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Washington Senators @ Minnesota Twins

1971-05-08 · Day game · Metropolitan Stadium · Att: 9091 · 58°F · Wind 9 mph · 2:37

Minnesota Twins defeated Washington Senators 9–2. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 5th. Jim Kaat earned the win. Tony Oliva went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	10
MIN	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	2		9	17

W: Jim Kaat L: Dick Bosman SV: (none)

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elliott Maddox	4	0	0	0	1	1
Tim Cullen	5	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Howard	3	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Foy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Casanova	4	1	1	0	0	0
Richie Scheinblum	4	0	0	0	0	1
Del Unser	4	0	2	0	0	0
Toby Harrah	3	0	2	1	0	0
Dick Bosman	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Billings	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Wert	1	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rod Carew	5	2	2	0	0	1
Leo Cardenas	5	2	3	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	5	3	4	4	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	4	2	3	1	1	0
Jim Holt	4	0	3	2	1	0
Brant Alyea	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rich Reese	2	0	1	1	2	0
Tom Tischinski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Kaat	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Bosman	4.1	9	1	2
Denny Riddleberger	0.0	0	1	0
Gerry Janeski	1.2	1	1	0
Jim Shellenback	1.2	7	1	0
Bill Gogolewski	0.1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Kaat	9.0	10	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Elliott Maddox: 63
Tim Cullen: S8
Frank Howard: W.1-2
Joe Foy: 8
Paul Casanova: 8

Bot 1

Rod Carew: 7
Leo Cardenas: 7
Tony Oliva: S9
Harmon Killebrew: 4/P

Top 2

Richie Scheinblum: 53
Del Unser: 7
Toby Harrah: 8

Bot 2

Jim Holt: S7
Brant Alyea: 8
Rich Reese: W.1-2
Tom Tischinski: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Dick Bosman: 3/G
Elliott Maddox: W
Tim Cullen: 6/P
Frank Howard: S7.1-2
Joe Foy: 9

Bot 3

Jim Kaat: 7
Rod Carew: K23
Leo Cardenas: S8
Tony Oliva: S9.1-3
Harmon Killebrew: S7.1-2;3-H
Jim Holt: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Paul Casanova: S8
Richie Scheinblum: 13.1-2
Del Unser: S7.2-3
Toby Harrah: 9/SF.3-H
Dick Bosman: K

Bot 4

Brant Alyea: 63
Rich Reese: 3/P
Tom Tischinski: K

Top 5

Elliott Maddox: 5/L
Tim Cullen: 7
Frank Howard: 43

Bot 5

Jim Kaat: 43
Rod Carew: S7
Leo Cardenas: S7.1-2
Tony Oliva: HR/89.2-H;1-H
Harmon Killebrew: S7
Jim Holt: W.1-2
Brant Alyea: S7.2-H;1-3;BX2(72435)
Rich Reese: IW
Tom Tischinski: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Joe Foy: S8
Paul Casanova: 54(1)/FO
Richie Scheinblum: 1/P
Del Unser: 43

Bot 6

Jim Kaat: 31
Rod Carew: 43
Leo Cardenas: 53

Top 7

Toby Harrah: S9
Dick Billings: S9.1-2
Elliott Maddox: K/C
Tim Cullen: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Tony Oliva: S4
Harmon Killebrew: S7.1-3
Jim Holt: S7.1-2;3-H
Brant Alyea: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rich Reese: S8.3-H
Tom Tischinski: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Frank Howard: HR/9
Joe Foy: 7/L
Paul Casanova: 63
Richie Scheinblum: K

Bot 8

Jim Kaat: 6/P
Rod Carew: S7
Leo Cardenas: S9.1-3
Tony Oliva: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Jim Holt: S8.1-2;2-H
Paul Powell: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Del Unser: S8
Toby Harrah: S8.1-2
Don Wert: K
Elliott Maddox: 43.1-2;2-3
Tim Cullen: 53