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1965 Rewind: Game Five

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MINNESOTA 7, NEW YORK 2 IN NEW YORK

Date:  Wednesday, April 21.

Batting stars:  Rich Rollins was 2-for-5 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in three.  Jimmie Hall was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer.

Pitching stars:  Camilo Pascual pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts.  Jerry Fosnow pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and four walks with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Mickey Mantle was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk.  Bobby Richardson was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Tom Tresh was 2-for-5 with a run.

The game:  The Yankees struck first, getting a two-run homer from Mantle in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead.  The Twins came back in the third, as Rollins had an RBI single followed by Oliva's two-run homer to put Minnesota up 3-2.  The first two Twins of the fifth went out, but Zoilo Versalles drew a walk followed by a Rollins two-run homer to make it 5-2.  Hall followed Harmon Killebrew's walk with another two-run homer in the eighth to build the lead to 7-2.  The Yankees put men on first and third in the fifth, first and second in the eighth, and loaded the bases in the ninth, but were turned aside each time.

Of note:  Versalles was 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base, scoring once.  Bob Allison was 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base.

Record:  The win made the Twins 4-1, tied for first with Detroit, though ahead based on winning percentage.

Keeping Track

1965 Rewind: Game Four

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MINNESOTA 6, CLEVELAND 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Sunday, April 18.

Batting stars:  Jimmie Hall was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk, scoring twice.  Jerry Kindall was 1-for-4 with a home run.  Bob Allison was 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Dave Boswell struck out three in 3.2 scoreless innings of relief, giving up three hits and a walk.  Al Worthington pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Leon Wagner was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Chuck Hinton was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Rocky Colavito was 1-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.

The game:  With two out and none on in the third, the Indians put together three singles and a double off Mudcat Grant to take a 3-0 lead.  In the third, Kindall hit a solo homer and another run scored on Rich Rollins' single-plus-error to cut the lead to 3-2.  The Twins took a 4-3 lead in the fourth on Hall's two-run homer.  They added two more in the eighth when Allison singled in a run and then, with men on first and third Allison and Hall pulled off a double steal of second and home.  The Indians threatened in the fourth, putting two men on with none out, and again in the ninth when they had two on with one out, but never scored again.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Rollins was 1-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Harmon Killebrew was 2-for-4 with a run.  Grant pitched three innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  Five of the Twins eight position players, Versalles, Rollins, Oliva, Earl Battey, and Kindall, were all hitting below .200 at this point in the season.

Record:  The win made the Twins 3-1, tied for second with Boston, a half game behind Detroit.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–October 9

Dave Rowe (1854)
Al Maul (1865)
Rube Marquard (1866)
Joe Sewell (1898)
Mike Hershberger (1939)
Joe Pepitone (1940)
Freddie Patek (1944)
Bob Moose (1947)
Steve Palermo (1949)
Brian Downing (1950)
Randy Lerch (1954)
Felix Fermin (1963)
Danny Mota (1975)
Brian Roberts (1977)
Mark McLemore (1980)
Jason Pridie (1983)

Steve Palermo was a major league umpire from 1977-1991, when he was shot and paralyzed while trying to prevent a robbery.  He became Supervisor of Umpires in 2000.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS' dad.

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