Oct 6, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1970 Minnesota 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 9 0 1970 Baltimore 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 Minnesota AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg Baltimore AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg Tovar CF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Buford LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .071 Cardenas SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .389 Blair CF 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 .278 Oliva RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Powell 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .188 Killebrew 3B 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Robinson,F RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .538 Alyea LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Hendricks C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Reese 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .364 Lopez, M P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mitterwald C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Crowley PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Carew PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Robinson,B 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Ratliff, P C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Johnson,D 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 Thompson, D 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Belanger SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Blyleven P 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 Cuellar, M P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Perranoski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall, D P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams,S P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Etchebarren C 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 36 4 9 4 2 6 2 1 0 .306 30 1 3 1 2 11 1 0 1 .281 Minnesota IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Blyleven W(1-0) 8.0 3 1 1 1 2 9 124 86 38 1.13 29 120(118) + 79 Perranoski H(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5 3 0.00 1 45(49) Williams,S 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 1 0.00 2 45(42) + 9.0 3 1 1 1 2 11 138 96 42 2.75 32 Baltimore IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Cuellar, M L(1-1) 4.1 5 1 1 0 1 3 79 56 23 2.38 19 60(60)s -- 51 Hall, D 3.1 3 3 1 0 0 2 53 40 13 2.70 14 50(54) Lopez, M 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 18 6 0.00 6 75(75) 9.0 9 4 2 0 2 6 156 114 42 2.50 39 Min: Carew hit for Mitterwald in the 8th Ratliff, P moved to C in the 8th Bal: Etchebarren moved to C in the 8th Crowley hit for Lopez in the 9th E-Buford(1) Johnson,D(1) Lopez, M(1) 2B-Killebrew(1) Reese(1) Johnson,D(1) 3B-Tovar(1) HR-Bal Blair(1) off Blyleven(1) in the 9th with bases empty, 379 feet RBI-Min Cardenas(2) Carew(1) Thompson, D(2) Tovar(1) Bal Blair(2) SH-Blyleven(1) WP-Cuellar, M(1) Great-Cardenas(4) Robinson,B(2) LOB-Minnesota 8 Baltimore 4 GWRBI-Thompson, D Game MVP:Bert Blyleven Memorial Stadium Time 2:56, 63ø Night Game Oct 6, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1970 Minnesota 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 9 0 1970 Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 1970 Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Tovar CF 1>G63 S+e7,B2 5>F7 T,2H W 2 Cardenas SS G63 Fs9 G53 S,3H E1 G53 3 Oliva RF S F8 G43 F8 G43 4 Killebrew 3B WP,12 W 4>D 6>G63 8>K 5 Alyea LF F7 K P3 F8 6 Reese 1B 2>P5 S,23 K D 7 Mitterwald C P6 L5 7>P5 Carew PH S,2H Ratliff, P C 8 Thompson, D 2B G43 S,3H,23 E4,B1 G63 9 Blyleven P 3>K K B24,12 9>K Perranoski P Williams,S P 1970 Baltimore Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Buford LF 1>K K Fd9 Fvd9 2 Blair CF F8 4>K K 9>HR 3 Powell 1B Fs9 P3 7>K K 4 Robinson,F RF 2>P5 W S L8 5 Hendricks C P3 P4 W,12 Lopez, M P Crowley PH K 6 Robinson,B 3B Fd7 5>K Fd8,12 7 Johnson,D 2B 3>D G53 G63 8 Belanger SS G63 Fd8 8>K 9 Cuellar, M P K Hall, D P 6>Fs7 Etchebarren C K Minnesota IN OUT Blyleven AB1-1 AB4-2 Perranoski AB4-3 AB4-3 Williams,S AB4-4 End Baltimore IN OUT Cuellar, M AB1-1 AB3-1 Hall, D AB3-2 AB4-6 Lopez, M AB4-7 End Oct 6, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1970 Minnesota 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 9 0 1970 Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 Inn Out B-S On Min-Bal Result 1-Minnesota 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Tovar grounded to short, 1 out 1 1 3-1 - 0-0 Cardenas grounded to short, 2 out 1 2 0-2 - 0-0 Oliva singled on the infield 1 2 0-2 1 0-0 Wild pitch, Oliva to 2nd 1 2 1-2 2 0-0 Killebrew walked 1 2 0-2 12 0-0 Alyea flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Baltimore 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Buford struck out, 1 out 1 1 0-0 - 0-0 Blair flied to center, 2 out 1 2 1-1 - 0-0 Powell flied shallow down right field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Minnesota 2 0 0-2 - 0-0 Reese popped to third, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-0 Mitterwald popped to short, 2 out 2 2 0-1 - 0-0 Thompson grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Baltimore 2 0 1-2 - 0-0 Robinson popped to third, 1 out 2 1 1-2 - 0-0 Hendricks popped to first, 2 out 2 2 1-0 - 0-0 Robinson flied to deep left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Minnesota 3 0 2-2 - 0-0 Blyleven struck out, 1 out 3 1 1-0 - 0-0 Tovar grounded a single between third and short, outfield error, Tovar to 2nd 3 1 0-2 2 0-0 Cardenas flied to shallow right, 2 out 3 2 1-1 2 0-0 Oliva flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Baltimore 3 0 1-2 - 0-0 Johnson doubled off the wall down the right field line 3 0 2-1 2 0-0 Belanger grounded to short, 1 out 3 1 2-2 2 0-0 Cuellar struck out, 2 out 3 2 2-2 2 0-0 Buford struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Minnesota 4 0 3-1 - 0-0 Killebrew doubled off the wall in left center 4 0 0-2 2 0-0 Alyea struck out, 1 out 4 1 1-2 2 0-0 Reese grounded a single between first and second, Killebrew to 3rd 4 1 1-0 13 0-0 Mitterwald lined to third, 2 out 4 2 3-2 13 0-0 Thompson singled to right center, Killebrew scored, Reese to 3rd, Minnesota 1 Baltimore 0 4 2 3-2 13 1-0 Blyleven struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Baltimore 4 0 2-2 - 1-0 Blair struck out, 1 out 4 1 1-1 - 1-0 Powell popped to first, 2 out 4 2 3-2 - 1-0 Robinson walked 4 2 0-1 1 1-0 Hendricks popped to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Minnesota 5 0 2-2 - 1-0 Tovar flied to left, 1 out >Hall pitching 5 1 1-1 - 1-0 Cardenas grounded to third, 2 out 5 2 1-1 - 1-0 Oliva grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Baltimore 5 0 2-2 - 1-0 Robinson struck out, 1 out 5 1 1-1 - 1-0 Johnson grounded to third, 2 out 5 2 2-2 - 1-0 Belanger flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Minnesota 6 0 0-1 - 1-0 Killebrew grounded to short, 1 out 6 1 1-2 - 1-0 Alyea popped to first, 2 out 6 2 1-2 - 1-0 Reese struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Baltimore 6 0 1-1 - 1-0 Hall flied to shallow left, 1 out 6 1 1-1 - 1-0 Buford flied to deep right center, 2 out 6 2 1-2 - 1-0 Blair struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Minnesota 7 0 1-2 - 1-0 Mitterwald popped to third, 1 out 7 1 3-1 - 1-0 Thompson grounded to second, safe on an error 7 1 0-1 1 1-0 Blyleven bunted out to the catcher, Thompson to 2nd, sacrifice, 2 out 7 2 1-2 2 1-0 Tovar lined a triple to right center, Thompson scored, Minnesota 2 Baltimore 0 7 2 0-2 3 2-0 Cardenas singled to left center, Tovar scored, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 0 7 2 1-0 1 3-0 Oliva flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Baltimore 7 0 0-2 - 3-0 Powell struck out, 1 out 7 1 0-0 - 3-0 Robinson lined a single up the middle 7 1 3-2 1 3-0 Hendricks walked, Robinson to 2nd 7 1 2-0 12 3-0 Robinson flied to deep right center, Robinson to 3rd, Hendricks to 2nd, 2 out 7 2 2-2 23 3-0 Johnson grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Minnesota 8 0 2-2 - 3-0 Killebrew struck out, 1 out 8 1 0-2 - 3-0 Alyea flied to right center, 2 out 8 2 1-1 - 3-0 Reese doubled off the wall down the third base line >Lopez pitching >Etchebarren playing C 8 2 1-2 2 3-0 Carew singled to left, Reese scored, Minnesota 4 Baltimore 0 8 2 0-1 1 4-0 Thompson grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Baltimore >Ratliff, P playing C 8 0 1-2 - 4-0 Belanger struck out, 1 out 8 1 1-2 - 4-0 Etchebarren struck out, 2 out 8 2 0-1 - 4-0 Buford flied to very deep right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Minnesota 9 0 0-2 - 4-0 Blyleven struck out, 1 out 9 1 3-2 - 4-0 Tovar walked 9 1 0-0 1 4-0 Error on pickoff attempt, Tovar to 2nd 9 1 1-1 2 4-0 Cardenas grounded to third, 2 out 9 2 0-2 2 4-0 Oliva grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Baltimore 9 0 1-2 - 4-0 Blair hit a solo homer to left center, 379 feet, Minnesota 4 Baltimore 1 >Perranoski pitching 9 0 3-2 - 4-1 Powell struck out, 1 out >Williams pitching 9 1 0-1 - 4-1 Robinson lined to center, 2 out 9 2 1-2 - 4-1 Crowley struck out, 3 out