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Minnesota Twins @ Baltimore Orioles

1971-08-22 · Night game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 20632 · 90°F · 2:41

Baltimore Orioles defeated Minnesota Twins 6–3. Baltimore Orioles put up 2 in the 7th. Dave McNally earned the win and Eddie Watt picked up the save. Paul Blair went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	8
BAL	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1		6	14

W: Dave McNally L: Bert Blyleven SV: Eddie Watt

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Jerry Neudecker · 3B: Russ Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	2	2	0	0	0
Rod Carew	4	1	1	2	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	4	0	1	1	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Reese	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Roof	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Nettles	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bert Blyleven	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Thomas	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Holt	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Braun	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Mitterwald	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buford	5	1	4	1	0	0
Mark Belanger	4	0	0	0	0	0
Merv Rettenmund	3	0	1	0	1	0
Boog Powell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Paul Blair	4	1	3	2	0	0
Brooks Robinson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	4	1	1	1	0	2
Andy Etchebarren	4	2	3	1	0	0
Dave McNally	3	0	1	1	0	1
Eddie Watt	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	5.1	10	1	3
Ray Corbin	0.2	1	0	0
Stan Williams	1.2	3	1	1

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave McNally	7.0	8	1	1
Eddie Watt	2.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: D7
Rod Carew: 8
Harmon Killebrew: 7
Tony Oliva: S9.2-H
Leo Cardenas: 63

Bot 1

Don Buford: 43
Mark Belanger: 63
Merv Rettenmund: 9

Top 2

Rich Reese: S9
Phil Roof: 46(1)3/GDP
Jim Nettles: 3/FL

Bot 2

Boog Powell: 43
Paul Blair: T/89#
Brooks Robinson: 3/FL
Davey Johnson: K

Top 3

Bert Blyleven: 63
Cesar Tovar: 6/L
Rod Carew: K

Bot 3

Andy Etchebarren: D7
Dave McNally: D7.2-H
Don Buford: S8.2-3
Mark Belanger: POCS2(163)#
Mark Belanger: 8
Merv Rettenmund: W
Boog Powell: 341

Top 4

Harmon Killebrew: 8
Tony Oliva: 9
Leo Cardenas: 13

Bot 4

Paul Blair: S7
Brooks Robinson: S9.1-2
Davey Johnson: K
Andy Etchebarren: 9
Dave McNally: K

Top 5

Rich Reese: 9
Phil Roof: D7
Jim Nettles: W
Bert Blyleven: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Cesar Tovar: 63

Bot 5

Don Buford: HR/9
Mark Belanger: 7
Merv Rettenmund: S9
Boog Powell: 43.1-2
Paul Blair: 63

Top 6

Rod Carew: 43
Harmon Killebrew: 7
Tony Oliva: 8

Bot 6

Brooks Robinson: 63
Davey Johnson: HR/8
Andy Etchebarren: S8
Dave McNally: 36(1)/FO
Don Buford: D3.1XH(32)

Top 7

Leo Cardenas: S8
Rich Reese: 8
Phil Roof: 4
George Thomas: S8.1-2
Brant Alyea: 65(2)/FO.1-2

Bot 7

Mark Belanger: 8
Merv Rettenmund: 53
Boog Powell: W
Paul Blair: HR/7.1-H
Brooks Robinson: 53

Top 8

Cesar Tovar: S7
Rod Carew: HR/9.1-H
Harmon Killebrew: 9
Tony Oliva: 43
Leo Cardenas: 53

Bot 8

Davey Johnson: 6
Andy Etchebarren: HR/7
Eddie Watt: K/C
Don Buford: S8
Mark Belanger: CS2(26)

Top 9

Rich Reese: 2/FL
Jim Holt: W
Steve Braun: 8
George Mitterwald: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Don Buford hit the ball over the 1B bag; 1B umpire Johnny Stevens ruled foul, then signalled fair; the ball boy down the RF line picked up the ball, then put it down; Rich Reese picked it up and got Dave McNally at HP

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