MINNESOTA 3, CALIFORNIA 1 IN CALIFORNIA

Date:  Wednesday, May 19 (Game 2 of doubleheader).

Batting stars:  Bob Allison was 0-for-0 with four walks and a run.  Harmon Killebrew was 2-for-4 with a run.  Jerry Kindall was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Mudcat Grant pitched 7.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  Al Worthington pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Rudy May struck out six in six innings, allowing three runs on six hits and four walks.  Costen Shockley was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Lou Clinton was 1-for-3 with a run.

The game:  Jerry Zimmerman singled in a run in the second to put the Twins up 1-0.  Kindall had an RBI single in the fifth and a run scored on a ground out in the sixth to make it 3-0.  The Angels did not threaten until the seventh, when two singles and a sacrifice fly cut the lead to 3-1.  The Twins loaded the bases with one out in the eighth but failed to add to their lead.  With one out in the bottom of the eighth, an error and a walk resulted in Grant being replaced by Worthington, but the Angels never got the tying run past first base.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-5 with a triple and a run.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-5.

Record:  The doubleheader sweep put the Twins at 20-12, still in second, three games behind Chicago.

Notes:  Jimmie Hall and Earl Battey were rested in this game, although each was used as a pinch-hitter.  Albie Pearson was removed from the game after the first inning, presumably due to injury.  He would miss a few games, but would be back within a week.