MINNESOTA 4, CHICAGO 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Monday, May 10.

Batting stars:  Jerry Zimmerman was 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Rich Rollins was 1-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Jimmie Hall was 2-for-4 with two runs.

Pitching stars:  Jim Kaat pitched eight innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.  Mel Nelson pitched a perfect inning of relief.

Opposition stars:  Joel Horlen pitched seven innings, allowing four runs on nine hits and no walks with four strikeouts.  Dave Nicholson was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Danny Cater was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

The game:  Harmon Killebrew singled in a run in the first to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  Nicholson led off the third with a homer to tie it 1-1.  Two singles and a ground out gave the Twins a 2-1 lead in the fourth.  In the sixth, Rollins had an RBI double and Zimmerman delivered a run-scoring single to make it 4-1.  The White Sox scored one in the eighth.  In the ninth, Moose Skowron singled and Pete Ward doubled to cut the lead to 4-3 with none out.  A walk put men on first and second.  Nelson then came in and retired the next three batters to save the game.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-4.  Jerry Kindall was 0-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Killebrew was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Bob Allison was 1-for-4.

Record:  The win moved the Twins back into first place, a half game ahead of Chicago and California.