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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

1965-08-15 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 2:30

Minnesota Twins defeated Cleveland Indians 4–3. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 9th. Mudcat Grant earned the win and Al Worthington picked up the save. Leon Wagner went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mudcat Grant L: Luis Tiant SV: Al Worthington

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Al Salerno · 2B: Bob Stewart · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Zoilo Versalles	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sandy Valdespino	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	4	0	0	0	0	2
Don Mincher	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jimmie Hall	4	1	2	1	0	1
Earl Battey	3	0	1	1	1	0
Rich Rollins	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frank Quilici	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mudcat Grant	3	0	0	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Davalillo	2	1	1	0	2	0
Leon Wagner	3	1	1	2	1	0
Rocky Colavito	4	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Whitfield	4	0	1	0	0	0
Max Alvis	4	0	2	0	0	1
Joe Azcue	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Tiant	2	0	0	0	0	1
Al Luplow	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hinton	1	0	1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mudcat Grant	8.0	6	3	1
Al Worthington	1.0	2	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	8.0	3	1	7
Bobby Tiefenauer	0.1	3	0	1
Don McMahon	0.2	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Zoilo Versalles: K23
Sandy Valdespino: 7
Tony Oliva: K

Bot 1

Larry Brown: 2/FL
Vic Davalillo: S8
Leon Wagner: 9
Rocky Colavito: 7

Top 2

Don Mincher: 31
Jimmie Hall: D7
Earl Battey: S8.2-H
Rich Rollins: W.1-2
Frank Quilici: K
Mudcat Grant: K

Bot 2

Fred Whitfield: S9
Max Alvis: S7.1-2
Joe Azcue: 7
Pedro Gonzalez: S9.2-3;1-2
Luis Tiant: K
Larry Brown: 8

Top 3

Zoilo Versalles: 4/L
Sandy Valdespino: S8
Tony Oliva: POCS2(134)
Tony Oliva: 31

Bot 3

Vic Davalillo: 43
Leon Wagner: W
Rocky Colavito: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Don Mincher: 9
Jimmie Hall: K
Earl Battey: 63

Bot 4

Fred Whitfield: 8/L
Max Alvis: S8
Joe Azcue: 43(B)63(1)/DP

Top 5

Rich Rollins: 7
Frank Quilici: K/C
Mudcat Grant: 8/L

Bot 5

Pedro Gonzalez: 7
Luis Tiant: 63
Larry Brown: 53

Top 6

Zoilo Versalles: 4
Sandy Valdespino: 3/G
Tony Oliva: 7

Bot 6

Vic Davalillo: W
Leon Wagner: 7
Rocky Colavito: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Don Mincher: 43
Jimmie Hall: 8
Earl Battey: 9

Bot 7

Fred Whitfield: 13
Max Alvis: 3/G
Joe Azcue: 9

Top 8

Rich Rollins: 8
Frank Quilici: 7
Mudcat Grant: K

Bot 8

Pedro Gonzalez: 13
Al Luplow: 63
Larry Brown: 23

Top 9

Zoilo Versalles: S8
Sandy Valdespino: S.1-2#
Tony Oliva: K
Don Mincher: D9.2-H;1-H
Jimmie Hall: S9.2-H
Earl Battey: W.1-2
Rich Rollins: WP.2-3;1-2
Rich Rollins: FC3.3XH(32);2-3
Frank Quilici: K

Bot 9

Vic Davalillo: W
Leon Wagner: HR/7.1-H
Rocky Colavito: D7
Fred Whitfield: 3/G.2-3
Max Alvis: K
Chuck Hinton: S.3-H#
Pedro Gonzalez: 6

Notes & reviews

After Azcue was put out at first, Alvis tried to return to first base but was put out as well
Hit location unclear Versalles' advancement (1 or 2 bases) unclear
Hit location unclear

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