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May 7, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 6 11 3
Twins 5 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 6 11 3
Twins 5 10 1

George Mitterwald Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .212
OBP .750 .297
At Bats 2 66
Hits 1 14
• Singles 1 11
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 8
RBI’s 0 0

Darold Knowles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 7, 1971
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Darold Knowles
Paul Casanova
Mike Epstein
Joe Foy
Bernie Allen
Toby Harrah
Frank Howard
Del Unser
Tommy McCraw
George Mitterwald
Leo Cardenas
Rick Renick

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 6 11 3 6
Minnesota Twins 5 10 1 12
Winning Pitcher Denny Riddleberger
Losing Pitcher Ray Corbin
Save Darold Knowles
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 7,646
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mitterwald hits a popup, foul, towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McCraw. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Renick moves to third.
Bottom 9 Paul Powell pinch hits for Rich Reese. Powell strikes out.
Bottom 9 Renick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen juggles the ball. That's an error on Allen.
Bottom 9 Darold Knowles now pitching. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Foy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ron Perranoski now pitching. Epstein hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Foy takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Billings moves to third. Unser moves to second.
Top 9 Unser is walked intentionally. Billings moves to second.
Top 9 Billings hits a fly ball towards right. Oliva settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oliva. Harrah scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Dick Billings pinch hits for Denny Riddleberger. There's a wild pitch. Harrah moves to second.
Top 9 Ray Corbin now pitching. Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Casanova hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCraw scores.
Top 9 McCraw hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Oliva who is chasing the ball. McCraw reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Epstein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Foy now playing second base. Denny Riddleberger now pitching. Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Foy pinch hits for Tim Cullen. Foy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Unser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maddox moves to second.
Top 8 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrah scores.
Top 8 Elliott Maddox pinch hits for Bill Gogolewski. There's a wild pitch. Harrah moves to second.
Top 8 Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Casanova hits a fly ball into center field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Renick moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Renick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jim Holt now playing center field. Cesar Tovar now playing left field. Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Alyea strikes out.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cullen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Renick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rick Renick now playing third base. Unser hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bill Gogolewski now pitching. Mitterwald takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to third. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardenas takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Braun is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Alyea hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliva hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Shellenback hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out.
Top 5 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to third. Mitterwald moves to second.
Bottom 4 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cardenas takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Epstein hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cullen hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Scheinblum moves to third.
Top 3 Richie Scheinblum pinch hits for Joe Grzenda. Scheinblum takes first base on ball four. Harrah moves to second.
Top 3 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Casanova hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Joe Grzenda now pitching. Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein juggles the ball. That's an error on Epstein. Blyleven moves to third.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Casanova fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Casanova. Blyleven moves to second.
Bottom 2 Blyleven hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cardenas scores.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Unser. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Braun scores. Reese goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alyea scores. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 2 Braun takes first base on ball four. Alyea moves to second.
Bottom 2 Alyea hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Tovar takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Epstein strikes out.
Top 1 Cullen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Unser is called out on strikes.