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Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox

1970-06-27 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 19113 · sunny · 2:16

Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago White Sox 9–1. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 1st. Bert Blyleven earned the win. Tony Oliva went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	9	16
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2

W: Bert Blyleven L: Gerry Janeski SV: (none)

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	2	3	2	0	2
Leo Cardenas	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	5	3	3	3	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	5	0	0	0	0	1
Rich Reese	4	1	3	1	1	0
Bob Allison	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Mitterwald	4	0	2	1	1	1
Danny Thompson	5	1	2	1	0	1
Bert Blyleven	4	0	1	0	0	3
Jim Holt	2	1	1	1	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy McCraw	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rich Morales	4	0	0	0	0	1
Syd O'Brien	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Melton	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Herrmann	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rich McKinney	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Spence	3	1	1	1	0	2
Ken Berry	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Janeski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	9.0	2	1	8

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Janeski	3.1	9	0	3
Danny Murphy	2.2	2	0	2
Floyd Weaver	2.0	1	1	3
Don Secrist	1.0	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: S6/G
Leo Cardenas: FC2/SH/BG.1-3(E2/TH2);B-2
Tony Oliva: HR/9.3-H;2-H
Harmon Killebrew: K
Rich Reese: S9/L
Bob Allison: 14(1)3/GDP/G

Bot 1

Tommy McCraw: S8/L
Rich Morales: 2/FL
Syd O'Brien: 5/L
Bill Melton: K

Top 2

George Mitterwald: S7
Danny Thompson: 31/G.1-2
Bert Blyleven: S7.2-3
Cesar Tovar: K
Leo Cardenas: 54(1)/FO/G

Bot 2

Ed Herrmann: K
Rich McKinney: K
Bob Spence: K

Top 3

Tony Oliva: S8.B-2(TH1)
Harmon Killebrew: 7/L
Rich Reese: S8.2-H
Bob Allison: 54(1)/FO/G.B-1
George Mitterwald: E5/G.1-2;B-1
Danny Thompson: 2/FL

Bot 3

Ken Berry: 8/F
Gerry Janeski: 53/G
Tommy McCraw: K

Top 4

Bert Blyleven: K
Cesar Tovar: HR/7
Leo Cardenas: S7
Tony Oliva: 36(1)1/GDP/G

Bot 4

Rich Morales: K23
Syd O'Brien: 3/FL
Bill Melton: W
Ed Herrmann: 7/F

Top 5

Harmon Killebrew: 9/F
Rich Reese: 3/G
Bob Allison: K

Bot 5

Rich McKinney: 63/G
Bob Spence: K
Ken Berry: 8/F

Top 6

George Mitterwald: K
Danny Thompson: S8
Bert Blyleven: 14/SH/BG.1-2
Cesar Tovar: S8.2-H
Leo Cardenas: 54(1)/FO/G

Bot 6

Walt Williams: 13/G
Tommy McCraw: 8/L
Rich Morales: 7/F

Top 7

Tony Oliva: 43/G
Harmon Killebrew: 5/P
Rich Reese: S9/L
Jim Holt: 7/F

Bot 7

Syd O'Brien: 63/G
Bill Melton: 5/P
Ed Herrmann: 8/F

Top 8

George Mitterwald: W
Danny Thompson: SB2
Danny Thompson: K
Bert Blyleven: K+WP.2X3(25);B-1
Cesar Tovar: K

Bot 8

Rich McKinney: K
Bob Spence: HR/9
Ken Berry: 13/G
Gail Hopkins: 63/G

Top 9

Leo Cardenas: 53/G
Tony Oliva: S7
Harmon Killebrew: 7/F
Rich Reese: W.1-2
Jim Holt: S8.2-H;1-2
George Mitterwald: S7.2-H;1-2
Danny Thompson: S8.2-H;1-2
Bert Blyleven: K

Bot 9

Tommy McCraw: 9/F
Rich Morales: 9/F
Syd O'Brien: 53/G