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White Sox 4 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
August 30, 1968

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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 August 30, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting White Sox with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 30, 1968 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 4 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 4
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherAl Worthington  
Losing PitcherDennis Ribant  
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Game Winning RBIRich Reese 

Game Info

DateAugust 30, 1968 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherCisco Carlos  
Home Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance11,902 
Time of Game3 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Kinnamon
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Nestor Chylak

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Sandy Alomar  Second Baseman 
Walt Williams  Right Fielder 
Tommy Davis  Left Fielder 
Ron Hansen  Third Baseman 
Buddy Bradford  Center Fielder 
Tommy McCraw  First Baseman 
Jerry McNertney  Catcher 
Cisco Carlos  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Center Fielder 
Rich Reese  First Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Rich Rollins  Third Baseman 
John Roseboro  Catcher 
Ron Clark  Shortstop 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Cal Ermer  Manager 

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White Sox 4 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
August 30, 1968

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         Game of 8/30/1968 -- Chicago at Minnesota (N)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Aparicio L, ss        5  1  1  1   Tovar C, cf           6  2  3  2   
Alomar S, 2b          4  0  1  1   Reese R, 1b           6  0  3  2   
Williams W, rf        2  0  0  0   Oliva T, rf           5  0  1  1   
Ward P, ph            1  0  1  1   Allison B, lf         4  0  0  0   
Berry K, cf           1  0  0  0   Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   
Davis T, lf           4  0  2  0   Kaat J, ph            1  0  1  0   
Wood W, p             0  0  0  0   Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   
Locker B, p           0  0  0  0   Carew R, 2b           5  0  0  0   
Ribant D, p           1  0  0  0   Rollins R, 3b         3  0  1  0   
Hansen R, 3b          5  0  0  0   Quilici F, 3b         0  0  0  0   
Bradford B, cf-rf     4  1  1  0   Look B, ph            1  0  0  0   
McCraw T, 1b          3  1  0  0   Holt J, lf            1  0  1  0   
McNertney J, c        4  1  1  1   Roseboro J, c         4  0  0  0   
Carlos C, p           1  0  0  0   Clark R, ss-3b        5  1  0  0   
Kenworthy D, ph       1  0  0  0   Merritt J, p          2  0  1  0   
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   Miller B, p           0  0  0  0   
Held W, ph-lf         2  0  1  0   Kostro F, ph-lf       2  0  1  0   
                                   Uhlaender T, pr       0  1  0  0   
                                   Renick R, ss          1  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  4  8  4                        46  5 13  5

Chicago          000 000 040 00 --  4
Minnesota        001 000 012 01 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Carlos C              5.0  5  1  1  0  4
Wilhelm H             2.0  0  0  0  0  0
Wood W                0.1  2  1  0  0  2
Locker B              1.1  2  2  0  0  1
Ribant D (L)          1.2  4  1  1  1  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J*            7.0  6  3  3  0  8
Miller B              1.0  2  1  1  0  0
Perranoski R          2.0  0  0  0  0  0
Worthington A (W)     1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 8th

E -- McNertney J, Roseboro J, Reese R, Alomar S
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Chicago 4, Minnesota 11
2B -- Bradford B, Renick R
3B -- Tovar C
SB -- Tovar C 2, Rollins R
SH -- Williams W, McCraw T
SF -- Alomar S
PB -- McNertney J 2
T -- 3:14
A -- 11902

    

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