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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

1966-07-05 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 15204 · 2:48

Minnesota Twins defeated Cleveland Indians 4–3. Minnesota Twins put up 2 in the 7th. Jim Merritt earned the win and Pete Cimino picked up the save. Rocky Colavito 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	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	8
CLE	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Jim Merritt L: Tom Kelley SV: Pete Cimino

Umpires — HP: Cal Drummond · 1B: Hank Soar · 2B: Bill Valentine · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Zoilo Versalles	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ted Uhlaender	4	0	1	1	1	1
Tony Oliva	4	1	1	1	1	1
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Mincher	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rich Rollins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bernie Allen	3	1	0	0	1	1
Russ Nixon	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Merritt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Hall	1	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Cimino	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pedro Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Hinton	4	1	2	1	0	0
Chico Salmon	3	1	0	0	1	1
Rocky Colavito	3	1	1	2	1	0
Fred Whitfield	4	0	0	0	0	1
Max Alvis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vic Davalillo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Del Crandall	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Kelley	2	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Curry	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Radatz	1	0	1	0	0	0
Leon Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Merritt	6.0	5	2	4
Pete Cimino	3.0	2	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Kelley	6.1	8	2	4
Dick Radatz	2.2	0	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Zoilo Versalles: 9
Ted Uhlaender: 31
Tony Oliva: 3/G

Bot 1

Pedro Gonzalez: K
Chuck Hinton: 9
Chico Salmon: W
Rocky Colavito: WP.1-2
Rocky Colavito: HR/7.2-H
Fred Whitfield: K

Top 2

Harmon Killebrew: 9
Don Mincher: 6
Rich Rollins: 53

Bot 2

Max Alvis: 7
Vic Davalillo: 9
Del Crandall: 53

Top 3

Bernie Allen: W
Russ Nixon: W.1-2
Jim Merritt: 53/SH.1-2;2-3
Zoilo Versalles: 8/SF.3-H
Ted Uhlaender: K

Bot 3

Tom Kelley: K
Pedro Gonzalez: 13
Chuck Hinton: HR/9
Chico Salmon: 7

Top 4

Tony Oliva: HR/9
Harmon Killebrew: 63
Don Mincher: K
Rich Rollins: 53

Bot 4

Rocky Colavito: 63
Fred Whitfield: 2/FL
Max Alvis: K

Top 5

Bernie Allen: 1/G
Russ Nixon: 53
Jim Merritt: S9
Zoilo Versalles: S7.1-2
Ted Uhlaender: 8

Bot 5

Vic Davalillo: S6
Del Crandall: 9/FL.1-2
Tom Kelley: S7.2-3
Pedro Gonzalez: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Tony Oliva: K
Harmon Killebrew: S7
Don Mincher: S9.1-3
Rich Rollins: K/C
Bernie Allen: 7

Bot 6

Chuck Hinton: S7
Chico Salmon: 6
Rocky Colavito: W.1-2
Fred Whitfield: 9.2-3
Max Alvis: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Russ Nixon: 7
Jimmie Hall: S8
Zoilo Versalles: S7.1-2
Ted Uhlaender: D7.1-3;2-H
Tony Oliva: IW
Harmon Killebrew: 8/SF.3-H
Don Mincher: 3/G

Bot 7

Vic Davalillo: S7
Tony Curry: K
Dick Radatz: S6.1-2
Pedro Gonzalez: 7
Chuck Hinton: 9

Top 8

Rich Rollins: 4
Bernie Allen: K/C
Russ Nixon: HP
Pete Cimino: W.1-2
Zoilo Versalles: 6/L

Bot 8

Chico Salmon: K
Rocky Colavito: 63
Fred Whitfield: 3/G

Top 9

Ted Uhlaender: W
Tony Oliva: 54(1)3/GDP
Harmon Killebrew: 63

Bot 9

Max Alvis: 2/FL
Vic Davalillo: 43
Leon Wagner: 43

Notes & reviews

Jim Landis in official lineup but scratched

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