BALTIMORE (61-67) @ MINNESOTA (68-61)
STARTING PITCHERS
9YZ (3-4 3.89) 13YZ (13-11 2.61)
It just wasn’t Dean Chance’s day. Baltimore rattled his cage to the tune of seven runs in only 4 innings if work digging a grave sized hole for his teammates. And the O’s did it all with Frank Robinson taking the collar. The Twins were never really in this one despite Homers from the Killer and Valdespino.
BAL 021 400 000 7 9 0
MIN 000 010 010 2 9 2
3B BAL Blair 11 Br. Robinson 4
HR BAL Powell 15 (4th off Chance – grand slam)
MIN Valdespino 2 (5th off Brabender) Killebrew (8th off Drabowsky)
RBI MIN Powell 4(59) Blair 42 Br. Robinson 65
MIN Valdespino 4 Killebrew 92
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Brabender 6.1 6 0 1 6 1 1 27 62
Chance 4 6 1 2 3 7 6 22 15
WP Brabender 4-4 3.59 LP Chance 13-12 2.80
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 2 .. Blefary singled. Br. Robinson tripled scoring a run. Etchabarren reached on an error scoring a run. BAL 2 MIN 0
TOP 3 .. Blair homered BAL 3 MIN 0
TOP 4 .. Etchabarren singled. Brabender hit by pitch. Aparicio walked. Powell homered scoring four runs. BAL 7 MIN 0
BOTTOM 5 .. Valdespino pinch hit a homer. BAL 7 MIN 1
BOTTOM 8 .. Killebrew homered. BAL 7 MIN 2
NOTES: Paul Blair legged out a three bagger, giving him 11 on the tear and a tie with Bobby Allison for league head. Who would have bet that lead footed B. Robby would have 4 triples? By the way, Paul was a double short of the cycle instead of the usual triple. Moe Drabowsky gave up his first run since June 30, some 26 shutout innings. Dean Chance list has 4th straight and he, like the Twins will be glad August is over.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Triple Homer RBI
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