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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

1970-05-06 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 10368 · 2:42

Detroit Tigers defeated Minnesota Twins 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Les Cain earned the win. Harmon Killebrew went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Les Cain L: Dave Boswell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Marty Springstead · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leo Cardenas	2	1	2	0	2	0
Harmon Killebrew	4	1	1	2	0	0
Tony Oliva	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Allison	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Mitterwald	2	0	1	0	2	0
Frank Quilici	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Boswell	2	0	1	0	0	1
Rick Renick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Minnie Mendoza	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Carew	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	5	0	1	0	0	1
Dalton Jones	3	1	0	0	2	0
Al Kaline	2	2	2	0	2	0
Norm Cash	4	1	1	1	0	0
Willie Horton	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Northrup	3	0	2	1	1	0
Bill Freehan	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ken Szotkiewicz	4	1	1	1	0	2
Les Cain	4	0	0	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Boswell	6.0	8	4	4
Steve Barber	2.0	1	2	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Cain	9.0	7	6	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 63
Leo Cardenas: S8
Harmon Killebrew: 8
Tony Oliva: 3/G

Bot 1

Dick McAuliffe: S9
Dalton Jones: 36(1)/FO
Al Kaline: W.1-2
Norm Cash: S9.1-2;2-H
Willie Horton: 2/FL
Jim Northrup: S9.1-2;2-H
Bill Freehan: S7.1-3;2-H
Ken Szotkiewicz: K

Top 2

Brant Alyea: W
Bob Allison: 9
George Mitterwald: W.1-2
Frank Quilici: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Les Cain: K
Dick McAuliffe: 2/FL
Dalton Jones: W
Al Kaline: S7.1-3
Norm Cash: 3/G

Top 3

Dave Boswell: S7
Cesar Tovar: K/C
Leo Cardenas: S9.1-2
Harmon Killebrew: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 3

Willie Horton: 7
Jim Northrup: 8
Bill Freehan: W
Ken Szotkiewicz: 3/G

Top 4

Tony Oliva: S9
Brant Alyea: 64(1)3/GDP
Bob Allison: 8

Bot 4

Les Cain: K
Dick McAuliffe: K
Dalton Jones: W
Al Kaline: S7.1-2
Norm Cash: 43

Top 5

George Mitterwald: W
Frank Quilici: W.1-2
Dave Boswell: K
Cesar Tovar: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Willie Horton: 7
Jim Northrup: S8
Bill Freehan: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Leo Cardenas: W
Harmon Killebrew: 54(1)3/GDP
Tony Oliva: 63

Bot 6

Ken Szotkiewicz: HR/9
Les Cain: 43
Dick McAuliffe: 9
Dalton Jones: 7

Top 7

Brant Alyea: S7
Bob Allison: 64(1)/FO
George Mitterwald: S9.1-3
Rick Renick: 9
Minnie Mendoza: 13

Bot 7

Al Kaline: W
Norm Cash: 8
Willie Horton: D7.1-H
Jim Northrup: W
Bill Freehan: 2/FL
Ken Szotkiewicz: K

Top 8

Cesar Tovar: 63
Leo Cardenas: W
Harmon Killebrew: HR/7.1-H
Tony Oliva: 8
Brant Alyea: 63

Bot 8

Les Cain: 9
Dick McAuliffe: 7
Dalton Jones: 3

Top 9

Bob Allison: 53
George Mitterwald: 53
Rod Carew: 6