CHICAGO 13, MINNESOTA 5 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Friday, May 7.

Batting stars:  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his third.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs.  Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Pete Ward was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and a double, scoring three times.  Ron Hansen was 3-for-5 with a home run (his third), scoring three times and driving in two.  Al Weis was 2-for-2 with a home run and a double, driving in three.

The game:  Killebrew hit a three-run homer in the first to put the Twins up 3-0.  Weis' two-run double in the second immediately cut the lead to 3-2.  The White Sox took a 4-3 lead in the fourth on solo home runs by Hansen and Weis.  The Twins got the lead back in the sixth, taking a 5-4 advantage on two walks and RBI singles by Battey and Jerry Kindall.  It went downhill from there, though, as the White Sox scored three runs in each of the last three innings.  Danny Cater hit a three-run homer in the seventh, a pair of errors led to three runs in the eighth, and Ward hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth.  Eddie Fisher made sure the Twins did not come back, pitching the three final innings perfectly.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-4.  Rich Rollins was 1-for-4 with a run.  Bob Allison was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run.  Dick Stigman started but pitched only 3.2 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

Record:  The loss dropped the Twins to 11-7, tied for second with California (although in second based on winning percentage), 2.5 games behind the White Sox.