DETROIT 6, MINNESOTA 4 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  April 15.

Batting stars:  Bob Allison was 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBIs.  Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with a double and a run.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Norm Cash was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer.  Al Kaline was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, a walk, and a stolen base.  Dave Wickersham pitched a complete game, allowing four runs on nine hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Allison had a two-run single in a four-run third that put the Twins ahead 4-1.  In the fifth, Cash hit a three-run homer off Camilo Pascual to tie it up.  In the seventh, Kaline hit a two-run homer off Jerry Fosnow to give the Tigers the lead.  The Twins had only two hits after the third inning.  Both came in the ninth, but a double play meant they did not get a man past first.

Of note:  Cesar Tovar was 1-for-4 with a run.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-4.  Earl Battey was 1-for-2 with an RBI.  Camilo Pascual pitched five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

Record:  The loss put the Twins at 1-1, tied for third, a game and a half behind Detroit.