NATIONAL LEAGUE 6, AMERICAN LEAGUE 5 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Tuesday, July 13.
National League stars: Willie Stargell was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and scored twice. Willie Mays was 1-for-3 with a home run and two walks, scoring twice. Juan Marichal started and pitched three innings, allowing only one hit.
American League stars: Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and two walks. Dick McAuliffe was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and two runs. Pete Richert struck out two in two innings, giving up one hit.
The game: Mays led off the game with a home run and Joe Torre hit a two-run homer later in the first inning, both off Milt Pappas, to give the NL a 3-0 lead. In the second, Stargell hit a two-run homer off Mudcat Grant to make it 5-0. The Americans got on the board in the fourth on Rocky Colavito's RBI single. In the fifth, McAuliffe and Killebrew each hit a two-run homer off Jim Maloney to tie it 5-5. In the sixth, Ron Santo delivered an RBI single to put the Nationals up 6-5. The AL got a man to third with two out in the eighth and Tony Oliva led off the ninth with a double, but they could not tie the score.
Twins: Jimmie Hall was 0-for-2 with a walk and a run. Oliva was 1-for-2 with a double. Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-1 with a walk. Grant struck out three in two innings but gave up two runs on two hits and a walk.
Lot of Twins in this game.