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Message #: 4081
The homestanding Minnesota Twins came from (slightly) behind to defeat the New York Yankees by the score of 6-3 in game one of the 1970 American League Championship Series. On a cool Minneapolis Saturday, 47,076 fans packed Metropolitan Stadium to see Fritz Peterson (23-6 in the regular season) oppose Jim Perry (22-8). If those fans expected a pitchers duel, they were almost immediately disappointed. Jim Fregosi led off the series with a single and advanced to second when Roy White drew a 1-out walk. But Rod Carew, known somewhat more for his stick than his glove, made an excellent stab of a tricky X-grounder and turned it into an inning-ending double play. Peterson allowed the first three Minnesota batters to reach base in the bottom of the first, Tony Oliva scoring Cesar Tovar from second with a single, but the Yanks turned a DP of their own to end the rally. The top 3 hitters in the Twins' lineup - Tovar-Carew-Oliva - would wind up this day an incredible 10 for 14! New York bounced back in the second when Jake Gibbs led off the frame with a home run, and took a 2-1 lead in the third when Jim Lyttle doubled and a clutch Gibbs single plated him. But Jim Perry, a good hitter for a pitcher, led off the Minnesota third with a single off his own card, and the next three batters also singled; Oliva's hit with the bases loaded drove home two, and gave the Twins the lead for good. Later in the inning, Brant Alyea was walked intentionally with two outs, but Leo Cardenas delivered a base hit that upped the lead to 4-2. Minnesota kept the heat on: Tovar doubled with one out in the fifth, and Danny Cater at third base misplayed Rod Carew's line drive into a single + error. Tony Oliva then drove a single under first baseman Pete Ward's glove, after which the score was 6-2. Ron Klimkowski raced in from the bullpen and extinguished the fire, but only a seventh-inning Jim Lyttle single would drive home another run on this day, and the final was 6-3. The starting pitchers combined to allow 18 hits in 10 IP, but the bullpens were perfect for both teams, allowing no runs in 8 innings. Ted Abernathy got the hold, and Stan Williams the save. New York threatened in the ninth when Horace Clarke led off with a double, but Williams got the next three hitters to fly out to end the game. BOXSCORE: 1970 New York AL Yankees At 1970 Minnesota Twins 10/3/1970 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG J.Fregosi SS 4 0 1 0 .250 C.Tovar CF 5 3 3 0 .600 J.Lyttle RF 5 1 2 1 .400 R.Carew 2B 4 2 3 0 .750 R.White LF 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Oliva RF 5 0 4 4 .800 B.Murcer CF 4 0 1 0 .250 H.Killebrew 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Gibbs C 4 1 2 2 .500 D.Clendenon 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Cater 3B 4 0 2 0 .500 B-R.Reese 1B 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Ward 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 B.Alyea LF 3 0 1 0 .333 H.Clarke 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 C-J.Holt LF 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Peterson P 2 0 0 0 .000 L.Cardenas SS 3 0 1 1 .333 R.Klimkowski P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Mitterwald C 4 0 1 0 .250 A-F.Baker PH 0 1 0 0 ---- J.Perry P 3 1 1 0 .333 T.Dukes P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Abernathy P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-T.Munson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Lowenstein PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Williams P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 36 6 14 5 A-Pinch Hit For Klimkowski In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Clendenon In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Alyea In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Abernathy In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Dukes In 9th Inning Yankees......... 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 2 Twins........... 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 14 0 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET F.Peterson LOSS(0-1) 3 1/3 10 6 5 2 4 0 86 13.50 A1 C3 R.Klimkowski 2 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 39 0.00 C4 D4 T.Dukes 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 29 0.00 D5 Totals 8 14 6 5 2 8 0 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Perry WIN(1-0) 6 2/3 8 3 3 3 3 1 104 4.05 A1 D2 T.Abernathy HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00 D3 D7 S.Williams SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 D8 Totals 9 10 3 3 3 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 47,076 DATE- Saturday, October 3rd 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 Twins: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Twins: 2 ERRORS- D.Cater, T.Dukes DOUBLES- J.Lyttle(1st), H.Clarke(1st), C.Tovar(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Gibbs(1st) STOLEN BASES- T.Oliva(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- L.Cardenas WALKS- J.Fregosi, R.White, F.Baker, R.Carew, B.Alyea STRIKE OUTS- J.Lyttle, R.White, P.Ward, F.Peterson, H.Killebrew, D.Clendenon, B.Alyea, L.Cardenas, G.Mitterwald-3, J.Lowenstein GIDP- R.White, B.Murcer, D.Clendenon PASSED BALLS- G.Mitterwald Tony Oliva had 4 hits and 4 RBI as the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York AL Yankees by the score of 6 to 3 at Metropolitan Stadium. Jim Perry(1-0) pitched well enough to earn the win. He went 6 and 2/3 innings surrendering 8 hits and 3 walks. Minnesota had 14 hits overall, while New York AL had 10. Stan Williams recorded his 1st save. Fritz Peterson(0-1) took the loss. He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 10 hits and 2 walks in 3 and 1/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1970 New York AL Yankees at 1970 Minnesota Twins J.Fregos-A1 A1:Si *3*:L/6 *5*:W>b1 D1:G/43>1 E1:F/8 2 J.Lyttle-A1 A2:K B2:Do C2:P/3 D2:Si>2# E2:PB>23 F/9 R.White-A1 A3:W>12 b B3:F/9 C3:G-DP/4 D3:K 1 63>1o B.Murcer-A1 A4:G-DP/4 B4:Si>23 *6*:F/7 *8*:G/31 63>1o J.Gibbs-A1 *2*:HR>b# B5:Si>3# C5:G/31 D5:F/9 12 D.Cater-A1 A6:G/53 B6:P/3 C6:Si D6:Si P.Ward-A1 A7:Si *4*:K C7:G/31 D7:G/31 H.Clarke-A1 A8:P/6 B8:P/5 *7*:L/6 *9*:Do F.Peters-A1 A9:F/9 B9:K C9:W>b1 D9:F/7 R.Klimko-C1 F.Baker-C9+ C.Tovar-A1 A1:Si B1:Si>12 C1:Do *6*:L/6 E1:G/43 R.Carew-A1 A2:W>12 b B2:Si>23 C2:Si+E/5 D2:G/31 E2:Si 1 12 >2# T.Oliva-A1 A3:Si>2# B3:Si>3# C3:Si>2# D3:Si E3:F/9 13 2# 13 H.Killeb-A1 A4:K B4:P/4 C4:SB>12 D4:F/8 L/4 D.Clende-A1 A5:G-DP/6 B5:K C5:G/53 *7*:E/1 R.Reese-D9 43>1o B.Alyea-A1 *2*:L/3 B6:IW>b1 *5*:Si D6:K J.Holt-D9 L.Carden-A1 A7:P/3 B7:Si>3# C7:Sac/54 D7:K 23 12 >12 G.Mitter-A1 A8:K B8:K C8:K D8:Si>1o J.Perry-A1 *3*:Si *4*:P/4 C9:F/8 *8*:K T.Aberna-D5 J.Lowens-D9+ *** TOP OF INNING 1 *** 0 J.Fregosi 5 Single b-1 0 1 J.Lyttle 3 Strike Out b-0 1 1 R.White 4 Walk 1-2 b-1 1 12 B.Murcer 3 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 *** 0 C.Tovar 3 Single b-1 0 1 R.Carew 6 Walk 1-2 b-1 0 12 T.Oliva 5 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1 0 1 3 H.Killebrew 3 Strike Out b-0 1 1 3 D.Clendenon 6 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 2 *** 0 J.Gibbs 3 Home Run b-H 0 D.Cater 3 Ground Out b-0 1 P.Ward 1 Single b-1 1 1 H.Clarke 6 Pop Out b-0 2 1 F.Peterson 2 Fly Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 *** 0 B.Alyea 2 Line Out b-0 1 L.Cardenas 2 Pop Out b-0 2 G.Mitterwald 3 Strike Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 3 *** 0 J.Fregosi 6 Line Out b-0 1 J.Lyttle 6 Double b-2 1 2 R.White 1 Fly Out b-0 2 2 B.Murcer 5 Single 2-3 b-1 2 1 3 J.Gibbs 1 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1 2 12 D.Cater 3 Pop Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 *** 0 J.Perry 3 Single b-1 0 1 C.Tovar 5 Single 1-2 b-1 0 12 R.Carew 3 Single 2-3 1-2 b-1 0 123 T.Oliva 6 Single 3-H 2-H 1-3 b-2 0 23 H.Killebrew 6 Pop Out b-0 1 23 D.Clendenon 3 Strike Out b-0 2 23 B.Alyea 0 Int Walk b-1 2 123 L.Cardenas 5 Single 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 G.Mitterwald 6 Strike Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 4 *** 0 P.Ward 5 Strike Out b-0 1 H.Clarke 3 Pop Out b-0 2 F.Peterson 3 Strike Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 *** 0 J.Perry 6 Pop Out b-0 1 C.Tovar 2 Double b-2 1 2 R.Carew 4 Single & Error - 3B 2-H b-2 1 2 T.Oliva 7 Single 2-H b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Ron Klimkowski 1 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2 1 2 H.Killebrew 2 Line Out b-0 2 2 D.Clendenon 5 Ground Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 5 *** 0 J.Fregosi 4 Walk b-1 0 1 J.Lyttle 3 Pop Out b-0 1 1 R.White 1 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 *** 0 B.Alyea 3 Single b-1 0 1 L.Cardenas 3 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0 1 2 G.Mitterwald 3 Strike Out b-0 2 2 J.Perry 6 Fly Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 6 *** 0 B.Murcer 3 Fly Out b-0 1 J.Gibbs 6 Ground Out b-0 2 D.Cater 5 Single b-1 2 1 P.Ward 3 Ground Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 C.Tovar 4 Line Out b-0 1 R.Carew 2 Ground Out b-0 2 T.Oliva 4 Single b-1 2 1 H.Killebrew 6 Fly Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 7 *** 0 H.Clarke 3 Line Out b-0 SUBSTITUTE PH- Frank Baker 1 F.Baker 6 Walk b-1 1 1 J.Fregosi 2 Ground Out 1-2 b-0 2 2 J.Lyttle 5 Single 2-H b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Ted Abernathy 2 1 R.White 4 Strike Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 *** SUBSTITUTE P - Tom Dukes 0 D.Clendenon 3 1 Base Error - P b-1 0 1 B.Alyea 3 Strike Out b-0 1 1 L.Cardenas 3 Strike Out b-0 2 1 G.Mitterwald 5 Single 1-o b-2 *** TOP OF INNING 8 *** SUBSTITUTE 1B- Rich Reese SUBSTITUTE LF- Jim Holt 0 B.Murcer 1 Ground Out b-0 1 J.Gibbs 5 Fly Out b-0 2 D.Cater 1 Single b-1 2 1 P.Ward 5 Ground Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 *** SUBSTITUTE PH- John Lowenstein 0 J.Lowenstein 6 Strike Out b-0 1 C.Tovar 5 Ground Out b-0 2 R.Carew 1 Single b-1 2 1 T.Oliva 3 Fly Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 9 *** SUBSTITUTE P - Stan Williams 0 H.Clarke 4 Double b-2 SUBSTITUTE PH- Thurman Munson 0 2 T.Munson 3 Fly Out b-0 1 2 J.Fregosi 4 Fly Out b-0 2 2 J.Lyttle 1 Passed Ball 2-3 2 3 J.Lyttle 3 Fly Out b-0 |
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