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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 27, 1970
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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 April 27, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 27, 1970 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 27, 1970 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam McDowell |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Boswell |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 4,167 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Jake O'Donnell |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ted Uhlaender | Center Fielder |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Roy Foster | Left Fielder |
Ray Fosse | Catcher |
Eddie Leon | Second Baseman |
Jack Heidemann | Shortstop |
Sam McDowell | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
Brant Alyea | Left Fielder |
Rich Reese | First Baseman |
George Mitterwald | Catcher |
Frank Quilici | Second Baseman |
Dave Boswell | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 27, 1970
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Boswell
Uhlaender 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 -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Boswell
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Boswell
Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Boswell
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Boswell
Fosse hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Boswell
Leon hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heidemann vs. Boswell
Heidemann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boswell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese hits a line drive into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Boswell
McDowell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Boswell
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Boswell
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Boswell covering, for the out. McDowell moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pinson vs. Boswell
Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDowell tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Horton reaches second base with a double. Uhlaender scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Boswell
Foster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Foster reaches second base with a double. Horton scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fosse vs. Boswell
Fosse is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leon vs. Boswell
Leon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Quilici settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. McDowell
Minnie Mendoza pinch hits for Dave Boswell.
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off McDowell, and towards Leon, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heidemann vs. Zepp
Bill Zepp now pitching.
Heidemann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Zepp
McDowell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Zepp
Uhlaender hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster who is chasing the ball. Oliva reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliva scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alyea moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Zepp
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Zepp
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Zepp
Horton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zepp vs. McDowell
Zepp is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Zepp
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Zepp
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Zepp
Leon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fosse moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heidemann vs. Zepp
Heidemann is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese takes first base on ball four. Alyea moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Zepp
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zepp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Zepp
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva who is chasing the ball. Uhlaender reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nettles vs. Zepp
Nettles 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 -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pinson vs. Zepp
Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Uhlaender scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Zepp
Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. McDowell
Bob Allison pinch hits for Bill Zepp.
Allison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a popup towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a line drive towards third. Nettles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Barber
Steve Barber now pitching.
Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Barber
Fosse strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Barber
Leon is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heidemann vs. Barber
Heidemann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Barber
McDowell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Barber
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Hall
Tom Hall now pitching.
Nettles takes first base on ball four. McDowell moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pinson vs. Hall
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDowell tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Hall
Horton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renick vs. McDowell
Rick Renick pinch hits for Tom Hall.
Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heidemann fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Renick moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/27/1970 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Uhlaender T, cf 5 2 3 0 Tovar C, cf 5 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 5 0 1 0 Pinson V, rf 3 0 2 3 Killebrew H, 3b 4 0 1 0 Horton T, 1b 5 1 1 1 Oliva T, rf 4 1 1 0 Foster R, lf 4 0 1 1 Alyea B, lf 2 0 1 1 Fosse R, c 3 0 2 0 Reese R, 1b 3 0 1 0 Leon E, 2b 4 0 0 0 Mitterwald G, c 4 0 0 0 Heidemann J, ss 4 0 0 0 Quilici F, 2b 3 0 0 0 McDowell S, p 4 2 2 0 Boswell D, p 0 0 0 0 Mendoza M, ph 1 0 0 0 Zepp B, p 1 0 0 0 Allison B, ph 1 0 1 0 Barber S, p 0 0 0 0 Hall T, p 0 0 0 0 Renick R, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 5 11 5 34 1 6 1 Cleveland 003 000 101 -- 5 Minnesota 000 100 000 -- 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO McDowell S (W) 9.0 6 1 1 5 8 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Boswell D (L) 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 Zepp B 4.0 3 1 1 1 3 Barber S 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 Hall T 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 E -- Nettles G 2 DP -- Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1 LOB -- Cleveland 8, Minnesota 11 2B -- Horton T, Foster R 3B -- Oliva T, Uhlaender T SF -- Pinson V 2 T -- 2:50 A -- 4167
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