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Red Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 6, 1965
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 6, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 1965 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 6, 1965 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Monbouquette |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 25,082 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Ed Runge 2B: Al Salerno 3B: Bob Stewart |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Felix Mantilla | Second Baseman |
| Lee Thomas | First Baseman |
| Bob Tillman | Catcher |
| Jim Gosger | Right Fielder |
| Rico Petrocelli | Shortstop |
| Bill Monbouquette | Pitcher |
| Billy Herman | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
| Jimmie Hall | Center Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Left Fielder |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Kindall | Second Baseman |
| Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 6, 1965
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Merritt
Green hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Merritt
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Merritt
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantilla vs. Merritt
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Monbouquette
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Monbouquette
Oliva hits a fly ball into right field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Monbouquette
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Merritt
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rollins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Merritt
Tillman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gosger vs. Merritt
Gosger strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Monbouquette
Allison strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Monbouquette
Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Monbouquette
Battey hits a line drive into right field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Monbouquette
Rollins hits a line drive into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Merritt
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monbouquette vs. Merritt
Monbouquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Merritt
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Monbouquette
Kindall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Monbouquette
Merritt hits a line drive towards the mound. Monbouquette catches it for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Kindall moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Versalles vs. Monbouquette
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Kindall trying to get to third. Mantilla throws to Malzone who tags Kindall for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Monbouquette
There goes Versalles. The throw from Tillman and he is safe. Versalles steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliva vs. Monbouquette
Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Versalles scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Monbouquette
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Merritt
Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Merritt
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Merritt
Mantilla hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Merritt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Monbouquette
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Monbouquette
Mincher is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Monbouquette
Battey hits a fly ball into right field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Merritt
Tillman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gosger vs. Merritt
Gosger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Merritt
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monbouquette vs. Merritt
Monbouquette strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Monbouquette
Rollins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kindall vs. Monbouquette
Kindall bunts towards the mound. Monbouquette fields it and throws to first for the out. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merritt vs. Monbouquette
Merritt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rollins scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Monbouquette
Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Monbouquette
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Petrocelli fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Merritt
Green hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Allison. Green reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. Merritt
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Merritt
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall misplays the ball. That's an error on Kindall. Green scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantilla vs. Merritt
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Mincher picks up the ball and throws it to Battey who tags the runner out. Mantilla moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Merritt
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Monbouquette
Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Monbouquette
Allison hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Monbouquette
Mincher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Monbouquette
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mincher moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rollins vs. Duliba
Bob Duliba now pitching.
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out. Mincher moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kindall vs. Duliba
Kindall takes first base on ball four. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Valdespino vs. Earley
Arnold Earley now pitching. Sandy Valdespino pinch hits for Jim Merritt.
There goes Mincher. The slide. Tillman applies the tag. Mincher is out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Valdespino vs. Earley
Valdespino hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Rollins scores. Kindall moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Versalles vs. Earley
Versalles hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Earley
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Siebler
Dwight Siebler now pitching. Jerry Zimmerman now catching.
Tillman hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gosger vs. Siebler
Gosger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Siebler
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Siebler
Dalton Jones pinch hits for Arnold Earley.
There's a wild pitch. Petrocelli moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Siebler
Jones hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Bennett
Dennis Bennett now pitching.
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Bennett
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Bennett
Mincher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allison moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zimmerman vs. Bennett
Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allison scores. Mincher moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rollins vs. Bennett
Rollins hits a popup towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kindall vs. Bennett
Kindall hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Siebler
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Siebler
Malzone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Siebler
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kindall. Green moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantilla vs. Siebler
Mantilla takes first base on ball four. Green moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomas vs. Pleis
Bill Pleis now pitching.
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tillman vs. Pleis
Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pleis vs. Bennett
Pleis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Bennett
Versalles strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Bennett
Oliva hits a line drive into right field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gosger vs. Pleis
Gosger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Pleis
Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gosger moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Pleis
Tony Horton pinch hits for Dennis Bennett.
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins throws to second for one, and Kindall throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Gosger scores. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Pleis
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. Pleis
Malzone hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Horton moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. Pleis
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/6/1965 -- Boston at Minnesota (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Green L, cf 5 1 2 0 Versalles Z, ss 5 2 2 3
Malzone F, 3b 5 0 1 0 Oliva T, rf 5 0 1 1
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 1 Hall J, cf 4 1 1 0
Mantilla F, 2b 3 1 2 1 Allison B, lf 3 2 1 2
Thomas L, 1b 4 0 0 0 Mincher D, 1b 4 0 3 0
Tillman B, c 4 0 0 0 Battey E, c 3 0 1 0
Gosger J, rf 1 1 0 0 Zimmerman J, c 1 0 1 1
Petrocelli R, ss 4 0 1 0 Rollins R, 3b 4 2 1 0
Monbouquette B, p 2 0 1 0 Kindall J, 2b 2 1 1 0
Duliba B, p 0 0 0 0 Merritt J, p 2 0 1 1
Earley A, p 0 0 0 0 Valdespino S, ph 1 1 0 0
Jones D, ph 1 0 0 0 Siebler D, p 0 0 0 0
Bennett D, p 0 0 0 0 Pleis B, p 1 0 0 0
Horton T, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 3 7 2 35 9 13 8
Boston 000 101 001 -- 3
Minnesota 001 016 10x -- 9
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette B (L)* 5.0 10 5 4 0 2
Duliba B 0.1 0 1 0 1 0
Earley A 0.2 1 2 0 0 0
Bennett D 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (W) 6.0 4 2 2 2 4
Siebler D 1.1 1 0 0 2 0
Pleis B (S) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 6th
E -- Monbouquette B, Kindall J 3, Merritt J, Thomas L
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Boston 9, Minnesota 5
2B -- Green L
HR -- Mantilla F, Allison B, Versalles Z
SB -- Versalles Z
SH -- Kindall J
WP -- Siebler D
T -- 2:55
A -- 25082
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