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Minnesota Twins @ California Angels

1971-08-08 · Day game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 7567 · 99°F · 2:01

Minnesota Twins defeated California Angels 2–1. Bert Blyleven earned the win. Leo Cardenas went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bert Blyleven L: Tom Murphy SV: (none)

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

California Angels — batting

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

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	9.0	6	0	5

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	9.0	6	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

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

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 9
Mickey Rivers: K
Tony Gonzalez: 43

Top 2

Harmon Killebrew: 53
Steve Braun: 3/L
Leo Cardenas: S6
Jim Holt: WP.1-2
Jim Holt: S9.2-H
Phil Roof: 8

Bot 2

Ken McMullen: S7
Jim Spencer: 46(1)3/GDP
John Stephenson: 31

Top 3

Bert Blyleven: 6/L
Cesar Tovar: 8
Rod Carew: S9
Tony Oliva: 3/G

Bot 3

Roger Repoz: 8
Bruce Christensen: S9
Tom Murphy: 24/SH.1-2
Sandy Alomar: 8

Top 4

Harmon Killebrew: 63
Steve Braun: W
Leo Cardenas: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Mickey Rivers: 9
Tony Gonzalez: 43
Ken McMullen: D7
Jim Spencer: S9.2-H
John Stephenson: 8

Top 5

Jim Holt: 9
Phil Roof: 43
Bert Blyleven: S9
Cesar Tovar: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Roger Repoz: S9
Bruce Christensen: CS2(2634)
Bruce Christensen: 13
Tom Murphy: 53

Top 6

Rod Carew: 31
Tony Oliva: 3/G
Harmon Killebrew: 8

Bot 6

Sandy Alomar: 1/G
Mickey Rivers: S9
Tony Gonzalez: 46(1)/FO
Ken McMullen: 6/P

Top 7

Steve Braun: D9
Leo Cardenas: 6/P
Jim Holt: IW
Rich Reese: 8
Bert Blyleven: K

Bot 7

Jim Spencer: K
John Stephenson: 31
Roger Repoz: 3/G

Top 8

Cesar Tovar: 8
Rod Carew: W
Tony Oliva: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Bruce Christensen: 8
Tom Murphy: K/C
Sandy Alomar: K

Top 9

Harmon Killebrew: 7
Steve Braun: 43
Leo Cardenas: HR/7
Jim Holt: 63

Bot 9

Mickey Rivers: K23
Tony Gonzalez: 9
Ken McMullen: 9