DETROIT (78-52) @ MINNESOTA (71-63)
STARTING PITCHERS
7Y (13-11 3.46) 13XW (9-12 3.37)
Dick McAuliffe got the Bengals off to a flying start with his 20th homer. From there it was all Twins, slamming Denny McLain for 7 runs culminating with a Tony Oliva grand slam. Dave Boswell went the distance giving up only three safeties after the leadoff homer evening the series at a game apiece.
DET 100 000 000 1 4 1
MIN 001 151 00x 8 9 0
2B MIN Rollins 13
3B MIN Allison 12
HR DET McAuliffe 20 (1st off Boswell)
MIN Oliva 15 (5th off McLain – grand slam)
RBI DET McAuliffe 50
MIN Oliva 4(64) Allison 61 Killebrew 99 Rollins 36
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
McLain 5 7 1 4 2 7 6 25 23
Boswell 9 4 1 3 9 1 1 35 81
WP Boswell 10-12 3.27 LP McLain 13-12 3.63
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. McAuliffe homered DET 1 MIN 0
BOTTOM 3 .. Zimmerman singled. Boswell singled putting runners on the corners. Uhlaender grounded into a double play scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 1
BOTTOM 4 ., Killebrew walked. Allison tripled scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 2
BOTTOM 5 .. Zimmerman singled. Uhlaender walked. Carew reached on an error. Killebrew walked scoring a run. Oliva homered scoring four runs. DET 1 MIN 7
BOTTOM 6 .. Boswell singled. Rollins doubled scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 8
NOTES: Boswell picked up his first win in a month. Bob Allison matched Paul Blair with his twelfth triple tops in the league.
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 Grand Slam 4RBIs
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