MINNESOTA 9, BALTIMORE 2 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Wednesday, May 5.

Batting stars:  Zoilo Versalles was 4-for-5 with a triple and a double, scoring once and driving in four.  Rich Rollins was 3-for-5 with a double and three runs.  Jerry Zimmerman was 3-for-5 with a run.

Pitching star:   Camilo Pascual pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on six hits and one walk with eight strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Brooks Robinson was 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.  Jerry Adair was 1-for-3 with a run.  Herm Starrette pitched 3.1 innings of relief, allowing two unearned runs on four hits and no walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Tony Oliva doubled in a run in the first and Versalles had an RBI triple in the second to give the Twins a 3-0 lead.  The Orioles got on the board in the top of the third, but the Twins put together a three-run rally in the bottom of the third, all coming with two out, to take control of the game early.  A walk and two singles loaded the bases, an error scored one, and Versalles delivered a two-run single to make it 6-1.

Of note:  Jerry Kindall was 0-for-3 with three walks and a run.  Oliva was 1-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a walk.  Bob Allison was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run.

Record:  The win made the Twins 11-5, in second place, one game behind the White Sox.

Note:  Harvey Haddix, at the end of a fine career, pitched the last two innings of mopup relief for the Orioles.