CHICAGO 2, MINNESOTA 1 AT CHICAGO

Date:  Saturday, May 1.

Batting stars:  Bob Allison was 2-for-4 with a double.  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.  Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching star:  Camilo Pascual pitched seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Joe Horlen pitched a complete game, allowing one run on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts.  Don Buford was 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk, scoring twice.  Floyd Robinson was 2-for-4.

The game:  Versalles led off the game with a triple and scored on a Rich Rollins single to put the Twins ahead 1-0 before an out was recorded.  It was the only run the Twins would score.  Allison led off the fifth with a double but could not get past third.  Buford hit a one-out homer in the sixth to tie it 1-1.  Harmon Killebrew reached on an error in the seventh and got to third with one out, but again was stranded.  In the eighth, two singles and an error allowed the White Sox to take their first lead of the game at 2-1.  The Twins got a pair of two-out singles in the ninth, but a foul out ended the game.

Of note:  Rollins was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-4.  Killebrew was 0-for-4.

Record:  The loss drops the Twins to 8-4 and puts them in third place, a half game behind both Chicago and Detroit.

MINNESOTA 7, CHICAGO 0 IN CHICAGO

Batting stars:  Tony Oliva was 3-for-5 with a double and a stolen base, scoring twice and driving in two.  Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring twice and driving in one.  Bob Allison was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.

Pitching star:  Mudcat Grant pitched a complete game shutout, giving up three hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Don Buford was 2-for-4 with a double.  Pete Ward was 1-for-4 with a double.  Ted Wills pitched a scoreless inning, allowing a walk.

The game:  The Twins once again struck early, scoring three times in the first inning.  Oliva doubled home one run, Allison had an RBI single, and Earl Battey singled in the third run.  It stayed 3-0 until the fifth, when Allison singled home another run.  Meanwhile, Grant retired the first fifteen batters of the game.  He allowed a leadoff double to Ward in the sixth and allowed him to reach third base, the only White Sox player to do so in the game.  The Twins added three more runs in the ninth.

Of note:  Rich Rollins was 1-for-4 with a run.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-3 with two walks and a run.

Record:  The win moved the Twins to 8-3 and put them back into first place, leading the White Sox and Detroit by a half game.