BOSTON (67-35) @ MINNESOTA (58-46)
STARTING PITCHERS
11Z (9-2 1.59) 13XW (7-10 3.61)
Two batters in, the Twins had a lead they would not relinquish as Cesar Tovar drove in two to finally grab a win from the Boston club. Dave Boswell went seven strong to give the home club the victory.
BOS 000 001 001 2 7 0
MIN 100 010 10x 3 5 0
2B BOS Foy 20 E. Howard 6
MIN Tovar 26
3B BOS Scott 5
HR MIN Nixon 1 (5th off Stange)
RBI BOS Conigliaro 71 Petrocelli 66
MIN Tovar 2(42) Nixon 3
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Stange 6.2 5 1 4 4 3 3 29 48
Boswell 7 6 0 1 6 1 1 26 66
WP Boswell 8-10 3.50 LP Stange 9-3 1.72 SV Worthington 20
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 1 .. Versalles walked. Tovar doubled scoring a run. BOS 0 MIN 1
BOTTOM 5 .. Nixon homered BOS 0 MIN 2
TOP 6 .. Foy doubled. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 1 MIN 2
BOTTOM 7 .. Uhlaender walked. Nixon singled. Tovar singled scoring. BOS 1 MIN 3
TOP 9 .. Scott tripled. Petrocelli sac fly scoring a run. BOS 2 MIN 3
NOTES: The Twins win broke the run of six straight Boston won off of Minnesota. Cesar Tovar now leads the league in two baggers. Russ Nixon hit the first homer of any Twins backstopped. Bob Allison’s 10 game hit streak ended. Also ending was Boston 9 game win run.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double 2RBI
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