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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Senators

1970-08-11 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 9372 · night · 2:46

Washington Senators defeated Minnesota Twins 3–2. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 8th. Darold Knowles earned the win. Aurelio Rodriguez went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Darold Knowles L: Bert Blyleven SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Odom · 1B: Ed Runge · 2B: Bill Kunkel · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Thompson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	3	1	1	2	1	1
Rich Reese	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Holt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Tischinski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Perry	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Renick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Stroud	4	0	1	0	1	1
Lee Maye	3	0	0	0	1	1
Frank Howard	4	1	1	0	1	2
Mike Epstein	3	0	0	0	1	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	5	1	2	2	0	1
Bernie Allen	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Brinkman	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jim French	2	0	0	0	1	2
Casey Cox	2	0	0	0	0	1
John Roseboro	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Casanova	2	0	1	1	0	1
Rick Reichardt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Grieve	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	8.0	4	4	7
Tom Hall	2.0	0	2	2
Bert Blyleven	0.1	2	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Casey Cox	7.0	2	1	2
Horacio Pina	2.0	1	0	0
Darold Knowles	2.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 7
Danny Thompson: S5/BG
Tony Oliva: 7
Harmon Killebrew: HR/7.1-H
Rich Reese: 43

Bot 1

Ed Stroud: 7
Lee Maye: E3.B-1
Frank Howard: K
Mike Epstein: W.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9/9D

Top 2

Jim Holt: 63
Leo Cardenas: 7
Tom Tischinski: 63

Bot 2

Bernie Allen: 4/L
Ed Brinkman: 63
Jim French: K/C

Top 3

Jim Perry: 43
Cesar Tovar: 63
Danny Thompson: 8

Bot 3

Casey Cox: K
Ed Stroud: S9
Lee Maye: SB2
Lee Maye: W
Frank Howard: K/C
Mike Epstein: 13

Top 4

Tony Oliva: 6/L
Harmon Killebrew: 4/P
Rich Reese: 7/L

Bot 4

Aurelio Rodriguez: D7
Bernie Allen: 43.2-3
Ed Brinkman: 9
Jim French: IW
Casey Cox: 9

Top 5

Jim Holt: 13
Leo Cardenas: W
Tom Tischinski: 8
Jim Perry: 3/G

Bot 5

Ed Stroud: 43
Lee Maye: 2/FL
Frank Howard: 43

Top 6

Cesar Tovar: 6/L
Danny Thompson: 53
Tony Oliva: K

Bot 6

Mike Epstein: HP
Aurelio Rodriguez: 6/P
Bernie Allen: 6/P
Ed Brinkman: 7

Top 7

Harmon Killebrew: K
Rich Reese: 8
Jim Holt: 8/8D

Bot 7

Jim French: K
John Roseboro: 43
Ed Stroud: K/C

Top 8

Leo Cardenas: 163
Tom Tischinski: 53
Jim Perry: 43

Bot 8

Lee Maye: K
Frank Howard: S4/P
Mike Epstein: 43.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: HR/7.2-H
Bernie Allen: W
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 9

Cesar Tovar: S9
Danny Thompson: 5/FL/DP.1X2(53)
Tony Oliva: 8

Bot 9

Paul Casanova: K
Rick Reichardt: 9
Ed Stroud: W
Tom Grieve: CS2(24)

Top 10

Harmon Killebrew: W
Rich Reese: PO1(13)
Rich Reese: S8
Rick Renick: 54(1)/FO
Leo Cardenas: 4(1)/FO

Bot 10

Tom Grieve: 7
Frank Howard: IW
Mike Epstein: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: K/C

Top 11

Tom Tischinski: 3/G
Brant Alyea: S8
Cesar Tovar: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 11

Bernie Allen: 43
Ed Brinkman: S8
Paul Casanova: D7.1-H

Notes & reviews

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Tony Oliva's bat slipped out of his hand and struck the head of HP umpire Jim Odom; Odom was carried off the field and received four stitches high on the right side of the back of his head; 2B umpire Bill Kunkel moved to HP

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