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Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox

1970-09-20 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5313 · sunny · 2:08

Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago White Sox 8–1. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 7th. Bert Blyleven earned the win. Paul Ratliff went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	8	15
CHA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

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

Umpires — HP: Ron Luciano · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: Merle Anthony · 3B: Bob Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	2	3	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	1	0	1	0	1
Tony Oliva	5	0	3	1	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	3	2	1	1	1	0
Rich Reese	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jim Holt	5	1	3	1	0	1
Paul Ratliff	4	1	2	2	1	1
Danny Thompson	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bert Blyleven	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frank Quilici	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Syd O'Brien	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy McCraw	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos May	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Melton	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ed Herrmann	3	0	2	1	0	0
Ken Berry	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rich McKinney	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Morales	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gerry Janeski	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Spence	0	0	0	0	1	0
John Matias	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	9.0	3	1	4

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Janeski	4.1	8	1	4
Barry Moore	1.2	2	0	1
Don Eddy	2.0	3	1	0
Richie Moloney	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 53/G
Leo Cardenas: K
Tony Oliva: S7
Harmon Killebrew: 9/F

Bot 1

Syd O'Brien: 53/G
Tommy McCraw: K
Carlos May: 143/G

Top 2

Rich Reese: 5/FL
Jim Holt: 1/BP
Paul Ratliff: HR/8
Danny Thompson: 43/G

Bot 2

Bill Melton: D8
Ed Herrmann: S8.2-H
Ken Berry: 64(1)/FO/G
Rich McKinney: 4/P
Rich Morales: OA.1X2(16)

Top 3

Bert Blyleven: K
Cesar Tovar: S7
Leo Cardenas: SB2#
Leo Cardenas: PB.2-3#
Leo Cardenas: 63/G.3-H(UR)
Tony Oliva: 7/F

Bot 3

Rich Morales: E1.B-1
Gerry Janeski: 14/SH/BG.1-2
Syd O'Brien: 53(B)6(2)/DP/G

Top 4

Harmon Killebrew: S8
Rich Reese: K
Jim Holt: D9.1-3
Paul Ratliff: IW
Danny Thompson: 64(1)/FO/G.3-H;2-3;B-1
Bert Blyleven: K

Bot 4

Tommy McCraw: 5/FL
Carlos May: 7/F
Bill Melton: 9/F

Top 5

Cesar Tovar: D8/78
Leo Cardenas: FC/SH/BG.2-3;B-1
Tony Oliva: S9.3-H;1-3
Harmon Killebrew: 64(1)/FO/G.3-H;B-1
Rich Reese: S8.1-2
Jim Holt: S8.2XH(82);1-2
Paul Ratliff: K

Bot 5

Ed Herrmann: S3
Ken Berry: 64(1)3/GDP/G
Rich McKinney: 6/P

Top 6

Danny Thompson: 43/G
Bert Blyleven: 63/G
Cesar Tovar: S7.BX2(74)

Bot 6

Rich Morales: K
Bob Spence: W
Syd O'Brien: 43/G.1-2
Tommy McCraw: 43/G

Top 7

Leo Cardenas: 9/F
Tony Oliva: 63/G
Harmon Killebrew: W
Rich Reese: S8.1-2
Jim Holt: S7.2-H;1-H(E5)(NR);B-2
Paul Ratliff: S8.2-H
Danny Thompson: 9/F

Bot 7

Carlos May: 43/G
Bill Melton: 8/F
Ed Herrmann: 9/F

Top 8

Bert Blyleven: 63/G
Cesar Tovar: 7/L
Leo Cardenas: 7/F

Bot 8

Ken Berry: K/C
Rich McKinney: 63/G
Rich Morales: 8/F

Top 9

Tony Oliva: S7
Frank Quilici: S8.1-2
Rich Reese: 9/F
Jim Holt: K
Paul Ratliff: 8/F

Bot 9

John Matias: 4/P
Syd O'Brien: 63/G
Tommy McCraw: K/C

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Richie Moloney

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