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White Sox 1 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
April 27, 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 April 27, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting White Sox with a score of 4 to 1.

Game Summary

DateApril 27, 1968 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 1 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 1
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherJim Merritt  
Losing PitcherJoe Horlen  
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Game Winning RBICesar Tovar 

Game Info

DateApril 27, 1968 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Horlen  
Home Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance11,868 
Time of Game2 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Kinnamon
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Nestor Chylak

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Tommy McCraw  First Baseman 
Tommy Davis  Left Fielder 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Pete Ward  Right Fielder 
Duane Josephson  Catcher 
Ken Berry  Center Fielder 
Tim Cullen  Second Baseman 
Joe Horlen  Pitcher 
Eddie Stanky  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Third Baseman 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
John Roseboro  Catcher 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Cal Ermer  Manager 

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White Sox 1 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
April 27, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/27/1968 -- Chicago at Minnesota (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Aparicio L, ss        4  0  2  0   Tovar C, 3b-lf        4  1  3  1   
McCraw T, 1b          4  1  1  0   Carew R, 2b           4  0  1  0   
Davis T, lf           4  0  0  1   Oliva T, rf           3  0  0  1   
Boyer K, 3b           4  0  1  0   Killebrew H, 1b       4  0  1  0   
Ward P, rf            4  0  3  0   Reese R, pr-1b        0  1  0  0   
Josephson D, c        4  0  1  0   Allison B, lf         3  1  1  0   
Berry K, cf           4  0  1  0   Clark R, 3b           1  0  1  1   
Cullen T, 2b          3  0  0  0   Uhlaender T, cf       3  0  0  0   
Williams W, ph        1  0  0  0   Hernandez J, ss       3  1  2  1   
Horlen J, p           1  0  0  0   Roseboro J, c         3  0  0  0   
Priddy B, p           1  0  0  0   Merritt J, p          2  0  0  0   
Bradford B, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  1  9  1                        30  4  9  4

Chicago          100 000 000 --  1
Minnesota        020 010 01x --  4

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Horlen J (L)          1.2  5  2  2  1  0
Priddy B              4.1  2  1  1  0  2
Wilhelm H             2.0  2  1  1  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J (W)         9.0  9  1  0  0  6

E -- Carew R
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 7, Minnesota 4
2B -- Allison B, Tovar C, Aparicio L, Killebrew H
3B -- Tovar C
SB -- McCraw T
SF -- Oliva T
T -- 2:13
A -- 11868

    

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