MINNESOTA 9, WASHINGTON 5 IN WASHINGTON
Date: Tuesday, July 27 (Game 2 of doubleheader).
Batting stars: Don Mincher was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his thirteenth). Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with a home run (his eleventh) and two runs. Tony Oliva was 2-for-5 with three runs.
Pitching stars: Al Worthington struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk. Dwight Siebler struck out two in a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Dick Nen was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Don Lock was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Doug Camilli was 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
The game: In the first, Harmon Killebrew had an RBI single and another run scored on an error to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. Lock singled in a run in the bottom of the first, but Versalles homered in the second to get the run back and give the Twins a 3-1 lead. The Senators started the four with two walks and an infield hit to load the bases and Camilli unloaded them with a three-run double that put Washington up 4-3. Nen's RBI single in the sixth made it 5-3. Earl Battey homered in the seventh and Mincher delivered a two-run shot in the eighth to give the Twins the lead back at 6-5. The Senators threatened to tie it in the eighth, putting men on second and third with two out, but Worthington struck out pinch-hitter Jim King to end the inning. The Twins added two more in the ninth on a Joe Nossek RBI single and an infield out.
Of note: Jimmie Hall was 1-for-4 with a run. Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs. Battey was 1-for-4 with a home run, his sixth. Jim Kaat struck out five in five innings but gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks.
Record: The doubleheader split made the Twins 62-37 and gave them a four game lead over Baltimore.
Notes: Hall was now hitting .305. Battey was at an even .300...Jim Kaat made his second start in three days and his fifth in thirteen days. Not surprisingly, he did not pitch particularly well.