MONDAY AUGUST 7,1967

WASHINGTON (37-72) @ MINNESOTA (60-46)

STARTING PITCHERS

11Z (8-9 2.63) 11XZ (10-8 3.09)

Tim Cullen kicked off the game with a solo shot but the Twins countered with blasts by Ted Uhlaender and Harmon Killebrew to tie the game. Bottom of the 8th with the Nats up a digit, Rich Rollins went deep to provide the margin of victory for the home club.

WAS 101 000 100 3 9 2

MIN 000 011 03x 5 13 0

2B MIN Killebrew 13 Allison 5

3B WAS Nen 1

HR WAS Cullen 1 (1st off Kaat)

MIN Uhlaender 4(5th off Ortega) Killebrew 32 (6th off Ortega) Rollins 8 (8th off Cox)

RBI WAS Cullen 10 Brinkman 18 McMullen 49

MIN Uhlaender 22 Killebrew 81 Rollins 3(28)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 7 7 2 0 7 2 2 29 62

Kaat 7 7 1 0 7 3 3 28 58

WP Kline 4-2 2.95 LP Cox 2-5 2.81 SV Worthington 16

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Cullen homered. WAS 1 MIN 0

TOP 3 .. Cullen singled and stole second. McMullen singled scoring a run. WAS 2 MIN 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Uhlaender homered WAS 2 MIN 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Killebrew homered WAS 2 MIN 2

TOP 7 .. Nen tripled. Brinkman singled scoring a run. WAS 3 MIN 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Oliva singled. Allison singled. Rollins homered scoring three runs. WAS 3 MIN 5

STAR OF THE GAME HR 3RBI

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