MINNESOTA (55-37) @ NEW YORK (34-58) game 1
STARTING PITCHERS
13YZ (7-3 2.95) 6 (1-9 4.36)
Home runs were the deciding factor in this game one of a double dip. After four scoreless innings, the Twins plated runs in the 5th and 6th, he big blow a two run shot by Bob Allison. Yanks made it a game on a Bill Robinson homer but in the end, Jim Merritt with an assist by Al Worthington put this in the left column for the visitors.
MIN 000 012 000 3 6 0
NYY 000 002 000 2 4 0
HR MIN Allison 12 (6th off Talbot)
NYY Bi. Robinson 6 (7th off Merritt)
RBI MIN Allison 2(37) Tovar 40
NYY Bi. Robinson 2(15)
SB NYY R. White 6
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Merritt 8 4 1 2 5 2 2 30 65
Talbot 5.1 5 1 4 4 3 3 24 46
WP Merritt 8-3 2.89 LP Talbot 1-10 4.40 SV Worthington 18
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 5 .. Nixon singled. Merritt singled. Versalles singled. Tovar sac fly scoring a run MIN 1 NYY 0
TOP 6 .. Killebrew singled. Allison homered scoring two runs. MIN 3 NYY 0
BOTTOM 7 .. E. Howard singled. Bi. Robinson homered scoring two runs. MIN 3 NYY 2
NOTES: Jim Merritt collected his first win since June 16. Bill Tobinson cracked his first homer since June 30. Roy White stole another base and kept his hit streak alive. Roy leads the Yanks in thefts. Fred Talbot joined the dubious club of double digit losing pitchers.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI
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