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Indians 3 @ Twins 1
Metropolitan Stadium
May 30, 1968

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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 May 30, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 30, 1968 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 1 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherSam McDowell  
Losing PitcherJim Kaat  
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Game Winning RBITony Horton 

Game Info

DateMay 30, 1968 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherSam McDowell  
Home Starting PitcherJim Kaat  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance25,843 
Time of Game2 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Honochick
1B: Emmett Ashford
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Bill Valentine

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Larry Brown  Shortstop 
Max Alvis  Third Baseman 
Jose Cardenal  Center Fielder 
Tony Horton  First Baseman 
Joe Azcue  Catcher 
Vern Fuller  Second Baseman 
Tommy Harper  Left Fielder 
Jose Vidal  Right Fielder 
Sam McDowell  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

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

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Indians 3 @ Twins 1
Metropolitan Stadium
May 30, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/30/1968 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Brown L, ss           5  1  1  0   Tovar C, 3b-ss        4  1  2  0   
Alvis M, 3b           3  0  1  0   Carew R, 2b           4  0  1  1   
Cardenal J, cf        4  1  1  0   Killebrew H, 1b       4  0  0  0   
Horton T, 1b          4  1  2  3   Allison B, lf         2  0  0  0   
Azcue J, c            4  0  1  0   Oliva T, rf           4  0  1  0   
Fuller V, 2b          4  0  0  0   Uhlaender T, cf       3  0  0  0   
Harper T, lf          4  0  1  0   Kostro F, ph          1  0  0  0   
Vidal J, rf           3  0  1  0   Hernandez J, ss       2  0  0  0   
Davalillo V, rf       0  0  0  0   Clark R, ph-3b        1  0  0  0   
McDowell S, p         3  0  0  0   Zimmerman J, c        2  0  0  0   
                                   Quilici F, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Look B, c             0  0  0  0   
                                   Kaat J, p             2  0  0  0   
                                   Rollins R, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Miller B, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  3  8  3                        31  1  4  1

Cleveland        102 000 000 --  3
Minnesota        100 000 000 --  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
McDowell S (W)        9.0  4  1  1  2 10

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kaat J (L)            8.0  7  3  3  2  3
Miller B              1.0  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Hernandez J
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Minnesota 5
2B -- Brown L, Tovar C
HR -- Horton T
SB -- Carew R
SH -- Alvis M
HBP -- by Kaat J (McDowell S), by Kaat J (Cardenal J)
PB -- Azcue J
T -- 2:22
A -- 25843

    

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