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Orioles
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 30, 1966
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles, played on May 30, 1966 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 30, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 30, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Barber |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 26,482 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bob Stewart 1B: Bill Haller 2B: Emmett Ashford 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Davey Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Frank Robinson | First Baseman |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Left Fielder |
| Sam Bowens | Right Fielder |
| Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
| Andy Etchebarren | Catcher |
| Steve Barber | Pitcher |
| Hank Bauer | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
| Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Bob Allison | Left Fielder |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Jerry Zimmerman | Catcher |
| Bernie Allen | Second Baseman |
| Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 30, 1966
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Merritt
Aparicio hits a line drive into left field. Allison picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Allison. Aparicio moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Merritt
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Merritt
Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Merritt
Robinson hits a line drive towards third. Killebrew reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Held vs. Merritt
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Barber
Versalles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Barber
Tovar hits a fly ball towards right. Bowens catches it and throws to first to double up Versalles. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Barber
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowens vs. Merritt
Bowens hits a popup, foul, towards third. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Merritt
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchebarren vs. Merritt
Etchebarren strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Barber
Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Bowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Barber
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Barber
Mincher strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmerman vs. Barber
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Allison moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allen vs. Barber
Allen hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Merritt
Barber is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Merritt
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Merritt
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Merritt
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tovar. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Robinson vs. Merritt
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Barber
Merritt strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Barber
Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Bowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Barber
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Merritt
Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowens vs. Merritt
Bowens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bowens for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Merritt
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Barber
Oliva hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Barber
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Barber
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchebarren vs. Merritt
Etchebarren is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Merritt
Barber is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Merritt
Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Barber
Mincher hits a line drive into right field. Bowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Barber
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zimmerman for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Barber
Allen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Barber
Merritt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Merritt
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Merritt
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Merritt
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Killebrew. Johnson goes all the way around to score. Robinson moves all the way to home. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Merritt
Held hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowens vs. Merritt
Bowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Merritt
Blair hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etchebarren vs. Merritt
There goes Blair. The throw from Zimmerman and he is out, Allen applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Barber
Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Bowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Barber
Tovar hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Barber
Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Barber
There's a wild pitch. Tovar moves to third. Oliva moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. Barber
Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Bowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Allison vs. Barber
Allison strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchebarren vs. Merritt
Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Merritt
Barber hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barber for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Merritt
Aparicio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Barber
Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Barber
Zimmerman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Barber
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Barber
Rich Rollins pinch hits for Jim Merritt.
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Klippstein
Johnny Klippstein now pitching.
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Klippstein
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Klippstein
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Klippstein
There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Held vs. Klippstein
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowens vs. Klippstein
Bowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Barber
Versalles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Barber
Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Barber
Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Miller
Stu Miller now pitching.
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hall vs. Miller
Jimmie Hall pinch hits for Bob Allison.
Hall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Versalles scores. Oliva moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mincher vs. Miller
Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Klippstein
Jimmie Hall now playing left field.
Blair hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tovar. Blair reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Etchebarren vs. Klippstein
Etchebarren hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Klippstein
Miller is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Klippstein
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Klippstein
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Orioles, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdespino vs. Miller
Sandy Valdespino pinch hits for Jerry Zimmerman.
Valdespino hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Miller
Allen hits a line drive into right field. Bowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Miller
Russ Nixon pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein.
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nixon for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/30/1966, game 1 -- Baltimore at Minnesota (D)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Aparicio L, ss 5 0 1 0 Versalles Z, ss 3 1 1 0
Johnson D, 2b 5 1 4 0 Tovar C, cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson F, 1b 4 0 1 0 Oliva T, rf 4 0 2 0
Robinson B, 3b 4 1 1 0 Killebrew H, 3b 4 0 0 0
Held W, lf 3 1 1 1 Allison B, lf 2 0 0 0
Bowens S, rf 4 0 0 0 Hall J, ph-lf 1 0 1 1
Blair P, cf 4 1 2 0 Mincher D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren A, c 4 1 1 2 Zimmerman J, c 2 0 1 0
Barber S, p 3 0 0 0 Valdespino S, ph 1 0 0 0
Miller S, p 1 0 0 0 Allen B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Merritt J, p 2 0 0 0
Rollins R, ph 1 0 0 0
Klippstein J, p 0 0 0 0
Nixon R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 11 3 33 1 6 1
Baltimore 000 003 002 -- 5
Minnesota 000 000 010 -- 1
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Barber S (W) 7.1 5 1 1 3 4
Miller S (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (L) 7.0 7 3 2 0 6
Klippstein J 2.0 4 2 2 1 1
E -- Allison B, Zimmerman J, Killebrew H, Robinson F
DP -- Baltimore 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Baltimore 6, Minnesota 8
2B -- Robinson F, Blair P
HR -- Held W, Etchebarren A
CS -- Blair P
WP -- Barber S, Klippstein J
T -- 2:25
A -- 26482
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