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Indians 2 @ Twins 6
Metropolitan Stadium
June 27, 1966

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians, played on June 27, 1966 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Indians with a score of 6 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJune 27, 1966 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 2 H: 6 E: 5 LOB: 3
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 6 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJim Kaat  
Losing PitcherLuis Tiant  
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Game Winning RBIJerry Zimmerman 

Game Info

DateJune 27, 1966 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherLuis Tiant  
Home Starting PitcherJim Kaat  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance15,924 
Time of Game2 hours 23 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Jerry Neudecker
2B: Bill Kinnamon
3B: Jim Honochick

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Landis  Center Fielder 
Chuck Hinton  Left Fielder 
Chico Salmon  Shortstop 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Max Alvis  Third Baseman 
Fred Whitfield  First Baseman 
Larry Brown  Second Baseman 
Joe Azcue  Catcher 
Luis Tiant  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  Third Baseman 
Jimmie Hall  Left Fielder 
Cesar Tovar  Second Baseman 
Jerry Zimmerman  Catcher 
Jim Kaat  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

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Indians 2 @ Twins 6
Metropolitan Stadium
June 27, 1966

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         Game of 6/27/1966 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Landis J, cf          4  1  2  0   Versalles Z, ss       4  1  1  1   
Hinton C, lf          3  0  0  0   Uhlaender T, cf       5  0  2  1   
Salmon C, ss          4  1  2  0   Oliva T, rf           4  0  1  0   
Colavito R, rf        3  0  0  0   Mincher D, 1b         4  0  0  0   
Alvis M, 3b           3  0  1  1   Killebrew H, 3b       3  1  0  0   
Whitfield F, 1b       3  0  1  1   Hall J, lf            3  2  1  1   
Brown L, 2b           3  0  0  0   Tovar C, 2b           2  1  0  0   
McDowell S, p         0  0  0  0   Zimmerman J, c        4  1  1  2   
Azcue J, c            3  0  0  0   Kaat J, p             4  0  2  0   
Tiant L, p            2  0  0  0                                      
Allen B, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Howser D, 2b          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     29  2  6  2                        33  6  8  5

Cleveland        200 000 000 --  2
Minnesota        100 104 00x --  6

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tiant L (L)*          5.0  5  5  5  4  7
Allen B               1.0  2  1  1  0  1
McDowell S            2.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kaat J (W)            9.0  6  2  2  1  3
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 6th

E -- Brown L, Salmon C 2, Whitfield F, Alvis M
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Cleveland 3, Minnesota 8
2B -- Versalles Z, Alvis M, Oliva T
HR -- Hall J
CS -- Uhlaender T
SH -- Hinton C
SF -- Alvis M, Versalles Z
WP -- Kaat J 2
T -- 2:23
A -- 15924

    

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