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Minnesota Twins @ California Angels

1971-08-06 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 30140 · 57°F, night · 2:16

California Angels defeated Minnesota Twins 2–0. California Angels put up 2 in the 6th. Andy Messersmith earned the win. Roger Repoz 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	0	0	0	3
CAL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		2	6

W: Andy Messersmith L: Jim Perry SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Haller · 1B: Jake O'Donnell · 2B: Frank Umont · 3B: Lou DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	0	0	0
Rod Carew	3	0	1	1
Tony Oliva	4	2	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	1	0	3	0
Jim Holt	4	0	0	2
Leo Cardenas	4	0	0	1
Steve Braun	2	1	2	0
George Mitterwald	4	0	0	1
Jim Perry	3	0	0	1
Brant Alyea	1	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Rivers	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ken McMullen	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Spencer	3	0	1	0	0	1
John Stephenson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Roger Repoz	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bruce Christensen	2	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Messersmith	3	0	0	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	8.0	6	5	3

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Messersmith	9.0	3	6	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 8
Rod Carew: 43
Tony Oliva: 7

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 31
Mickey Rivers: D8.BX3(845)
Tony Gonzalez: W
Ken McMullen: 9

Top 2

Harmon Killebrew: 53
Jim Holt: K
Leo Cardenas: K

Bot 2

Jim Spencer: 43
John Stephenson: W
Roger Repoz: 3/P
Bruce Christensen: 7

Top 3

Steve Braun: 4/P
George Mitterwald: K
Jim Perry: K/C

Bot 3

Andy Messersmith: K
Sandy Alomar: 13
Mickey Rivers: D7
Tony Gonzalez: W
Ken McMullen: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Spencer: K

Top 4

Cesar Tovar: 8
Rod Carew: 63
Tony Oliva: S9
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Jim Holt: K/C

Bot 4

John Stephenson: 6/P
Roger Repoz: 3/G
Bruce Christensen: W
Andy Messersmith: 6(1)/FO

Top 5

Leo Cardenas: 53
Steve Braun: S8
George Mitterwald: 43.1-2
Jim Perry: 41

Bot 5

Sandy Alomar: 43
Mickey Rivers: 7
Tony Gonzalez: 43

Top 6

Cesar Tovar: 53
Rod Carew: K
Tony Oliva: D7
Harmon Killebrew: IW
Jim Holt: 9

Bot 6

Ken McMullen: S6
Jim Spencer: 14/SH.1-2
John Stephenson: 43.2-3
Roger Repoz: HR/9.3-H
Bruce Christensen: 63

Top 7

Leo Cardenas: 63
Steve Braun: W
George Mitterwald: 54(1)/FO
Jim Perry: 43

Bot 7

Andy Messersmith: K
Sandy Alomar: S7
Mickey Rivers: 4/P
Tony Gonzalez: 7

Top 8

Cesar Tovar: 9
Rod Carew: W
Tony Oliva: 4(1)/FO
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Jim Holt: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Ken McMullen: 9
Jim Spencer: S7
John Stephenson: 7
Roger Repoz: 8

Top 9

Leo Cardenas: 53
Steve Braun: W
George Mitterwald: 5/P
Brant Alyea: 2/FL