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1965 Rewind: Game Twenty-three

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MINNESOTA 4, CALIFORNIA 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Wednesday, May 12.

Batting stars:  Harmon Killebrew was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his fourth and fifth) and three RBIs.  Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-4.  Jimmie Hall was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Mudcat Grant pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  Al Worthington struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Rudy May struck out six in six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks.  Albie Pearson was 2-for-3 with a home run.  Jose Cardenal was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.

The game:  Yesterday the Twins gave up a home run to the first batter; today it was the second, as Pearson homered to give the Angels a 1-0 lead.  Bobby Knoop doubled and scored in the third to make it 2-0, but the Twins got on the board in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Jerry Kindall.  Joe Adcock singled in a run in the sixth, but Killebrew hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 3-2.  With two out and a man on first in the eighth Killebrew struck again, hitting a two-run homer to give the Twins their first lead of the game at 4-3.  The Angels got a man on first with one out in the ninth but did not advance him.

Of note:  Kindall was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-4.  Bob Allison was 0-for-4.

Record:  The win was the Twins' fifth in a row, moved the Twins to 16-7, and kept them in first place, a half game ahead of Chicago.

Notes:  Earl Battey apparently suffered a minor injury on May 8, as Jerry Zimmerman has started the games since then at catcher, but Battey caught in this game and yesterday's game after Zimmerman was lifted for a pinch-hitter.  Albie Pearson, who homered in this game, was one of the smallest men to play major league baseball, listed at 5'5", 140 pounds.  Vic Power, in his last major league season, was used as a defensive replacement, but was removed in the ninth for pinch-hitter Costen Shockley.  I can honestly say I had never heard of Costen Shockley before.

11 thoughts on “1965 Rewind: Game Twenty-three”

  1. If Killebrew's head was turned to profile, that picture would look exactly like the MLB logo.

      1. Did Harmon actually claim it himself, or was the claim made by others? I know MLB has denied it. But I still say that if Killebrew's head was turned to profile, that picture would look exactly like the logo.

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