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Senators
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 7, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Washington Senators, played on May 7, 1971 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 7, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 7, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Casey Cox |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 7,646 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Lou DiMuro 2B: Bill Haller 3B: Jake O'Donnell |
Washington Senators Lineup
Name | Position |
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Del Unser | Center Fielder |
Tim Cullen | Second Baseman |
Mike Epstein | First Baseman |
Frank Howard | Left Fielder |
Tommy McCraw | Right Fielder |
Bernie Allen | Third Baseman |
Paul Casanova | Catcher |
Toby Harrah | Shortstop |
Casey Cox | Pitcher |
Ted Williams | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
Brant Alyea | Left Fielder |
Steve Braun | Third Baseman |
Rich Reese | First Baseman |
Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
George Mitterwald | Catcher |
Bert Blyleven | Pitcher |
Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 7, 1971
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Blyleven
Unser is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullen vs. Blyleven
Cullen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Cox
Tovar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Cox
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Cox
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Blyleven
Howard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Blyleven
Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Cox
Alyea hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Cox
Braun takes first base on ball four. Alyea moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Cox
Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alyea scores. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cardenas vs. Cox
Cardenas hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Unser. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Braun scores. Reese goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mitterwald vs. Cox
Mitterwald hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blyleven vs. Cox
Blyleven hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cardenas scores. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Cox
Casanova fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Casanova. Blyleven moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. Cox
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Grzenda
Joe Grzenda now pitching.
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein juggles the ball. That's an error on Epstein. Blyleven moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliva vs. Grzenda
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Blyleven
Casanova hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Blyleven
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Richie Scheinblum pinch hits for Joe Grzenda.
Scheinblum takes first base on ball four. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Unser vs. Blyleven
Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Scheinblum moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cullen vs. Blyleven
Cullen hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Shellenback
Jim Shellenback now pitching.
Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Shellenback
Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Shellenback
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Blyleven
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Blyleven
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Shellenback
Cardenas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. Shellenback
Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blyleven vs. Shellenback
Blyleven strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tovar vs. Shellenback
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to third. Mitterwald moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carew vs. Shellenback
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Blyleven
Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Blyleven
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shellenback vs. Blyleven
Shellenback hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Shellenback
Oliva hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alyea vs. Shellenback
Alyea hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Shellenback
Braun is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Shellenback
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shellenback fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Shellenback
Cardenas takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitterwald vs. Gogolewski
Bill Gogolewski now pitching.
Mitterwald takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to third. Cardenas moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blyleven vs. Gogolewski
Blyleven strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Blyleven
Rick Renick now playing third base.
Unser hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullen vs. Blyleven
Cullen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Renick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Gogolewski
Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Gogolewski
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Gogolewski
Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alyea vs. Gogolewski
Alyea strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Blyleven
Jim Holt now playing center field. Cesar Tovar now playing left field.
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Blyleven
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renick vs. Gogolewski
Renick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Gogolewski
Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Gogolewski
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Renick moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mitterwald vs. Gogolewski
Mitterwald is walked intentionally. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blyleven vs. Gogolewski
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Blyleven
Casanova hits a fly ball into center field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Blyleven
Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Blyleven
Elliott Maddox pinch hits for Bill Gogolewski.
There's a wild pitch. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Blyleven
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrah scores. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Blyleven
Unser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foy vs. Blyleven
Joe Foy pinch hits for Tim Cullen.
Foy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Riddleberger
Joe Foy now playing second base. Denny Riddleberger now pitching.
Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Riddleberger
Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Riddleberger
Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Epstein vs. Blyleven
Epstein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Blyleven
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Blyleven
McCraw hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Oliva who is chasing the ball. McCraw reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Senators, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Allen vs. Blyleven
Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCraw scores. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Casanova vs. Blyleven
Casanova hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Corbin
Ray Corbin now pitching.
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Billings vs. Corbin
Dick Billings pinch hits for Denny Riddleberger.
There's a wild pitch. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Billings vs. Corbin
Billings hits a fly ball towards right. Oliva settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oliva. Harrah scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Corbin
Unser is walked intentionally. Billings moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foy vs. Corbin
There's a wild pitch. Billings moves to third. Unser moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Foy vs. Corbin
Foy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Epstein vs. Perranoski
Ron Perranoski now pitching.
Epstein hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Knowles
Darold Knowles now pitching.
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Foy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renick vs. Knowles
Renick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen juggles the ball. That's an error on Allen. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Knowles
Paul Powell pinch hits for Rich Reese.
Powell strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Knowles
Cardenas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McCraw. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Renick moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mitterwald vs. Knowles
Mitterwald hits a popup, foul, towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/7/1971 -- Washington at Minnesota (N) Washington AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Unser D, cf 4 0 2 1 Tovar C, cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Cullen T, 2b 3 0 0 0 Carew R, 2b 5 0 0 0 Foy J, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Oliva T, rf 5 1 2 1 Epstein M, 1b 5 0 1 0 Alyea B, lf 4 1 1 0 Howard F, lf 3 0 1 0 Holt J, cf 1 0 0 0 McCraw T, rf 4 1 1 0 Braun S, 3b 1 1 1 0 Allen B, 3b 4 1 1 1 Renick R, 3b 2 0 1 0 Casanova P, c 4 1 1 2 Reese R, 1b 4 1 1 1 Harrah T, ss 4 3 3 0 Powell P, ph 1 0 0 0 Cox C, p 0 0 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 3 1 2 2 Grzenda J, p 0 0 0 0 Mitterwald G, c 3 0 1 0 Scheinblum R, ph 0 0 0 0 Blyleven B, p 4 0 1 1 Shellenback J, p 1 0 0 0 Corbin R, p 0 0 0 0 Gogolewski B, p 0 0 0 0 Perranoski R, p 0 0 0 0 Maddox E, ph 1 0 1 1 Riddleberger D, p 0 0 0 0 Billings D, ph 1 0 0 0 Knowles D, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 6 11 5 37 5 10 5 Washington 001 000 014 -- 6 Minnesota 040 010 000 -- 5 Washington IP H R ER BB SO Cox C 1.2 4 4 4 2 0 Grzenda J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Shellenback J 2.2 3 1 1 2 1 Gogolewski B 2.1 2 0 0 2 2 Riddleberger D (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Knowles D (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Blyleven B 8.2 10 5 5 2 3 Corbin R (L)* 0.0 1 1 0 2 0 Perranoski R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 4 batters in 9th E -- Casanova P, Epstein M, Oliva T, Allen B DP -- Washington 2, Minnesota 4 LOB -- Washington 6, Minnesota 12 2B -- Cardenas L 2 3B -- McCraw T HR -- Oliva T, Casanova P HBP -- by Shellenback J (Braun S) WP -- Blyleven B, Corbin R 2 T -- 2:41 A -- 7646
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