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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 15, 1965
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Athletics, played on July 15, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 15, 1965 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 15, 1965 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rollie Sheldon |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Perry |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 16,126 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Valentine 1B: Bill McKinley 2B: Hank Soar 3B: John Rice |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
Wayne Causey | Third Baseman |
Mike Hershberger | Right Fielder |
Ken Harrelson | First Baseman |
Johnny Blanchard | Catcher |
Dick Green | Second Baseman |
Nelson Mathews | Center Fielder |
Tommie Reynolds | Left Fielder |
Rollie Sheldon | Pitcher |
Haywood Sullivan | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
Jimmie Hall | Center Fielder |
Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
Don Mincher | First Baseman |
Earl Battey | Catcher |
Sandy Valdespino | Left Fielder |
Jerry Kindall | Second Baseman |
Jim Perry | Pitcher |
Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 15, 1965
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Perry
Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Perry
Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hershberger vs. Perry
Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Sheldon
Versalles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Sheldon
Oliva hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Sheldon
Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Sheldon
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Perry
Harrelson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Perry
Blanchard hits a line drive towards third. Killebrew reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Perry
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Perry
Mathews is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Sheldon
Mincher hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Sheldon
Battey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdespino vs. Sheldon
Valdespino hits a fly ball into right field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Perry
Reynolds strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheldon vs. Perry
Sheldon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Perry
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Perry
There goes Campaneris. The throw from Battey and he is out, Kindall applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Sheldon
Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Sheldon
Perry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Sheldon
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harrelson fields the ball and throws to Sheldon covering. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Sheldon
Oliva hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reynolds. Oliva reaches second base with a double. Versalles goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hall vs. Sheldon
There's a wild pitch. Oliva moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hall vs. Sheldon
Hall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Sheldon
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Perry
Causey hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Valdespino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hershberger vs. Perry
Hershberger is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Perry
Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Sheldon
Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Sheldon
Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdespino vs. Sheldon
Valdespino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Perry
Blanchard strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Perry
Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Perry
Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Perry
Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Green moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sheldon vs. Perry
Sheldon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Sheldon
Kindall strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Sheldon
Perry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Sheldon
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Sheldon
There goes Versalles. The throw from Blanchard and he is safe. Versalles steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliva vs. Sheldon
Oliva hits a line drive to center field. Mathews throws towards Green. Green fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Green. Versalles scores. Oliva moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hall vs. Sheldon
Hall hits a fly ball into left field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Perry
Campaneris hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Perry
Causey hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hershberger vs. Perry
Hershberger takes first base on ball four. Causey moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrelson vs. Perry
Harrelson hits a line drive into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blanchard vs. Perry
Blanchard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Sheldon
Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Sheldon
Mincher hits a fly ball into right field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Sheldon
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Perry
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Perry
Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Perry
Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdespino vs. Sheldon
Valdespino hits a fly ball into left field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Sheldon
Kindall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Sheldon
Perry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hershberger who is chasing the ball. Perry reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Versalles vs. Sheldon
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosario vs. Perry
Santiago Rosario pinch hits for Rollie Sheldon.
Rosario hits a fly ball into left field. Valdespino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Perry
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Perry
There goes Campaneris. The throw from Battey and he is safe. Campaneris steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Causey vs. Perry
Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hershberger vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching.
Hershberger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Mossi
Don Mossi now pitching.
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Mossi
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Mossi
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Mossi
Mincher hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Worthington
Harrelson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanchard vs. Worthington
Blanchard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrelson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Worthington
John O'Donoghue pinch runs for Johnny Blanchard.
Green bunts towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrelson moves to third. O'Donoghue moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mathews vs. Worthington
Mathews strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Reynolds vs. Worthington
Reynolds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Reynolds reaches second base with a double. Harrelson scores. O'Donoghue scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mossi vs. Worthington
Mossi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Mossi
Rene Lachemann now catching.
Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Mossi
Rich Rollins pinch hits for Sandy Valdespino.
Rollins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Wyatt
John Wyatt now pitching. Bernie Allen pinch hits for Jerry Kindall.
Allen is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nossek vs. Wyatt
Joe Nossek pinch hits for Al Worthington.
Nossek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rollins moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Versalles vs. Wyatt
Versalles strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/15/1965, game 2 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Campaneris B, ss 2 0 0 0 Versalles Z, ss 5 2 2 0 Causey W, 3b 4 0 1 0 Oliva T, rf 4 0 2 2 Hershberger M, rf 3 0 0 0 Hall J, cf 3 0 0 0 Harrelson K, 1b 3 2 1 1 Killebrew H, 3b 3 0 0 0 Blanchard J, c 4 0 1 0 Mincher D, 1b 4 0 0 0 O'Donoghue J, pr 0 1 0 0 Battey E, c 4 0 0 0 Lachemann R, c 0 0 0 0 Valdespino S, lf 3 0 0 0 Green D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Rollins R, ph 1 0 1 0 Mathews N, cf 4 0 0 0 Kindall J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Reynolds T, lf 4 0 2 2 Allen B, ph 1 0 0 0 Sheldon R, p 2 0 0 0 Perry J, p 3 0 2 0 Rosario S, ph 1 0 0 0 Worthington A, p 0 0 0 0 Mossi D, p 1 0 0 0 Nossek J, ph 1 0 1 0 Wyatt J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 3 6 3 35 2 8 2 Kansas City 010 000 002 -- 3 Minnesota 001 010 000 -- 2 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Sheldon R 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 Mossi D (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 Wyatt J (S) 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Perry J 7.2 4 1 1 3 5 Worthington A (L) 1.1 2 2 2 1 1 E -- Green D LOB -- Kansas City 6, Minnesota 8 2B -- Oliva T, Reynolds T 3B -- Perry J HR -- Harrelson K SB -- Versalles Z, Campaneris B CS -- Campaneris B SH -- Green D WP -- Sheldon R T -- 2:46 A -- 16126
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