Hall Tosses No-No

Using just 98 pitches while striking out 11, Minnesota's Tom Hall continued to mow down American League hitters and no-hit the Oakland A's at Metropolitan Stadium as the Twins downed the A's, 2-0. Jim Hunter was the tough luck loser. The win also reduced Minnesota's magic number to four as they close in on their second consecutive AL West Division crown.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1970 Oakland Athletics At 1970 Minnesota Twins            9/10/1970
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Campaneris SS     4  0  0  0 .293     C.Tovar CF          4  1  1  0 .314  
  J.Rudi LF           3  0  0  0 .302     L.Cardenas SS       3  0  0  0 .225  
  F.Alou RF           3  0  0  0 .229     T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  1 .344  
  D.Mincher 1B        3  0  0  0 .244     H.Killebrew 3B      4  1  1  0 .253  
  S.Bando 3B          3  0  0  0 .279     R.Reese 1B          4  0  1  0 .251  
  R.Jackson CF        2  0  0  0 .195     B.Alyea LF          4  0  2  0 .262  
  G.Tenace C          3  0  0  0 .271     G.Mitterwald C      2  0  0  1 .268  
  D.Green 2B          2  0  0  0 .177     F.Quilici 2B        3  0  0  0 .221  
B-B.Brooks PH         1  0  0  0 .000     T.Hall P            3  0  0  0 .077  
  J.Hunter P          1  0  0  0 .164                                          
A-R.Monday PH         1  0  0  0 .245                                          
  M.Lachemann P       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-T.Davis PH          1  0  0  0 .293                                          
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         Totals      27  0  0  0                 Totals      31  2  6  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Green In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lachemann In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
Twins........... 0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0    -  2  6  1
 
Athletics (65-77)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Hunter LOSS(10-17)      5       4   2   1   0   4   0  75   4.44
M.Lachemann               3       2   0   0   1   3   0  43   2.57
Totals                    8       6   2   1   1   7   0
 
Twins (82-59)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Hall WIN(16-3)          9       0   0   0   1  11   0  98   1.39
Totals                    9       0   0   0   1  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,118 DATE- Thursday, September 10th 1970 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Runge, Bill Haller, Jim Odom, Bill Kunkel
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 1  Twins: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Twins: 1
ERRORS- R.Jackson, T.Hall
STOLEN BASES- C.Tovar(37th)
WALKS- R.Jackson, G.Mitterwald
HIT BY PITCH- L.Cardenas
STRIKE OUTS- C.Campaneris-3, F.Alou, S.Bando-2, R.Jackson, G.Tenace, D.Green,
             B.Brooks, J.Hunter, L.Cardenas, H.Killebrew, B.Alyea, G.Mitterwald,
             F.Quilici-2, T.Hall
GIDP- D.Mincher
 
Minnesota fans certainly got their money's worth at Metropolitan Stadium.  Tom
Hall(16-3) pitched a rare no-hitter as the Minnesota Twins toppled the
Oakland Athletics 2 to 0.
 
The partisan crowd cheered every Oakland out from the 7th inning on.  He had
excellent control, walking only one.  The tension started to build around the
6th inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified.  Hall struckout 11
Oakland batters.  Neither team managed to score after the 3rd inning.  
 
The loss was charged to Jim Hunter(10-17).  After the game, Hall was heard to
say, 'This is something I have dreamt about since I was a little boy - to
have it come true is just amazing!'

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