MINNESOTA 6, WASHINGTON 0 IN WASHINGTON

Date:  Sunday, May 30.

Batting stars:  Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his fifth), a double, and a walk.  Bob Allison was 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs.  Joe Nossek was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Pitching star:  Camilo Pascual pitched a complete game shutout, giving up four hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Steve Ridzik struck out two in two innings, allowing one run on two hits.  Frank Howard was 2-for-4.

The game:  A pair of singles and a sacrifice fly put the Twins on top 1-0 in the second.   Versalles hit a three-run homer in the fourth that made the score 4-0 and left the Twins in control of the game.  The Senators' biggest threat came in the third, when they had the bases loaded with two out.  Pascual took control after that, retiring the next fifteen batters.  Jerry Zimmerman singled in a run in the seventh and Harmon Killebrew homered in the ninth.

Of note:  Jerry Kindall, back in the second spot, was 1-for-5.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-5.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.

Record:  The win made the Twins 26-14 and put them back into first place, a half game ahead of Chicago.

Notes:  Jimmie Hall and Earl Battey were rested in this game, with Nossek and Zimmerman taking their spots.  The catcher for Washington was Mike Brumley, whose 0-for-4 left his average at .106.  He would do better the rest of the season, ending with an average of .208.