MINNESOTA 2, DETROIT 1 IN DETROIT

Date:  Thursday, August 19 (Game 2 of doubleheader).

Batting stars:  Zoilo Versalles was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring twice.  Sandy Valdespino was 1-for-1 with an RBI.

Pitching star:  Jim Kaat pitched a complete game, giving up one run on six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Mickey Lolich struck out thirteen in seven innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks.  Norm Cash was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Jerry Lumpe was 2-for-4.

The game:  With one out in the third, Versalles tripled and scored on Jerry Kindall's squeeze bunt to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  The lead held until the seventh, when Cash doubled and scored on a two-out single by Jake Wood.  In the eighth, Versalles doubled and scored on a pinch-hit single by Valdespino to put the Twins back in front 2-1.  The Tigers got the tying run to second with one out in the eighth, but that was as close as they would come.

Of note:  Kindall was 0-for-2 with an RBI.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-4.  Andy Kosco was 0-for-3.

Record:  The doubleheader sweep gave the Twins a record of 77-44.  The Tigers dropped to third, with Chicago moving up into second, 8.5 games back.

Of note:  Kosco played right, with Oliva moving to center.  Jimmie Hall was rested, although he was used as a pinch-hitter...Earl Battey was also rested, with Jerry Zimmerman catching...Oliva's average dropped to .310...I wonder when the last time is a team got complete games in both ends of a doubleheader.