CLEVELAND 9, MINNESOTA 3 IN CLEVELAND

Date:  Wednesday, April 28.

Batting stars:  Jimmie Hall was 2-for-4 with two home runs, his third and fourth.  Bob Allison was 1-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk.  Earl Battey was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Dave Boswell pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.  Johnny Klippstein pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.  Jerry Fosnow pitched a perfect innings.

Opposition stars:  Rocky Colavito was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third) and a walk, scoring three times and driving in four.  Sonny Siebert pitched 7.2 innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Max Alvis was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and two runs.

The game:  Starter Jim Kaat retired the first two Indians, but then came a two-base error, Colavito's RBI single, and Alvis' two-run homer to put Cleveland up 3-0 in the first.  The Twins got back-to-back home runs from Hall and Allison in the second to cut the lead to 3-2, but they made two errors in the third, leading to three unearned runs and a 6-2 Indian lead.  Hall hit another homer in the sixth to trim the margin to 6-3, but Colavito hit a three-run homer in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4.  Rich Rollins was 0-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-4.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-4.  Cesar Tovar was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Kaat pitched 2.2 innings, giving up six unearned runs on five hits and a walk with one strikeout.

Record:  The loss made the Twins 7-3 and dropped them into second place, a half game behind Chicago.

MINNESOTA 11, CLEVELAND 1 IN CLEVELAND

Date:  Tuesday, April 27.

Batting stars:  Camilo Pascual was 2-for-5 with a grand slam and a walk, driving in five.  Earl Battey was 2-for-2 with two walks, scoring twice and driving in one.  Bob Allison was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching star:  Pascual also pitched a complete game, giving up one run on two hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Dick Howser was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Gary Bell struck out two in a scoreless inning, allowing one hit.  Lee Stange pitched two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk with one strikeout.

The game:  The Twins blitzed Sam McDowell, scoring six runs off him in a third of an inning.  Tony Oliva singled in the first run, Allison brought one home on a ground out, and a bases-loaded walk to Jerry Kindall (one of three walks McDowell issued) made it 3-0.  Stan Williams then came in and gave up a grand slam to Pascual to make it 7-0.  Pascual gave up a double and two walks in the first inning, when the Indians scored their only run, but then retired twenty-one batters in a row before giving up a single to Camilo Carreon in the eighth.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-5 with a double and a run.  Rich Rollins was 1-for-5.  Oliva was 1-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.  Harmon Killebrew was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once.