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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
June 8, 1967
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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 8, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 8, 1967 |
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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 | June 8, 1967 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Connolly |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 8,740 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Bill Kinnamon |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Max Alvis | Third Baseman |
Larry Brown | Shortstop |
Chuck Hinton | Right Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
Don Demeter | Center Fielder |
Joe Azcue | Catcher |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Pedro Gonzalez | Second Baseman |
Ed Connolly | Pitcher |
Joe Adcock | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
Bob Allison | Left Fielder |
Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
Earl Battey | Catcher |
Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
June 8, 1967
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvis vs. Merritt
Alvis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Merritt
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinton vs. Merritt
Hinton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Merritt
Colavito strikes out. There goes Hinton. The throw from Battey to Carew, and back to Killebrew, who tags Hinton out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Connolly
Tovar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Connolly
There goes Tovar. The throw from Azcue and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Connolly
Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rollins vs. Connolly
Rollins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tovar scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Connolly
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Connolly
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Merritt
Demeter hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Merritt
Azcue 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 -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Merritt
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Connolly
Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Connolly
Versalles strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Connolly
Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Connolly
Merritt hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Connolly vs. Merritt
Connolly strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvis vs. Merritt
Alvis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Connolly
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Connolly fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Connolly
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Connolly
Rollins strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Connolly
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Connolly
Allison hits a popup, foul, towards third. Alvis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Merritt
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinton vs. Merritt
Hinton strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Merritt
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. Merritt
Demeter 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 4
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Connolly
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Connolly
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alvis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Connolly
Battey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Connolly
Merritt strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Merritt
Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Merritt
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Connolly vs. Merritt
Connolly strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Connolly
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Connolly
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Connolly
Rollins strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Connolly
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alvis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvis vs. Merritt
Alvis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Merritt
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hinton vs. Merritt
Hinton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tovar who is chasing the ball. Hinton reaches third base with a triple. Alvis goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Colavito vs. Merritt
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to home to get Hinton. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. Merritt
Demeter hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Connolly
Allison hits a popup, foul, towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Connolly
Oliva strikes out. Azcue drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Oliva out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Connolly
Versalles strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. Merritt
Azcue hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Merritt
Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Connolly vs. Merritt
Connolly bunts towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alvis vs. Kline
Ron Kline now pitching.
Alvis hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Connolly
Battey hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Connolly
Ron Clark pinch hits for Ron Kline.
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Connolly
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching.
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hinton vs. Worthington
Hinton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington 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: ---
Colavito vs. Worthington
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Connolly
Vic Davalillo now playing center field. Don Demeter now playing left field.
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Horton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Connolly
Rollins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Connolly
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Connolly
Allison takes first base on ball four. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. Allen
Bob Allen now pitching.
Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. Allison moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Versalles vs. Pena
Orlando Pena now pitching.
There goes Oliva. The throw from Azcue and he is safe. Oliva steals second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Versalles vs. Pena
Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allison scores. Oliva scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Pena
Battey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Demeter. Battey reaches second base with a double. Versalles goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Worthington vs. Pena
Ted Uhlaender pinch runs for Earl Battey.
Worthington hits a fly ball into center field. Davalillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Worthington
Jerry Zimmerman now catching.
Demeter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Worthington
Leon Wagner pinch hits for Joe Azcue.
Wagner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitfield vs. Worthington
Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Tony Horton.
Whitfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wagner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maye vs. Worthington
Chico Salmon pinch runs for Fred Whitfield. Lee Maye pinch hits for Pedro Gonzalez.
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Versalles fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Wagner scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sims vs. Worthington
Duke Sims pinch hits for Orlando Pena.
Sims hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maye moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alvis vs. Worthington
There goes Sims. The throw from Zimmerman and he is safe. Sims steals second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alvis vs. Worthington
There's a wild pitch. Maye scores. Sims moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alvis vs. Worthington
Alvis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Worthington
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Culver
Gus Gil now playing second base. Chico Salmon now playing first base. George Culver now pitching. Duke Sims now catching.
Tovar strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Culver
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Culver
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/8/1967 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Alvis M, 3b 5 3 3 3 Tovar C, cf 4 1 0 0 Brown L, ss 5 0 1 0 Carew R, 2b 5 0 3 0 Hinton C, rf 4 0 2 1 Rollins R, 3b 5 0 1 1 Colavito R, lf 4 0 1 0 Killebrew H, 1b 1 1 0 0 Davalillo V, cf 0 0 0 0 Allison B, lf 3 1 0 0 Demeter D, cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Oliva T, rf 4 1 2 1 Azcue J, c 3 1 1 1 Versalles Z, ss 4 1 1 2 Wagner L, ph 0 1 0 0 Battey E, c 4 0 2 1 Gil G, 2b 0 0 0 0 Uhlaender T, pr 0 0 0 0 Horton T, 1b 3 0 1 0 Zimmerman J, c 0 0 0 0 Whitfield F, ph 1 0 1 0 Merritt J, p 2 0 0 0 Salmon C, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Kline R, p 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez P, 2b 2 0 0 0 Clark R, ph 1 0 0 0 Maye L, ph 1 1 0 1 Worthington A, p 1 0 0 0 Culver G, p 0 0 0 0 Connolly E, p 2 0 0 0 Allen B, p 0 0 0 0 Pena O, p 0 0 0 0 Sims D, ph-c 1 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 7 11 6 34 5 9 5 Cleveland 100 001 104 -- 7 Minnesota 100 000 040 -- 5 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Connolly E 7.2 5 3 3 5 7 Allen B* 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 Pena O 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 Culver G (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Merritt J 6.2 7 3 3 1 6 Kline R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Worthington A (L) 2.0 4 4 4 1 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th DP -- Cleveland 2, Minnesota 2 LOB -- Cleveland 4, Minnesota 7 2B -- Battey E 3B -- Hinton C HR -- Alvis M 2, Azcue J SB -- Tovar C, Oliva T, Sims D CS -- Hinton C SH -- Connolly E WP -- Worthington A T -- 3:02 A -- 8740
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