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White Sox 8 @ Twins 1
Metropolitan Stadium
July 31, 1972

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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 July 31, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting White Sox with a score of 8 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJuly 31, 1972 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 8 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 1 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherStan Bahnsen  
Losing PitcherBert Blyleven  
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Game Winning RBIDick Allen 

Game Info

DateJuly 31, 1972 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherStan Bahnsen  
Home Starting PitcherBert Blyleven  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance13,652 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Flaherty
1B: Bill Haller
2B: Jerry Neudecker
3B: Bill Kunkel

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pat Kelly  Right Fielder 
Luis Alvarado  Second Baseman 
Dick Allen  First Baseman 
Carlos May  Left Fielder 
Jay Johnstone  Center Fielder 
Ed Spiezio  Third Baseman 
Ed Herrmann  Catcher 
Rich Morales  Shortstop 
Stan Bahnsen  Pitcher 
Chuck Tanner  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Right Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Steve Braun  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Rich Reese  Left Fielder 
Bobby Darwin  Center Fielder 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Glenn Borgmann  Catcher 
Bert Blyleven  Pitcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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1 Re: Minnesota Twins versus Chicago White Sox - July 31, 1972 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by K P Gjovik – 12/23/2011 at 2:49 AMView this game ►
This was the first MLB game I ever attended, highlighted by Richie "Dick" Allen hitting two inside-the-park home runs. I believe this tied a major league record at that time. The first was legit—but on second one, as I remember, Bobby Darwin came in a step or two before realizing it was a laser that wasn't going to come down.

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White Sox 8 @ Twins 1
Metropolitan Stadium
July 31, 1972

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         Game of 7/31/1972 -- Chicago at Minnesota (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Kelly P, rf           3  2  1  0   Tovar C, rf           4  0  0  0   
Bradford B, cf        1  0  0  0   Thompson D, ss        4  0  1  0   
Alvarado L, 2b-ss     5  2  2  1   Braun S, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Allen D, 1b           4  2  2  5   Killebrew H, 1b       4  0  1  0   
Muser T, pr-1b        1  1  0  0   Reese R, lf           4  0  1  0   
May C, lf             4  0  2  0   Darwin B, cf          4  1  1  0   
Johnstone J, cf-rf    4  0  0  0   Soderholm E, 3b       3  0  0  0   
Spiezio E, 3b         4  0  0  0   Borgmann G, c         3  0  1  0   
Herrmann E, c         3  1  2  1   Blyleven B, p         1  0  0  0   
Morales R, ss         0  0  0  0   Strickland J, p       0  0  0  0   
Andrews M, 2b         4  0  0  0   Nettles J, ph         1  0  1  1   
Bahnsen S, p          3  0  0  0   Gebhard B, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Brye S, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Goltz D, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  8  9  7                        33  1  6  1

Chicago          300 031 100 --  8
Minnesota        000 010 000 --  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bahnsen S (W)         9.0  6  1  0  0  6

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L)        4.1  5  6  6  3  3
Strickland J          0.2  1  0  0  0  0
Gebhard B             3.0  3  2  1  0  3
Goltz D               1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Alvarado L, Thompson D, Darwin B
LOB -- Chicago 5, Minnesota 5
2B -- Kelly P, May C
HR -- Allen D 2, Herrmann E
SB -- May C
SH -- Bahnsen S
T -- 2:17
A -- 13652

    

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