BALTIMORE 5, MINNESOTA 1 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Thursday, May 6.

Batting stars:  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Bob Allison was 1-for-3.  Sandy Valdespino was 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter.

Pitching stars:  Al Worthington pitched a perfect inning.  Jerry Fosnow pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Robin Roberts pitched a complete game, giving up one run on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts.  Brooks Robinson was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Paul Blair was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

The game:  Robinson hit a home run in the second to put Baltimore up 1-0.  Killebrew homered in the fourth to tie it 1-1.  In the fifth, RBI singles by Roberts and Blair put the Orioles in front 3-1 and in the eighth, a run-scoring double by Luis Aparaicio and Russ Snyder's RBI single gave them a 5-1 lead.  Other than Killebrew's homer, the only Twins threat came in the eighth, when a pair of singles put men on first and second with one out.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base.  Rich Rollins was 0-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4.  Valdespino, in his rookie season, had only been used as a pinch-hitter up to this point and was 3-for-6.  Jim Kaat started and pitched seven innings, giving up five runs on ten hits and one walk with six strikeouts.

Record:  The loss made the Twins 11-6, in second place, 1.5 games behind Chicago.