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White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 12, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, played on September 12, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 12, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 12, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bart Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 14,181 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Frank Umont 2B: George Maloney 3B: Jake O'Donnell |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Syd O'Brien | Third Baseman |
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Carlos May | Left Fielder |
| Bill Melton | Right Fielder |
| Duane Josephson | Catcher |
| Gail Hopkins | First Baseman |
| Tommy McCraw | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Knoop | Second Baseman |
| Bart Johnson | Pitcher |
| Bill Adair | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
| Jim Nettles | Right Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Brant Alyea | Left Fielder |
| Rich Reese | First Baseman |
| Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
| Paul Ratliff | Catcher |
| Frank Quilici | Second Baseman |
| Bert Blyleven | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 12, 1970
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Blyleven
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Blyleven
Aparicio is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Blyleven
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Blyleven
Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Johnson
Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Johnson
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Johnson
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alyea vs. Johnson
Alyea hits a line drive into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Johnson
Reese strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Blyleven
Josephson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Blyleven
Hopkins hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoop vs. Blyleven
Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Johnson
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ratliff vs. Johnson
Ratliff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. Johnson
Quilici hits a fly ball into center field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Blyleven
O'Brien hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Blyleven
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Blyleven
May hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Blyleven
Melton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Josephson vs. Blyleven
Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Johnson
Blyleven is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Johnson
Tovar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Johnson
Nettles takes first base on ball four. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Johnson
Killebrew strikes out. There goes Tovar. The throw from Josephson and Tovar is out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Blyleven
Hopkins hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knoop vs. Blyleven
Knoop hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCraw moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
O'Brien vs. Blyleven
O'Brien takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Aparicio vs. Blyleven
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Johnson
Alyea hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Johnson
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Johnson
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ratliff vs. Johnson
Ratliff hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Ratliff reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Quilici vs. Johnson
Quilici hits a line drive into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Blyleven
May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melton vs. Blyleven
There goes May. The throw from Ratliff and he is safe. May steals third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Melton vs. Blyleven
Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Josephson vs. Blyleven
Josephson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hopkins vs. Blyleven
Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Johnson
Blyleven strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Johnson
Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Johnson
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Johnson
There's a wild pitch. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Johnson
Killebrew strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoop vs. Blyleven
Knoop hits a line drive into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Johnson
Ken Berry now playing center field. Tommy McCraw now playing first base.
Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Johnson
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Johnson
Cardenas strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ratliff vs. Johnson
Ratliff strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Blyleven
O'Brien hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Quilici settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Blyleven
Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Blyleven
May hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Johnson
Rich Morales now playing third base. Jim Holt pinch hits for Frank Quilici.
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manuel vs. Johnson
Charlie Manuel pinch hits for Bert Blyleven.
Manuel strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Johnson
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Johnson
Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Johnson
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Williams
Jim Holt now playing center field. Stan Williams now pitching. Cesar Tovar now playing right field. Danny Thompson now playing second base.
Melton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Josephson vs. Williams
Josephson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Williams
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. Melton moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCraw vs. Williams
McCraw hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Knoop vs. Williams
Knoop hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Knoop reaches second base with a double. Melton scores. Berry goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Williams
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Johnson
Alyea strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Johnson
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reese for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Johnson
Cardenas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Haydel
Hal Haydel now pitching.
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Haydel
Aparicio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Haydel
There goes Aparicio. The throw from Ratliff and he is safe. Aparicio steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Haydel
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Melton vs. Haydel
There's a wild pitch. Aparicio moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Melton vs. Haydel
Ratliff fires to first and picks off May. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Melton vs. Haydel
Melton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Josephson vs. Haydel
Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ratliff vs. Johnson
Ratliff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holt vs. Johnson
Holt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ratliff moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Renick vs. Wood
Herman Hill pinch hits for Hal Haydel. Wilbur Wood now pitching. Rick Renick pinch hits for Herman Hill.
The ball gets by Josephson for a passed ball. Ratliff moves to third. Holt moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Renick vs. Wood
Renick strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tovar vs. Wood
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thompson vs. Wood
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morales juggles the ball. That's an error on Morales. Ratliff scores. Holt moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Wood
There's a wild pitch. Holt scores. Thompson moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Wood
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alyea vs. Wood
Bob Allison pinch runs for Harmon Killebrew.
Alyea strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/12/1970 -- Chicago at Minnesota (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
O'Brien S, 3b 3 1 1 2 Tovar C, cf-rf 4 0 3 0
Morales R, 3b 1 0 0 0 Nettles J, rf 3 0 1 0
Aparicio L, ss 4 0 0 0 Thompson D, 2b 1 0 0 0
May C, lf 4 0 1 0 Killebrew H, 3b 3 0 0 0
Melton B, rf 2 1 0 0 Allison B, pr 0 0 0 0
Josephson D, c 5 0 0 0 Alyea B, lf 5 1 1 1
Hopkins G, 1b 3 1 1 1 Reese R, 1b 4 0 1 0
Berry K, cf 1 1 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 4 0 1 0
McCraw T, cf-1b 4 0 1 0 Ratliff P, c 4 1 2 0
Knoop B, 2b 4 0 1 2 Quilici F, 2b 2 0 0 0
Johnson B, p 4 1 2 0 Holt J, ph-cf 2 1 1 0
Wood W, p 0 0 0 0 Blyleven B, p 2 0 0 0
Manuel C, ph 1 0 0 0
Williams S, p 0 0 0 0
Haydel H, p 0 0 0 0
Hill H, ph 0 0 0 0
Renick R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 7 5 36 3 10 1
Chicago 012 000 020 -- 5
Minnesota 000 100 002 -- 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson B (W)* 8.0 10 3 1 3 10
Wood W (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L) 7.0 6 3 3 2 4
Williams S 1.0 1 2 0 1 1
Haydel H 1.0 0 0 0 3 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Cardenas L, Killebrew H, Morales R
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Chicago 9, Minnesota 10
2B -- Ratliff P, May C, Knoop B
HR -- Hopkins G, O'Brien S, Alyea B
SB -- May C, Aparicio L
CS -- Tovar C
WP -- Johnson B, Haydel H, Wood W
PB -- Josephson D
T -- 2:30
A -- 14181
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