MINNESOTA (49-29) @ CHICAGO (55-22)
STARTING PITCHERS
13YZ (7-1 2.06) 12YZ (14-2 2.16)
Pete Ward took Al Worthington deep pinch hitting in the 8th to give the Pale Hose their second consecutive win against their nearest pursuer. The Twins had just taken the lead it the top half of the inning denying Tommy John a victory.
MIN 100 000 300 4 9 1
CWS 000 101 04x 6 9 1
3B MIN Battey 1
HR Killebrew 28 (1st off John)
CWS Kenworthy 4 (4th off Merritt) Ward 17 (off Worthington)
RBI MIN Killebrew 67 Battey 7 Versalles 27 Kostro 3
CWS Ward 3(47) Kenworthy 15 McCraw 21
SB CWS Agee 8 Buford 14
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Merritt 6 4 1 0 7 2 2 22 63
John 6.2 7 1 3 3 4 4 27 37
WP McMahon 4-3 1.99 Kline 3-1 2.60 SV Locker 17
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. Killebrew homered MIN 1 CWS 0
BOTTOM 4 .. Kenworthy homered MIN 1 CWS 1
BOTTOM 6 .. Agee singled and stole second, McCraw singled scoring the run. MIN 1 CWS 2
TOP 7 .. Rollins singled. Battey tripled scoring a run. Valdespino pinch ran for Battey. Kostro pinch hit a single scoring a run. Quilici pinch ran for Kostro. McMahon relieved John. Tovar singled. Versalles singled scoring a run. MIN 4 CWS 2
BOTTOM 8 .. Buford singled and stole second. Agee reached on an error scoring Agee. McCraw singled. Worthington relieved Kline. Ward pinch hit and homered scoring three runs. MIN 4 CWS 6
NOTES: SOX put more distance between them and the Twins by taking the first two of this four game set. Killebrew tied Yaz for the hone run leadership. Ge us one Robby behind the Boston star. In what was a tuneup start before a sure nod as the AL all star game starter, Tommy John had his worst game of the season.
STAR OF THE GAME: PH HR 3RBI
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