-2;3-H(UR)
Rich Reese: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Bot 7

Cap Peterson: 2/FL
Del Unser: K/C
Ken McMullen: 5/L

Top 8

Frank Quilici: 7
Tony Oliva: D7
Ron Clark: K
Jim Holt: S8.2-H
Bruce Look: 7

Bot 8

Hank Allen: S8
Frank Howard: 54(1)/FO
Brant Alyea: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Rick Renick: S7
Jim Roland: 14/SH.1-2
Cesar Tovar: FC6.2X3(65)
Rich Reese: D7.1-3
Frank Quilici: 53

Bot 9

Paul Casanova: 6
Tim Cullen: 53
Ed Brinkman: 53