CALIFORNIA 3, MINNESOTA 1 IN CALIFORNIA

Date:  Tuesday, May 18.

Batting stars:  Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with two doubles.  Earl Battey was 2-for-4 with a double.  Jerry Kindall was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base.

Pitching star:  Jim Kaat pitched 7.2 innings, giving up three unearned runs on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Marcelino Lopez pitched 8.1 innings, allowing an unearned run on six hits and four walks with six strikeouts.  Joe Adcock was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Jimmy Piersall was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

The game:  In the fourth, an error and two singles loaded the bases with one out and Kindall delivered a sacrifice fly to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  The Angels put men on first and third with one out in the bottom of the fourth and the Twins had men on second and third with none out in the seventh, but it stayed 1-0 until the eighth.  In the bottom of the eighth, Piersall tied it with an RBI single and Adcock delivered a two-out two-run double to put the Angels in front 3-1.  The Twins put men on second and third with one out in the ninth, but pinch-hitter Don Mincher flied out to left and Tony Oliva lined to center to end the game.

Of note:  Joe Nossek was 0-for-4.  Oliva was 0-for-3 with two walks.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Bob Allison was 0-for-4.

Record:  The loss was the Twins' fourth straight and dropped them to 18-12, still in second place, but four and a half games behind Chicago.

Notes:  Kaat stole a base in the game on the back end of a double steal with Kindall.  All the runs scored in the game were unearned.