MINNESOTA 4, CHICAGO 1 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Saturday, May 8.

Batting stars:  Jimmie Hall was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his fifth.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run.  Bob Allison was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching star:  Mudcat Grant pitched a complete game, giving up one run on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Floyd Robinson was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Don Buford was 2-for-4.  Gary Peters pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks with one strikeout.

The game:  There was no score through five.  In the top of the sixth, the first two Sox were retired, but then came a walk and two singles to put Chicago up 1-0.  Tony Oliva's sacrifice fly tied it in the bottom of the sixth.  Zoilo Versalles contributed a sacrifice fly in the seventh to put the Twins ahead 2-1 and Hall hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Hoyt Wilhelm to make it 4-1.  The White Sox did not seriously threaten after the sixth inning.

Of note:  Versalles was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.  Rich Rollins was 2-for-4 with a double.  Oliva was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Record:  The win made the Twins 12-7 and kept them tied for second with California (though ahead based on winning percentage), 1.5 games behind Chicago.

Note:  Jerry Zimmerman came in as a defensive replacement for Earl Battey and caught the last three innings.