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White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 1, 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 September 1, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 1, 1968 |
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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 1, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jerry Nyman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Boswell |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 16,373 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Bill Kinnamon 3B: Russ Goetz |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
Pete Ward | Third Baseman |
Duane Josephson | Catcher |
Tommy Davis | Left Fielder |
Tommy McCraw | First Baseman |
Buddy Bradford | Right Fielder |
Ken Berry | Center Fielder |
Jerry Nyman | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
Rich Reese | First Baseman |
Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Bob Allison | Left Fielder |
Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
John Roseboro | Catcher |
Frank Kostro | Right Fielder |
Ron Clark | Shortstop |
Dave Boswell | Pitcher |
Cal Ermer | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 1, 1968
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Boswell
Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Boswell
Alomar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Boswell
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Nyman
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Nyman
There goes Tovar. The throw from Josephson and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Nyman
Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Nyman
Carew hits a line drive into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allison vs. Nyman
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Boswell
Josephson hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Boswell
Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Boswell
There goes Davis. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Davis steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCraw vs. Boswell
McCraw hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bradford vs. Boswell
Bradford hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Nyman
Rollins hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Nyman
Roseboro hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kostro vs. Nyman
Kostro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Boswell
Berry hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nyman vs. Boswell
Nyman strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Boswell
Aparicio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Nyman
Clark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bradford. Clark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boswell vs. Nyman
Boswell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Nyman
Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Nyman
There goes Tovar. The throw from Josephson and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Nyman
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carew vs. Nyman
Carew strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Boswell
Alomar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Boswell
There goes Alomar. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Alomar steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Boswell
Ward takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Josephson vs. Boswell
Josephson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar scores. Ward moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Boswell
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ward scores. Josephson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCraw vs. Boswell
McCraw hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Josephson scores. Davis moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bradford vs. Perry
Jim Perry now pitching.
Bradford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores. McCraw moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berry vs. Perry
Berry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCraw scores. Bradford moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nyman vs. Perry
Nyman strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aparicio vs. Perry
Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Kostro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alomar vs. Perry
Alomar hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Nyman
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward juggles the ball. That's an error on Ward. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Nyman
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ward fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roseboro vs. Nyman
Roseboro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kostro vs. Nyman
Kostro hits a popup towards first. McCraw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Nyman
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Perry
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Perry
Josephson hits a line drive into right field. Kostro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Perry
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Perry, and towards Carew, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renick vs. Nyman
Rick Renick pinch hits for Jim Perry.
Renick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Nyman
Tovar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Nyman
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw juggles the ball. That's an error on McCraw. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Wood
Wilbur Wood now pitching.
Carew strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Wood
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Wood
Rollins hits a line drive into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Roland
Jim Roland now pitching.
McCraw hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradford vs. Roland
Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Roland
Berry hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Wood
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kostro vs. Wood
Kostro hits a line drive towards third. Ward reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Wood
Clark hits a line drive into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Roland
Frank Quilici now playing second base.
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Roland
Aparicio hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kostro. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Roland
Alomar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Roland
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Look vs. Wood
Ron Hansen now playing third base. Bruce Look pinch hits for Jim Roland.
Look hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Wood
Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Wood
Reese hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bradford. Reese reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Quilici vs. Wood
Quilici hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Hall
Tom Hall now pitching.
Josephson is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Hall
Davis 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, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Hall
McCraw strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Wood
Woodie Held now playing left field.
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Wood
Rollins hits a line drive towards third. Hansen reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Wood
Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradford vs. Hall
Bradford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hall, and towards Quilici, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Hall
Berry hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Hall
Wood is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kostro vs. Wood
Kostro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Wood
Clark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Wood
Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Tom Hall.
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Wood
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/1/1968 -- Chicago at Minnesota (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Aparicio L, ss 4 0 1 0 Tovar C, cf 5 1 3 3 Alomar S, 2b 4 1 1 0 Reese R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Ward P, 3b 3 1 0 0 Carew R, 2b 3 0 0 0 Hansen R, 3b 0 0 0 0 Quilici F, 2b 1 0 0 0 Josephson D, c 4 1 1 1 Allison B, lf 4 0 0 0 Davis T, lf 4 1 2 1 Rollins R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Held W, lf 0 0 0 0 Roseboro J, c 4 0 1 0 McCraw T, 1b 4 1 1 1 Kostro F, rf 4 0 0 0 Bradford B, rf 4 0 1 1 Clark R, ss 4 1 1 0 Berry K, cf 4 0 1 1 Boswell D, p 1 0 0 0 Nyman J, p 2 0 0 0 Perry J, p 0 0 0 0 Wood W, p 2 0 0 0 Renick R, ph 0 1 0 0 Roland J, p 0 0 0 0 Look B, ph 1 0 0 0 Hall T, p 0 0 0 0 Killebrew H, ph 1 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 5 8 5 36 4 7 4 Chicago 000 500 000 -- 5 Minnesota 001 020 001 -- 4 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Nyman J* 4.0 5 3 3 1 1 Wood W (W) 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Boswell D (L)+ 3.0 5 5 5 1 2 Perry J 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 Roland J 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Hall T 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th + Pitched to 5 batters in 4th E -- Ward P, McCraw T LOB -- Chicago 4, Minnesota 6 2B -- Clark R, Aparicio L, Reese R HR -- Tovar C, Killebrew H SB -- Tovar C 2, Davis T, Alomar S T -- 2:28 A -- 16373
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