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Minnesota Twins @ Boston Red Sox

1965-05-25 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 9523 · 2:50

Minnesota Twins defeated Boston Red Sox 17–5. Minnesota Twins put up 5 in the 5th. Mudcat Grant earned the win. Earl Battey went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	2	0	0	4	5	1	5	0	0	17	20
BOS	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	5	8

W: Mudcat Grant L: Bill Monbouquette SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Bill Haller · 3B: Jim Odom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Zoilo Versalles	5	3	2	3	0	0
Rich Rollins	6	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	6	2	2	3	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	6	2	3	0	0	1
Jimmie Hall	4	2	3	1	1	0
Bob Allison	5	3	3	2	1	0
Earl Battey	4	1	2	5	1	0
Jerry Kindall	5	1	2	3	0	1
Mudcat Grant	3	2	1	0	2	1
Joe Nossek	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Zimmerman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lenny Green	4	0	0	0	0
Dalton Jones	4	0	1	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	3	1	1	0	0
Felix Mantilla	4	0	1	1	1
Lee Thomas	4	1	1	1	0
Tony Conigliaro	4	0	0	0	0
Eddie Bressoud	4	1	2	1	0
Bob Tillman	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Monbouquette	1	0	0	0	1
Jerry Moses	1	1	1	1	0
Gary Geiger	1	1	1	1	0
Dennis Bennett	1	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mudcat Grant	9.0	8	0	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Monbouquette	3.1	7	0	1
Bob Heffner	1.2	5	2	2
Jack Lamabe	1.2	6	3	0
Dennis Bennett	2.1	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Zoilo Versalles: D8
Rich Rollins: 53
Tony Oliva: S7.2-H
Harmon Killebrew: S8.1-3
Jimmie Hall: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Bob Allison: 8

Bot 1

Lenny Green: 7
Dalton Jones: 31
Carl Yastrzemski: 43

Top 2

Earl Battey: 53
Jerry Kindall: 8
Mudcat Grant: K

Bot 2

Felix Mantilla: 5/L
Lee Thomas: 43
Tony Conigliaro: 53

Top 3

Zoilo Versalles: 63
Rich Rollins: D9
Tony Oliva: FLE3#
Tony Oliva: 43.2-3
Harmon Killebrew: 7

Bot 3

Eddie Bressoud: D
Bob Tillman: 53
Bill Monbouquette: K
Lenny Green: 3

Top 4

Jimmie Hall: D9
Bob Allison: HR/7.2-H
Earl Battey: 43
Jerry Kindall: HR/7
Mudcat Grant: T8
Zoilo Versalles: 8/SF.3-H
Rich Rollins: S7
Tony Oliva: K

Bot 4

Dalton Jones: 9
Carl Yastrzemski: D8
Felix Mantilla: S7.2-H
Lee Thomas: 9
Tony Conigliaro: 7

Top 5

Harmon Killebrew: 63
Jimmie Hall: W
Bob Allison: S7.1-2
Earl Battey: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Jerry Kindall: K/C
Mudcat Grant: W
Zoilo Versalles: HR/7.1-H
Rich Rollins: 2/FL

Bot 5

Eddie Bressoud: HR/7
Bob Tillman: 63
Jerry Moses: HR/7
Lenny Green: 8
Dalton Jones: S9
Carl Yastrzemski: 13

Top 6

Tony Oliva: 7
Harmon Killebrew: S7
Jimmie Hall: S8.1-2
Bob Allison: 7
Earl Battey: S7.2-H;1-2
Jerry Kindall: 9

Bot 6

Felix Mantilla: K/C
Lee Thomas: HR/9
Tony Conigliaro: 5
Eddie Bressoud: 43

Top 7

Mudcat Grant: W
Zoilo Versalles: 54(1)/FO
Rich Rollins: 9
Tony Oliva: HR/7.1-H
Harmon Killebrew: S8
Jimmie Hall: D7.1-3
Bob Allison: W
Earl Battey: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jerry Kindall: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Mudcat Grant: 9

Bot 7

Bob Tillman: 53
Gary Geiger: HR/9
Lenny Green: 3/G
Dalton Jones: 13

Top 8

Zoilo Versalles: 53
Rich Rollins: 6
Tony Oliva: 8

Bot 8

Dennis Bennett: K
Felix Mantilla: 9
Lee Thomas: 5

Top 9

Harmon Killebrew: K/C
Joe Nossek: 6
Bob Allison: S7
Jerry Zimmerman: 8

Bot 9

Tony Conigliaro: 6
Eddie Bressoud: 63
Bob Tillman: 8

Notes & reviews

A wild guess... Thomas is missing an E in game
Hit location unclear (could be '7' or '9')
Jerry Moses' first major league hit, a pinch homer! It's his only hit of 1965 (he was 1 for 4 all year) and he didn't hit another major league home run until 1968.

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