CLEVELAND (74-61) @ MINNESOTA (71-63) game 1
STARTING PITCHERS
14Y (17-6 1.53) 13YZ (11-6 3.04)
Scoreless through the first four, the Cleveland club eked out a run through the generosity of an error. They added three more thru really hard hit balls. The lead expanded to 6-1 but homers by Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison made it a one run game in the last of the 9th but the Tribe held in to take the front end of the double dip.
CLE 000 013 200 6 9 3
MIN 000 001 202 5 9 2
2B CLE Hinton 16 T. Horton 8 Azcue 12
MIN Oliva 19
HR CLE L. Brown 6 (6th off Merritt)
MIN Killebrew 40 (7th off Hargan) Allison 22 (9th off Pena)
RBI CLE Wagner 39 T. Horton 48 Azcue 2(28) L Brown 2(34)
MIN Killebrew 2(101) Allison2(63) Tovar 53
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Hargan 7 6 1 4 5 3 3 31 54
Merritt 6.1 7 1 2 7 6 5 31 42
WP Hargan 18-6 1.61 LP Merritt 11-7 3.20 SV Pena (7)
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 5 .. Gonzalez singled. L. Brown hit by pitch. Hinton reached on an error. Wagner sac fly scoring a run. CLE 1 MIN 0
TOP 6 .. T. Horton doubled. Azcue doubled scoring a run. L. Brown homered scoring two runs. CLE 4 MIN 0
BOTTOM 6 .. Oliva doubled. Tovar singled scoring a run. CLE 4 MIN 1
TOP 7 .. Hinton doubled. Alvis hit by a pitch. T. Horton singled scoring a run. Azcue singled scoring a run. CLE 6 MIN 1
BOTTOM 7 .. Carew singled. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. CLE 6 MIN 3
BOTTOM 9 .. Carew singled. Allison homered scoring two runs. CLE 6 MIN 3
NOTES: Steve Hargan got closer to the coveted 20 win mark, although this game he had to work harder allowing 10 baserunners in 7 innings. The 3 runs allowed were the most since July 22. Harmon Killebrew eclipsed the century mark in RBIs.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double 2RBI
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