Twins Blank O's--Take 2-1 Series Lead

A huge upset is definately in the air as the underdog Twins returned home to delight the Metropolitan Stadium crowd with a 4-0 blanking of visiting Baltimore. Bob Miller scattered six hits over 7 innings, while Al Worthington and Ron Perranoski hurled a scoreless inning each to complete the whitewashing. Cesar Tovar cracked a two run homer to double a 2-0 lead off Orioles starter Jim Palmer.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 Minnesota Twins            10/6/1969
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Buford LF         4  0  2  0 .385     T.Uhlaender LF      4  1  1  0 .200  
  P.Blair CF          4  0  1  0 .385     R.Carew 2B          4  1  1  0 .308  
  F.Robinson RF       4  0  1  0 .167     T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  1 .417  
  B.Powell 1B         4  0  0  0 .077     H.Killebrew 3B      3  0  1  1 .200  
  B.Robinson 3B       4  0  1  0 .308     R.Perranoski P      0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .300     R.Reese 1B          3  1  0  0 .455  
  E.Hendricks C       3  0  0  0 .000     C.Tovar CF          3  1  1  2 .250  
D-C.Motton PH         1  0  0  0 .500     J.Roseboro C        3  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Belanger SS       3  0  1  0 .300     L.Cardenas SS       2  0  0  0 .100  
  J.Palmer P          2  0  1  0 .500     B.Miller P          2  0  0  0 .000  
B-C.Salmon PH         1  0  0  0 .000   A-F.Quilici PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Richert P         0  0  0  0 ----     A.Worthington P     0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-G.Nettles 3B        0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  0  7  0                 Totals      29  4  5  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Miller In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Palmer In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Worthington In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hendricks In 9th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  0
Twins........... 1 0 1  0 0 2  0 0    -  4  5  0
 
Orioles (1-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Palmer LOSS(0-1)        7       5   4   4   3   6   1  95   5.14
P.Richert                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.00
Totals                    8       5   4   4   3   7   1
 
Twins (2-1)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Miller WIN(1-0)         7       6   0   0   0   2   0  90   0.00
A.Worthingto              1       1   0   0   0   2   0  14   0.00
R.Perranoski              1       0   0   0   1   1   0  24   0.00
Totals                    9       7   0   0   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,107 DATE- Monday, October 6th 1969 TIME- Day 
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 7  Twins: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0  Twins: 1
DOUBLES- R.Carew(2nd)
TRIPLES- F.Robinson(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Tovar(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Oliva(1st)
WALKS- D.Johnson, H.Killebrew, R.Reese, L.Cardenas
STRIKE OUTS- D.Buford, F.Robinson, D.Johnson, C.Motton, J.Palmer, H.Killebrew,
             R.Reese-2, C.Tovar, J.Roseboro, L.Cardenas, B.Miller
GIDP- P.Blair
WILD PITCHES- J.Palmer
PASSED BALLS- J.Roseboro
 
Bob Miller(1-0) and Jim Palmer(0-1) locked horns in a pitcher's duel with
Miller and the Minnesota Twins coming out on top of the Baltimore Orioles 4
to 0.
 
Minnesota set the tone of the game in the first inning scoring a single run on
2 hits.  After an out was recorded, Rod Carew doubled.  After another out,
Harmon Killebrew stepped in and he slapped a base-hit scoring the run.  That
early scoring was all that Miller needed.  Minnesota had only 5 hits for the
game.  
 

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