MINNESOTA (68-57) @ CLEVELAND (67-59) game 1
STARTING PITCHERS
13YZ (13-10 2.62) 15Y (12-8 1.71)
A nip and tuck contest going into the 7th when Rich Reese pinch hit a single to give the slumping Twins a slim lead. Bottom 7, Dean Chance left one over the plate and Max Alvis made no mistake putting the Indians up by one to which they held on the snag the opening fame of the doubleheader and series.
MIN 000 100 100 2 5 1
CLE 000 010 20x 3 6 1
2B MIN Oliva 17
HR MIN Killebrew 35 (4th off Siebert)
CLE Alvis 17 (7th off Chance)
RBI MIN Killebrew 90 Reese 16
CLE Alvis 2(49) Azcue 25
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Chance 8 6 1 0 7 3 2 30 67
Siebert 7 4 1 2 7 2 2 27 66
WP Siebert 13-8 1.75 LP Chance 13-11 2.61 SV Pena 5
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 4 .. Killebrew homered MIN 1 CLE 0
BOTTOM 5 .. T. Horton reached on a two base error. Azcue singled scoring a run. MIN 1 CLE 1
TOP 7 .. Oliva singled. Killebrew singled. Reese singled scoring a run. MIN 2 CLE 1
BOTTOM 7 .. Hinton singled. Alvis homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 CLE 3
NOTES: First start for Sonny Siebert since August 1 after a team sabotaged relief stint. With his strong start, Sonny moved into second in the ERA race, just trailing teammate Steve Hargan. Max Alvis leads the Tribe in homers and RBJs. Six straight losses for the Twins and three losses in a row for Dean Chance. Harmon Killebrew has homered on 3 straight games and is second in the league in dingers, trailing Carl Yastrzemski by 10. He is also 2nd in RBIs
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2 RBIs
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