CLEVELAND 9, MINNESOTA 3 IN CLEVELAND
Date: Wednesday, April 28.
Batting stars: Jimmie Hall was 2-for-4 with two home runs, his third and fourth. Bob Allison was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk. Earl Battey was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Dave Boswell pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Johnny Klippstein pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk. Jerry Fosnow pitched a perfect innings.
Opposition stars: Rocky Colavito was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk, scoring three times and driving in four. Sonny Siebert pitched 7.2 innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Max Alvis was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and two runs.
The game: Starter Jim Kaat retired the first two Indians, but then came a two-base error, Colavito's RBI single, and Alvis' two-run homer to put Cleveland up 3-0 in the first. The Twins got back-to-back home runs from Hall and Allison in the second to cut the lead to 3-2, but they made two errors in the third, leading to three unearned runs and a 6-2 Indian lead. Hall hit another homer in the sixth to trim the margin to 6-3, but Colavito hit a three-run homer in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4. Rich Rollins was 0-for-4. Tony Oliva was 0-for-4. Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-4. Cesar Tovar was 1-for-3 with a walk. Kaat pitched 2.2 innings, giving up six unearned runs on five hits and a walk with one strikeout.
Record: The loss made the Twins 7-3 and dropped them into second place, a half game behind Chicago.