Keeping Track

1965 Rewind: Game Sixty-four

CLEVELAND 3, MINNESOTA 1 IN CLEVELAND

Date:  Thursday, June 24.

Batting stars:  Tony Oliva was 2-for-4 with a run.  Jimmie Hall was 1-for-4 with a double.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Camilo Pascual struck out five in four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks.  Jerry Fosnow pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Ralph Terry pitched seven innings, allowing an unearned run on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.  Max Alvis was 2-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth) and two RBIs.  Dick Howser was 2-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base (his tenth), scoring once.

The game:  Alvis homered in the first and a run scored on an error later in the first to give the Indians a 2-0 lead.  The Twins did little on offense until the seventh, when Killebrew singled in Oliva with their only run.  Alvis' RBI single got the run back for the Indians in the bottom of the seventh.  The Twins loaded the bases with two out in the eighth, but Hall popped up to short to end the inning.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4.  Sandy Valdespino was 0-for-3 with a walk.

Record:  The loss made the Twins 39-25, still in first place, but only by a half game over Chicago and Cleveland.

Notes:  Mincher was again at first with Killebrew at third.  Bernie Allen played second.  Pascual apparently was injured--he would not pitch again until July 4, then not again until July 20.  Both were short starts, as were his two starts at the end of July.  He would miss the entire month of August before coming back in September.  Earl Battey remained out of the lineup, with Jerry Zimmerman catching.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–December 8

Jack Rowe (1856)
Jimmy Austin (1879)
Sam Zoldak (1918)
Jim Pagliaroni (1937)
Brant Alyea (1940)
Ed Brinkman (1941)
Ken Roy (1941)
Masahiro Doi (1943)
Alan Foster (1946)
Jeff Grotewold (1965)
Mike Mussina (1968)
Reed Johnson (1976)
Vernon Wells (1978)

Ken Roy was a minor league umpire for two years before becoming a Catholic priest.  He said that his umpiring career helped him in ministry because it gave him more patience with people and made him a better listener.

Masahiro Doi was a fifteen-time all-star in the Japanese Pacific League, playing from 1962-1981.

We would also like to wish a happy ninth birthday to AMR’s son, HPR.

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Keeping Track

1965 Rewind: Game Sixty-three

MINNESOTA 6, CLEVELAND 3 IN CLEVELAND

Date:  Wednesday, June 23.

Batting stars:  Sandy Valdespino was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, a stolen base (his third), and a walk.  Jimmie Hall was 2-for-4 with a home run (his thirteenth), scoring twice.  Bob Allison was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, his twelfth.

Pitching star:  Mudcat Grant pitched eight innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Rocky Colavito was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixteenth), a double, and a walk.  Don McMahon pitched two perfect innings of relief with one strikeout.  Max Alvis was 1-for-4 with a run.

The game:  Hall and Colavito each homered in the second to make it 1-1.  Vic Davalillo singled in a run in the third to give the Indians a 2-1 lead.  It was short-lived, as Allison hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in the fourth to put the Twins up 4-2 and Valdespino hit a two-run shot in the fifth to make it 6-2.  The Indians did not score again until the ninth.  They brought the tying run up to bat with one out in the ninth inning, but Dick Stigman got Joe Azcue to hit into a double play to end the game.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-3.  Tony Oliva was 0-for-4.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Record:  The win made the Twins 39-24 and increased their lead over Chicago to a full game.

Notes:  Hall raised his average to .330.  Valdespino's home run was his only homer of the season.  The game started with Don Mincher at first, Killebrew at third, and Valdespino in left.  After Allison pinch-hit for Mincher in the fourth, he initially went to first base.  In the eighth, however, Rich Rollins came in to play third, with Killebrew moving to first and Allison to left, replacing Valdespino.  Indians starter Sonny Siebert apparently suffered a minor injury, as he was replaced in the third inning for no apparent reason.  He would pitch three innings of relief in his next appearance, June 27, and then throw a complete game July 1.

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