As always, have a safe and festive holiday, you guys.
2005
(2 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)
Loading... Date: Friday, June 10 (Game 1 of doubleheader).
Batting stars: Sandy Valdespino was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs. Don Mincher was 1-for-2 with three walks and a run. Jimmie Hall was 1-for-3 with three RBIs.
Pitching stars: Bill Pleis pitched two perfect innings with one strikeout. Dick Stigman pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Norm Cash was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs. Jim Northrup was 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Don Wert was 1-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in two.
The game: The Twins got one in the second and the Tigers matched it in the fourth to tie it 1-1. Hall's two-run single in the top of the sixth gave the Twins a 3-1 lead, but Detroit got a two-run triple by Wert and an RBI double from Bill Freehan in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-3 Tigers. That lead held up until the ninth, when two walks and a pickoff error (Twins Baseball!) tied the score. In the tenth, Valdespino and Frank Kostro opened the inning with singles, advanced on a bunt, and Valdespino scored on a Hall sacrifice fly to give the Twins a 5-4 advantage. The Tigers did not get a baserunner after the sixth inning.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Rich Rollins was 0-for-2. Tony Oliva was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Mudcat Grant pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on eight hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Record: The win snapped a brief two-game losing streak, gave the Twins a record of 33-18, and kept them in first place by 1.5 games over Chicago.
Notes: Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison were both rested, though each was used as a pinch-hitter. The lineup that would be the world champion 1968 Tigers was already pretty much in place in 1965, with the only addition being Mickey Stanley.
As of last night, nobody had lined up at my store yet (usually this begins a week in advance). I'm hearing that this is happening all over. I'm hoping this signals an end to the Thanksgiving night experiment.
Bert Cunningham (1865)
Jakie May (1895)
Charles Baron (1913)
Joe DiMaggio (1914)
Mike Ryan (1941)
Bucky Dent (1951)
Dave Baker (1956)
Chico Walker (1958)
Mark Whiten (1966)
Octavio Dotel (1973)
Nick Swisher (1980)
First baseman Charles Baron played in the minors from 1931-1951, batting .306 with 2,319 hits. He was a player-manager for the last five of those seasons.
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is now 25 years old.
1990
(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 10)Loading... It's been a while since we did this. The Arizona Fall League is over. Scottsdale, for whom Twins prospects played, won the championship.
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.
George Burns (1889)
Billy Rogell (1904)
Joe Medwick (1911)
Danny Ozark (1923)
Bob Friend (1930)
Jim Northrup (1939)
Steve Yeager (1948)
Randy Velarde (1962)
Ben McDonald (1967)
Al Martin (1967)
Cal Eldred (1967)
Dave Hansen (1968)
Chris Herrmann (1987)
Danny Ozark was the manager of Philadelphia from 1973-1979.
It's a neat word, is all.
Giving these guys another chance.
2009
(3 votes, average: 5.33 out of 10)Loading... 
