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1970 Rewind: Game One Hundred Six
MINNESOTA 2, OAKLAND 1 IN MINNESOTA (11 INNINGS)
Date: Friday, August 7.
Batting stars: Tony Oliva was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. Jim Holt was 2-for-5 with a home run, his third. Rich Reese was 1-for-1 with a home run (his eighth) and three walks.
Pitching star: Jim Perry pitched an eleven-inning complete game, giving up one run on five hits and three walks and striking out seven.
Opposition stars: Reggie Jackson was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks. Bert Campaneris was 1-for-5 with a home run, his sixteenth. Catfish Hunter pitched seven innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks and striking out one. Mudcat Grant pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
The game: Campaneris led off the game with a home run, giving the Athletics a 1-0 lead. Reese led off the second inning with a home run, tying the score 1-1.
And there was no more scoring until the eleventh. The Twins got a one-out double from Oliva in the fourth, a leadoff double from George Mitterwald in the fifth, and started the sixth with a single and a walk. Jackson hit a two-out double in the seventh. The Athletics got a man to second in the eighth and in the ninth. The Twins loaded the bases with none out in the tenth when Cesar Tovar walked, Danny Thompson reached on a sacrifice bunt/error, and Oliva was intentionally walked, but Harmon Killebrew hit into a 5-2-3 double play and Rick Renick grounded out.
Came the eleventh. Oakland went down in order. Holt led off the bottom of the inning with a home run and the Twins were victorious.
WP: Perry (17-9).
LP: Marcel Lachemann (2-1).
S: None.
Notes: Holt was again in center, with Tovar in left and Brant Alyea on the bench. Thompson was at shortstop, with Frank Quilici at second and Leo Cardenas on the bench. Killebrew pinch-hit for Reese in the tenth and stayed in the game at first base.
Oliva was .329. Perry was 1-for-4 and was batting .303.
I don't know when the last time is that someone pitched eleven innings in a game, but I'm pretty sure it hasn't happened in the last few years.
The Twins had played twenty-five innings in the last two games and used four pitchers. There were a total of six runs scored in those innings, four by the Twins and two by the opposition. Each game was decided by a walkoff home run.
It's not every game you have Catfish start and he gets replaced by Mudcat.
Record: The Twins were 68-38, in first place in the American League West, eight games ahead of California.
Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
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Happy Birthday–January 22
Ira Thomas (1881)
Amos Strunk (1889)
Art Ehlers (1897)
Prince Oana (1910)
Chris Pelekoudas (1918)
Dave Leonhard (1941)
Senichi Hoshino (1947)
Mike Caldwell (1949)
Leon Roberts (1951)
Jeff Treadway (1963)
Jimmy Anderson (1976)
Chone Figgins (1978)
Carlos Ruiz (1979)
Ubaldo Jimenez (1984)
Art Ehlers did not play in the majors, but he spent his life in baseball. He owned several minor league teams at various times and was the general manager of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles. He also was a longtime scout for the Orioles.
Prince Oana played in the minors for twenty-three years, batting .304. He also had a pitching record of 80-54.
Chris Pelekoudas was a National League umpire from 1960-1975. He is best remembered for his run-ins with Gaylord Perry over the latter's use of illegal substances on the baseball.
Senichi Hoshino is a long-time player, manager, and executive in Japanese baseball.
We also want to wish a happy birthday to Rhubarb_Runner’s daughter.
Jana Horn – Optimism
Here's a stripped down version of a song from the Texas singer/songwriter's debut solo album.
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January 21, 2022: Rest In Peace
To both Meatloaf and the Tampa Bay/Montreal plan.
1970 Rewind: Game One Hundred Five
MINNESOTA 2, CALIFORNIA 1 IN MINNESOTA (14 INNINGS)
Date: Thursday, August 6.
Batting stars: Danny Thompson was 3-for-5 with a double. Cesar Tovar was 2-for-6. George Mitterwald was 1-for-6 with a home run, his tenth.
Pitching stars: Bill Zepp struck out nine in eight innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks. Tom Hall struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk. Stan Williams pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Opposition stars: Bill Voss was 2-for-6 with a home run, his second. Andy Messersmith pitched seven shutout innings, giving up five hits and a walk and striking out four. Eddie Fisher struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
The game: The Twins had two on with one out in the first but did not score. That was the only time a team had two men on base until the seventh, when the Angels loaded the bases with one out. A popup and a strikeout ended the inning.
There was no score until the eighth, when Voss homered to give California a 1-0 lead. The Twins got the run back in the bottom of the eighth but missed a chance for more. Charlie Manuel led off the inning with a pinch-hit walk and Tovar singled. A bunt moved men to second and third and Tony Oliva was intentionally walked to bring up Harmon Killebrew. Killebrew was then hit by a pitch to force home a run. That was it, though, as a pair of strikeouts ended the inning.
The next threat came in the twelfth, when Tommie Reynolds doubled with one out. Joe Azcue was intentionally walked and Chico Ruiz got an infield single, loading the bases. But a pair of forceouts ended the inning with no scoring. Each team missed a chance in the thirteenth. The Angels had two on with two out and a ground out ended the inning. The Twins also had two on with two out and a strikeout ended the inning.
The Twins finally put it away in the fourteenth. Mitterwald led off with a home run and the Twins won 2-1.
WP: Williams (7-0).
LP: Paul Doyle (3-1).
S: None.
Notes: Jim Holt was again in center field, with Tovar in left and Brant Alyea on the bench. Manuel pinch-hit for Zepp and Jim Kaat pinch-ran for Manuel. Rick Renick pinch-hit for Holt and stayed in the game in left field, with Tovar moving to center.
Oliva was 1-for-4 and was batting .328. Killebrew was 0-for-4 and feel below .300 at .297. Zepp had an ERA of 2.80. Hall had an ERA of 2.65. Williams had an ERA of 1.73.
This was the first time all season Killebrew had been below .300. He would not get back above it the rest of the season.
The Twins went through fourteen innings with just three pitchers. The Angels used five.
The fourteen inning game took just three hours, forty-seven minutes.
This was one of three home runs Bill Voss hit in 1970. He hit nineteen for his career. Ten of those home runs came in 1971 with Milwaukee. He had a career high slugging percentage (.375) and OPS (.687) in 1971 and played only one more year after that.
The Twins were 3-2 on their current ten-game homestand. The remaining five would all be with Oakland.
Record: The Twins were 67-38, in first place in the American League West, eight games ahead of California and Oakland.
Happy Birthday–January 21
Mike Tiernan (1867)
Lew Fonseca (1899)
Sam Mele (1922)
Danny O'Connell (1927)
Johnny Oates (1946)
Bill Stein (1947)
Mike Krukow (1952)
Dave Smith (1955)
Mike Smithson (1955)
Jose Uribe (1959)
Andy Hawkins (1960)
Darryl Motley (1960)
Chris Hammond (1966)
Tom Urbani (1968)
Rusty Greer (1969)
Jason Ryan (1976)
Brandon Crawford (1987)
Tom Urbani was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-ninth round in 1989, but did not sign.
January 20, 2022: The Beat Goes On
I want to get the schedule out soon so we'll give until Friday to sign up for a DJ spot.
1970 Rewind: Game One Hundred Four
CALIFORNIA 7, MINNESOTA 5 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Wednesday, August 5.
Batting stars: George Mitterwald was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double. Tony Oliva was 2-for-5 with a double. Danny Thompson was 2-for-5.
Pitching star: Jim Kaat pitched six innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and one walk and striking out three.
Opposition stars: Jim Spencer was 3-for-4 with two home runs (his ninth and tenth) and four RBIs. Tommie Reynolds was 3-for-4 with three runs. Jarvis Tatum was 2-for-5 with a stolen base. Mel Queen pitched three shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out two.
The game: The Angels had two men on in each of the first two innings but did not score. In the bottom of the second Rich Reese walked and scored when Jim Holt reached third on a single-plus-error. A ground out scored Holt. Mitterwald then doubled and scored on a Kaat single. Kaat went to second on a ground out and scored on a Thompson single to make it 4-0 Twins.
The Angels got on the board in the fourth when Reynolds singled, went to third on Spencer's single, and scored on a sacrifice fly. In the sixth Reynolds singled and Spencer followed with a two-run homer, cutting the lead to 4-3.
The Twins got an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Reese singled and scored on a Mitterwald triple. It wasn't enough. Ray Oyler led off the eighth with a single and Ken McMullen walked. A double play gave the Twins hope of getting out of the jam, but Reynolds hit an RBI single and Spencer followed with another two-run homer, putting California up 6-5. They added a run in the ninth when Sandy Alomar walked, went to third on Tatum's single, and scored on a squeeze bunt.
The Twins tried to rally in the bottom of the ninth. With one out Rick Renick and Cesar Tovar had consecutive singles, bringing the deciding run up to bat. But Thompson and Oliva flied out and the game was over.
WP: Queen (2-3).
LP: Ron Perranoski (7-3).
S: None.
Notes: Holt was in center field, with Tovar moving to left and Brant Alyea on the bench. Charlie Manuel pinch-hit for Kaat in the seventh. Renick came in to play left in the ninth as part of a double switch, with Tovar moving to center and Holt coming out of the game.
Oliva was batting .329. Killebrew was 0-for-4 and was batting .301. Tovar was 1-for-5 and slipped back below .300 at .299. Tom Hall gave up a run in one inning and had an ERA of 2.80. Perranoski gave up three runs in 1.1 innings and had an ERA of 2.20. Stan Williams retired both men he faced and had an ERA of 1.77.
Angels starter Tom Murphy lasted just 1.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk and striking out none.
I find it odd that Bill Rigney would suddenly decide to put Holt in center and Tovar in left after having done it the opposite way all season. He presumably had a reason, but I have no idea what it might have been.
Record: The Twins were 66-38, in first place in the American League West, seven games ahead of California and Oakland.