WASHINGTON (37-73) & MINNESOTA (61-46)
STARTING PITCHERS
A scoreless duel up to the 7th inning stretch, Frank Bertaina blinked first, allowing a pair or runs in the home half, old veteran Earl Battey breaking the duel shutouts. Jim Merritt went the distance scattering 4 hits to get back to the win side.
WAS 000 000 000 0 4 0
MIN 000 000 21x 3 5 0
2B WAS Cullen 6
MIN Tovar 27 Killebrew 14 Battey 2
RBI Battey 9 Uhlaender 22 Killebrew 82
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Bertaina 7 3 0 3 5 2 2 27 65
Merritt 9 4 0 0 7 0 0 31 86
WP Merritt 9-4 2.86 LP Bertaina 4-4 3.67
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 7 .. Killebrew walked . Battey doubled scoring a run. Uhlaender singled scoring a run. WAS 0 MIN 2
BOTTOM 8 .. Tovar doubled. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. WAS 0 MIN 3
NOTES: Cesar Tovar collected his league leading 27th two bagger. Harmon Killebrew is 4 RBIs behind Yaz for circuit honors.
STAR OF THE GAME 1-2 Double RBI
APBA BASEBALL REPLAYS OF THE 60’s 