CLEVELAND 4, MINNESOTA 1 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Thursday, June 10.

Batting stars:  Jerry Kindall was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Dave Boswell was 1-for-2 with an RBI.

Pitching star:  Johnny Klippstein pitched three shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Sam McDowell struck out nine in eight innings, allowing one run on eight hits and five walks.  Camilo Carreon was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.  Leon Wagner was 1-for-4 with a home run, his eighth.

The game:  An RBI single by Vic Davalillo and Carreon's two-run homer gave the Indians a 3-0 lead in the second.  The Twins got a two-out rally in the second and scored their only run on a Boswell single, but left the bases loaded.  Wagner homered in the third to make it 4-1 and the scoring was over.  The Twins had other chances, leaving two men on in the sixth, eighth, and ninth, but could not score again.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-5.  Rich Rollins was 1-for-5.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-3 with two walks.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-4.  Jimmie Hall was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Boswell pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

Record:  The loss made the Twins 32-18 and cut the Twins' lead over the White Sox to 1.5 games.

Notes:  McDowell would go on to lead the league with 325 strikeouts, the most of his career.  He struck out 10.7 batters per nine innings.  It was one of five times he would lead the league in strikeouts.  It was also one of five times he would lead the league in walks (132).  He also led the league in ERA for the only time in 1965.