MINNESOTA (9-5) @ WASHINGTON (1-13)
STARTING PITCHERS
4Z 9YZ
MIN 000 000 200 1 3 6 1
WAS 200 000 000 0 2 11 0
2B MIN Rollins 2
WAS F. Howard 3
3B MIN Allison 3
RBI MIN Rollins 7 Allison 10 Versalles 5
WAS King 1 B. Chance 3
STARTING PITCHERS IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc
Grant 6 9 0 1 5 2 2 50
Pascual 7 4 0 2 7 2 2 64
WP Kline 1-0 0.00
LP Humphreys 0-1 2.45
SV Worthington 2
Getaway game for both teams. Both teams will be traveling, Minnesota back home and the Senators off to Kansas City. Begging for a win, Gil Hodges sends veteran Camilo Pascual to face old teammate Mudcat Grant.
Twins waste a two out double by Rollins opening the game, bottom 1, Grant barely toed the rubber before being greeted by three singles, Saverine, Valentine and Jim King’s providing the RBI. Hondo fanned but Bob Chance picked him up with an RBI single, doubling the Nats scoring for the weekend. Washington missed out on scoring chances in the 2nd and 3rd, leaving 4 stranded. Pascual for his part got 10 Twinkies in a row, finally running into trouble in the 5th. Walt Bond singled and Allison walked before The Cuban rifle righted himself keeping it 2-0 lead. Bottom 6, Frank Howard lead off with a double, his first safety of the series. Two outs later, Ken McMullen lasered one into left. Hondo chugged around third but honored the stop sign Eddie Yost three up. Brinkman whiffed to end the threat. Top 7, Pascual walked Bond who streaked home on a triple by Bobby Allison. Bobby strolled home on a long sac fly by Versalles tying the game. The game remained tied thru nine prolonging the misery. Top 10, Rich Reece singled and was forced at second by Tovar. Carew single him to third and Rollins drove him home with a fly ball. Worthington came on again and struck out the side putting the nail in the DC coffin.
Twins wrap up the road trip going 6-3. They are 3-1 in extras. Killebrew had a rough series, going 1-18. Tony Oliva missed the series with a pulled side muscle. Rich Rollins has a 5 game hitting streak. The Nats went winless on the homestand, going oh for ten! The Twins pitchers fanned 40 Senators over the 4 games. Worthington saved both games of the twin bill. Frank Howard went 1-15, slumping badly in the early season.
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