SEATTLE 2, MINNESOTA 1 IN SEATTLE (GAME ONE OF DOUBLEHEADER)

Date:  Friday, July 18.

Batting stars:  Harmon Killebrew was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Rod Carew was 2-for-4.

Pitching star:  Bob Miller pitched 7.2 innings, giving up one run on six hits and four walks and striking out four.

Opposition stars:  Diego Segui pitched a complete game, giving up one run on seven hits and two walks and striking out seven.  Wayne Comer was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Tommy Davis was 2-for-4 with a stolen base, his thirteenth.

The game:  The Twins had men on first and third with two out in the first, but Graig Nettles struck out to end the inning.  Seattle got on the board in the second when ex-Twin Don Mincher walked, went to second on a Comer single, and scored on a pair of ground outs.

The Twins got only one man on base from the second through the seventh.  In the eighth, however, Killebrew led off with a walk, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a Johnny Roseboro single to tie it 1-1.

The Twins missed a chance in the ninth.  With one out, Killebrew singled and Nettles doubled, putting men on second and third with one out.  Roseboro was intentionally walked, loading the bases.  Cesar Tovar hit into a forceout at the plate and Leo Cardenas popped up, ending the inning.

In the bottom of the ninth, Comer singled off Ron Perranoski, who had come in with two out and a man on first in the eighth.  He was bunted to second.  Ex-Twin Ron Clark was intentionally walked.  Gordy Lund flied out, but Tommy Harper drew a walk to load the bases.  Steve Hovley then walked to bring home the deciding run.

WP:  Segui (7-4).  LP:  Perranoski (5-5).  S:  None.

Notes:  Carew was batting .363.  Rich Reese was 0-for-4 and was batting .329.

Miller's ERA was 2.89.  Perranoski gave up one run in one inning to raise his ERA to 2.18.

Nettles was in left field.  Tovar was again in right in place of Tony Oliva.

It's interesting that Billy Martin chose not to pinch-run for Killebrew with the Twins down a run in the eighth inning.  He was on first with one out, and then he was on third with one out.  I don't disagree with the decision, but Martin had pinch-run for Killebrew in a similar situation a few days ago.

Miller would not start again until July 29, when the Twins had another doubleheader.  He would make two relief appearances in-between.  For the season, as a starter he was 5-1, 3.21, 1.27 WHIP.  As a reliever, he was 0-4, 3 saves, 2.74, 1.24 WHIP.

Record:  The Twins were 47-36, in first place in the American League West, leading Oakland by four games.