Keeping Track

1965 Rewind: Game One Hundred Sixty-one

CALIFORNIA 5, MINNESOTA 4 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Saturday, October 2.

Batting stars:  Andy Kosco was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-3 with a home run (his twenty-fourth) and a walk.  Bob Allison was 1-for-4 with a home run, his twenty-third.

Pitching stars:  Camilo Pascual pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Jim Merritt pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Opposition stars:  Jim Fregosi was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Ed Kirkpatrick was 2-for-5 with a home run (his third) and a double.  Albie Pearson was 1-for-1 with a stolen base (his twelfth) and three walks, scoring twice.

The game:  Fregosi singled in a run in the top of the third, but Kosco delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the third to give the Twins a 2-1 lead.  A wild pitch tied the score in the fifth and Kirkpatrick homered in the top of the sixth to put the Angles up 3-2.  Allison tied it in the seventh with a home run, but California scored twice in the eighth, getting an RBI double from Fregosi and a run-scoring single by Joe Adcock to take a t-3 advantage.  Killebrew homered in the eighth to cut the lead to 5-4.  Rich Reese led off the ninth with a single and was bunted to second but could get no farther.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-3 with a run.  Joe Nossek was 0-for-4.

Record:  The Twins went to 101-60.  Chicago defeated Kansas City and Baltimore lost to Cleveland, so the White Sox moved into second place, seven games back.

Notes:  Tony Oliva once again did not play, with Kosco playing right field.  Other deviations from the normal lineup were Joe Nossek in center instead of Jimmie Hall and John Sevcik behind the plate in place of Earl Battey...This was one of only three games Sevcik started in his career and one of only two in which he caught the entire game...Two players with Twins connections were used as reserves in this game.  Jackie Hernandez pinch-ran for Adcock in the seventh and Vic Power came in to replace Adcock at first base.