MINNESOTA 8, WASHINGTON 1 IN WASHINGTON

Date:  Wednesday, July 28.

Batting stars:  Tony Oliva was 5-for-5 with two stolen bases (his eleventh and twelfth), scoring three times and driving in two.  Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with a triple and a double, scoring twice.  Don Mincher was 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Camilo Pascual pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks with two strikeouts.  Garry Roggenburk pitched 5.1 innings of relief, giving up one run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Don Zimmer was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Frank Howard was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Doug Camilli was 1-for-1 with an RBI.

The game:  The Twins opened the scoring in the third when Oliva singled in a run and Harmon Killebrew followed with a two-run homer.  Bob Allison delivered a two-run single in the fifth to make it 5-0.  In the sixth, Oliva had another RBI single and Mincher followed with a two-run double.  The lone Senators run came in the seventh, when Zimmer led off with a double and scored on Camilli's pinch-hit single.

Of note:  Jimmie Hall was 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs.  Killebrew was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer (his twenty-second) and a walk.  Earl Battey was 2-for-4 with a walk.

Record:  The win made the Twins 63-37.  Baltimore defeated California 5-1, so the Twins lead remained four games.

Notes:  Oliva's big day boosted his average over .300 for the first time all season at .308.  Hall was at .305.  Battey went up to .304...Pascual had been battling injuries for some time.  After this game, he would go on the disabled list and would not pitch again until September.