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Senators 8 @ Twins 9
Metropolitan Stadium
June 18, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Washington Senators, played on June 18, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Senators with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateJune 18, 1968 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 8 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 9 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 9
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Jim Perry  
Losing Pitcher—Dennis Higgins  
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Game Winning RBI—Cesar Tovar 

Game Info

DateJune 18, 1968 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherPhil Ortega  
Home Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance13,524 
Time of Game3 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Flaherty
1B: Bob Stewart
2B: Lou DiMuro
3B: Marty Springstead

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Sam Bowens  Center Fielder 
Bernie Allen  Second Baseman 
Frank Howard  Left Fielder 
Ken McMullen  Third Baseman 
Mike Epstein  First Baseman 
Cap Peterson  Right Fielder 
Paul Casanova  Catcher 
Ron Hansen  Shortstop 
Phil Ortega  Pitcher 
Jim Lemon  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Third Baseman 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Bruce Look  Catcher 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Frank Quilici  Second Baseman 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Cal Ermer  Manager 

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Senators 8 @ Twins 9
Metropolitan Stadium
June 18, 1968

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         Game of 6/18/1968 -- Washington at Minnesota (N)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Bowens S, cf-lf       4  1  0  0   Tovar C, 3b           6  2  2  1   
Allen B, 2b           4  1  1  0   Uhlaender T, cf       5  2  3  3   
Howard F, lf          5  1  1  2   Killebrew H, 1b       4  1  2  0   
Stroud E, pr-cf       0  1  0  0   Holt J, pr            0  0  0  0   
McMullen K, 3b        3  1  2  1   Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   
Epstein M, 1b         3  1  1  1   Perry J, p            0  0  0  0   
Peterson C, rf        4  1  3  1   Oliva T, rf           3  1  2  2   
Casanova P, c         5  1  1  3   Allison B, lf         4  0  2  1   
Hansen R, ss          4  0  1  0   Look B, c             3  0  1  0   
Baldwin D, p          0  0  0  0   Hernandez J, ss       4  0  1  0   
Higgins D, p          0  0  0  0   Rollins R, ph         1  1  1  0   
Ortega P, p           1  0  0  0   Quilici F, 2b         3  1  1  2   
Howard B, p           0  0  0  0   Merritt J, p          3  0  0  0   
Coggins F, ph         1  0  0  0   Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   
Bosman D, p           0  0  0  0   Reese R, ph-1b        1  1  1  0   
Brinkman E, ph-ss     2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  8 10  8                        37  9 16  9

Washington       000 000 062 --  8
Minnesota        012 010 032 --  9
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ortega P              2.1  4  3  3  2  0
Howard B              1.2  1  0  0  0  2
Bosman D              3.0  5  1  1  2  2
Baldwin D             0.1  3  3  3  1  0
Higgins D (L)         1.1  3  2  2  1  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J             7.2  4  3  3  4  4
Perranoski R          0.1  3  3  3  1  0
Worthington A         0.1  3  2  1  1  0
Perry J (W)           0.2  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Hernandez J
DP -- Washington 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Washington 8, Minnesota 11
2B -- Oliva T, Look B, Tovar C, Allison B
3B -- Uhlaender T, Quilici F
HR -- Howard F, Casanova P, Uhlaender T
SB -- Hernandez J
SH -- Quilici F
SF -- Quilici F, Allison B
HBP -- by Merritt J (Allen B)
T -- 3:16
A -- 13524

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