Twins Take AL Pennant

In a monumental upset, the homestanding Twins made a lone run in the third inning stand up as Dean Chance, Dick Woodson and Ron Perranoski teamed up to blank Baltimore and knock off a team that had won 116 games in the regular season.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 Minnesota Twins            10/7/1969
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Buford LF         4  0  0  0 .294     T.Uhlaender LF      4  0  0  0 .111  
  P.Blair CF          3  0  0  0 .313     R.Carew 2B          4  1  2  0 .353  
  F.Robinson RF       4  0  1  0 .188     T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  0 .375  
  B.Powell 1B         3  0  1  0 .125     H.Killebrew 3B      3  0  1  1 .231  
C-M.Rettenmund PR     0  0  0  0 .000     R.Reese 1B          3  0  1  0 .429  
  B.Robinson 3B       1  0  0  0 .286     C.Tovar CF          3  0  0  0 .200  
  D.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .231     J.Roseboro C        3  0  2  0 .333  
  E.Hendricks C       3  0  0  0 .000     L.Cardenas SS       3  0  0  0 .077  
  M.Belanger SS       2  0  1  0 .333     D.Chance P          2  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Phoebus P         2  0  0  0 .000   B-G.Nettles PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
A-C.Salmon PH         1  0  0  0 .000     D.Woodson P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Leonhard P        0  0  0  0 ----     R.Perranoski P      0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      26  0  3  0                 Totals      30  1  7  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Phoebus In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Chance In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Powell In 9th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
Twins........... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  7  0
 
Orioles (1-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Phoebus LOSS(0-1)       6       6   1   1   0   1   0  80   1.50
D.Leonhard                2       1   0   0   0   2   0  20   2.45
Totals                    8       7   1   1   0   3   0
 
Twins (3-1)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Chance WIN(1-0)         7       3   0   0   4   5   0 107   0.00
D.Woodson HOLD(1st)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
R.Perranoski SAVE(2nd)    1       0   0   0   1   0   0  15   0.00
Totals                    9       3   0   0   5   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,602 DATE- Tuesday, October 7th 1969 TIME- Day 
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 6  Twins: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0  Twins: 2
STOLEN BASES- B.Robinson(1st), R.Carew(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Belanger
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Robinson
WALKS- P.Blair, B.Powell, B.Robinson-2, D.Johnson
HIT BY PITCH- M.Belanger
STRIKE OUTS- D.Buford, B.Powell, E.Hendricks-2, C.Salmon, T.Oliva, D.Chance,
             G.Nettles
GIDP- E.Hendricks
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Leo Cardenas robbed Frank Robinson of a base hit.
 
Second baseman Rod Carew had 2 base hits as the Minnesota Twins defeated the
Baltimore Orioles by the score of 1 to 0 at Metropolitan Stadium.
 
Dean Chance(1-0) had a solid outing for Minnesota.  He was reached for 3 hits
and 4 walks in 7 innings.  Minnesota had 7 hits for the game and Baltimore
had 3.  
 
Chance got help from Ron Perranoski who earned his 2nd save.  Tom Phoebus(0-1)
took the loss.  He surrendered 6 hits and no walks in 6 innings.  
 

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