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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 27, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 27, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 27, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 27, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam McDowell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Boswell |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 4,167 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Jake O'Donnell |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ted Uhlaender | Center Fielder |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
| Tony Horton | First Baseman |
| Roy Foster | Left Fielder |
| Ray Fosse | Catcher |
| Eddie Leon | Second Baseman |
| Jack Heidemann | Shortstop |
| Sam McDowell | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
| Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
| Brant Alyea | Left Fielder |
| Rich Reese | First Baseman |
| George Mitterwald | Catcher |
| Frank Quilici | Second Baseman |
| Dave Boswell | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 27, 1970
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Boswell
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Boswell
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Boswell
Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Boswell
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Boswell
Fosse hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Boswell
Leon hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heidemann vs. Boswell
Heidemann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boswell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese hits a line drive into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Boswell
McDowell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Boswell
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Boswell
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Boswell covering, for the out. McDowell moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pinson vs. Boswell
Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDowell tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Horton reaches second base with a double. Uhlaender scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Boswell
Foster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Foster reaches second base with a double. Horton scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fosse vs. Boswell
Fosse is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leon vs. Boswell
Leon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Quilici settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. McDowell
Minnie Mendoza pinch hits for Dave Boswell.
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off McDowell, and towards Leon, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heidemann vs. Zepp
Bill Zepp now pitching.
Heidemann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Zepp
McDowell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Zepp
Uhlaender hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster who is chasing the ball. Oliva reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliva scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alyea moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Zepp
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Zepp
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Zepp
Horton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zepp vs. McDowell
Zepp is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Zepp
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Zepp
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Zepp
Leon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fosse moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heidemann vs. Zepp
Heidemann is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese takes first base on ball four. Alyea moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Zepp
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zepp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Zepp
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva who is chasing the ball. Uhlaender reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nettles vs. Zepp
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Quilici scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pinson vs. Zepp
Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Uhlaender scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Zepp
Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. McDowell
Bob Allison pinch hits for Bill Zepp.
Allison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a popup towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a line drive towards third. Nettles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Barber
Steve Barber now pitching.
Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Barber
Fosse strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Barber
Leon is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. McDowell
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alyea vs. McDowell
Alyea is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. McDowell
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. McDowell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heidemann vs. Barber
Heidemann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Barber
McDowell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Barber
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDowell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Hall
Tom Hall now pitching.
Nettles takes first base on ball four. McDowell moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pinson vs. Hall
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDowell tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Hall
Horton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. McDowell
Quilici takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renick vs. McDowell
Rick Renick pinch hits for Tom Hall.
Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heidemann fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. McDowell
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. McDowell
Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Renick moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. McDowell
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender 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 4/27/1970 -- Cleveland at Minnesota (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Uhlaender T, cf 5 2 3 0 Tovar C, cf 5 0 0 0
Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 5 0 1 0
Pinson V, rf 3 0 2 3 Killebrew H, 3b 4 0 1 0
Horton T, 1b 5 1 1 1 Oliva T, rf 4 1 1 0
Foster R, lf 4 0 1 1 Alyea B, lf 2 0 1 1
Fosse R, c 3 0 2 0 Reese R, 1b 3 0 1 0
Leon E, 2b 4 0 0 0 Mitterwald G, c 4 0 0 0
Heidemann J, ss 4 0 0 0 Quilici F, 2b 3 0 0 0
McDowell S, p 4 2 2 0 Boswell D, p 0 0 0 0
Mendoza M, ph 1 0 0 0
Zepp B, p 1 0 0 0
Allison B, ph 1 0 1 0
Barber S, p 0 0 0 0
Hall T, p 0 0 0 0
Renick R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 11 5 34 1 6 1
Cleveland 003 000 101 -- 5
Minnesota 000 100 000 -- 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell S (W) 9.0 6 1 1 5 8
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell D (L) 3.0 6 3 3 1 2
Zepp B 4.0 3 1 1 1 3
Barber S 1.1 2 1 1 0 2
Hall T 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
E -- Nettles G 2
DP -- Cleveland 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Minnesota 11
2B -- Horton T, Foster R
3B -- Oliva T, Uhlaender T
SF -- Pinson V 2
T -- 2:50
A -- 4167
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