MINNESOTA 6, BOSTON 3 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Wednesday, June 2.

Batting stars:  Jimmie Hall was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, his ninth.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his eighth) and a walk, scoring twice.  Bob Allison was 2-for-4 with a triple.

Pitching stars:  Jim Perry pitched 5.2 innings of relief, giving up one run on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Al Worthington struck out two in two perfect innings.

Opposition stars:  Ex-Twin Lenny Green was 3-for-5 with a run.  Lee Thomas was 1-for-4 with a home run, his tenth.  Bob Tillman was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second.

The game:  A run scored on a wild pitch in the first and Tillman homered in the second to give the Red Sox an early 2-0 lead.  The Twins took care of that in the third.  Jerry Zimmerman led off with a triple, RBI singles by Zoilo Versalles and Jerry Kindall tield the score, and Killebrew hit a two-run homer to put the Twins ahead 4-2.  Hall hit a two-run homer in the fifth to make it 6-2 and put the Twins in firm control of the game.

Of note:  Versalles was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Kindall was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4.  Mudcat Grant pitched 1.1 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and one walk with one strikeout.

Record:  The win made the Twins 28-15, in first place, one game ahead of Chicago.

Notes:  We again see a very quick hook.  Again, I don't know that he didn't have a minor injury or illness, but he would pitch eight innings just five days later.  Of course, it was easier to have a quick hook when you had guys in the bullpen who could and were expected to pitch four or five innings if needed.  Boston's starter, Jim Lonborg, got a quick hook, too, going only 2.2 innings.  Zimmerman's triple was one of only two career triples for him.