MINNESOTA (64-50) @ CALIFORNIA (51-65)
STARTING PITCHERS
12Y (7-2 2.36) 4RZ (1-0 1.50)
Veteran lefty Curt Simmons was cruising through 5 shutout innings as the Halos built a 3-0 lead off Jim Perry. But it all came crashing down in the 6th as the Twins sent 11 to the plate, scoring 7. The Twinkies onslaught continued against JimWeaver and Jim Coates, winning by double digits.
MIN 000 007 330 13 16 0
CAL 101 100 000 3 10 1
2B CAL Fregosi 18 Knoop 12
3B MIN Oliva 2
HR MIN Killebrew 35 (6th off Simmons) Allison 20 (7th off Weaver)
CAL J. Hall 13 (3rd off J. Perry)
RBI MIN Killebrew 3(90) Allison 3(55) Oliva 2(54) Uhlaender 2(25) J. Perry 3 Tovar 44 Versalles 38
CAL Cardenal 33 J. Hall 44 Rodgers 42
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
J. Perry 6 8 1 3 7 3 3 29 48
Simmons 5.1 7 1 0 0 6 5 25 20
WP J. Perry 7-2 2.53 LP Simmons 1-1 4.78
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 1 .. Fregosi doubled. J. Hall walked. Repoz walked. Rodgers walked forcing in a run. MIN 0 CAL 1
BOTTOM 3 .. J. Hall homered MIN 0 CAL 2
BOTTOM 4 .. Knoop doubled. Cardenal singled scoring a run. MIN 0 CAL 3
TOP 6 .. Tovar hit by pitch. Oliva tripled scoring a run. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. Allison singled. Rollins singled. Zimmerman reached on an error. Uhlaender singled scoring two runs. J. Perry singled scoring a run. Versalles singled scoring a run. MIN 7 CAL 3
TOP 7 .. Oliva walked. Killebrew singled. Allison homered scoring three runs. MIN 10 CAL 3
TOP 8 .. Nixon walked. Versalles singled. Tovar singled scoring a run. Oliva singled scoring a run. Killebrew singled scoring a run. MIN 13 CAL 3
NOTES: The Twins broke out of their month long slump with style. Everyone, including the pitcher, in the Twins lineup had hits except Jerry Zimmerman. In all, 7 different Twins had runs batted in, 8 RBIs coming from the 3-4-5 hitters.
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