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Senators 2 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
July 27, 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 July 27, 1971 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Senators with a score of 4 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1971 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 2 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherHal Haydel  
Losing PitcherPaul Lindblad  
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Game Winning RBITony Oliva 

Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1971 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Shellenback  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Luebber  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance7,939 
Time of Game2 hours 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou DiMuro
1B: Bill Haller
2B: Jake O'Donnell
3B: Frank Umont

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Del Unser  Center Fielder 
Lenny Randle  Second Baseman 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Frank Howard  Left Fielder 
Larry Biittner  Right Fielder 
Dick Billings  Catcher 
Dave Nelson  Third Baseman 
Tim Cullen  Shortstop 
Jim Shellenback  Pitcher 
Ted Williams  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  Third Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Rich Reese  First Baseman 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Jim Nettles  Center Fielder 
Steve Luebber  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Senators 2 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
July 27, 1971

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         Game of 7/27/1971 -- Washington at Minnesota (N)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Unser D, cf-rf        4  0  2  0   Tovar C, lf-cf        4  1  0  0   
Randle L, 2b          4  0  1  0   Carew R, 2b           4  0  0  1   
Mincher D, 1b         4  0  0  0   Killebrew H, 3b-1b    2  1  1  0   
Harrah T, ss          1  0  0  0   Oliva T, rf           5  1  2  2   
Howard F, lf          3  1  1  0   Cardenas L, ss        1  1  0  0   
Maddox E, cf          0  0  0  0   Reese R, 1b           3  0  1  0   
Biittner L, rf-lf     2  1  0  0   Thomas G, ph          1  0  1  1   
Billings D, c         4  0  3  1   Braun S, pr-3b        0  0  0  0   
Nelson D, 3b          2  0  0  0   Mitterwald G, c       4  0  1  0   
Cullen T, ss          2  0  0  0   Nettles J, cf         2  0  1  0   
Allen B, ph           0  0  0  1   Alyea B, ph-lf        0  0  0  0   
Pina H, p             0  0  0  0   Luebber S, p          2  0  0  0   
Lindblad P, p         0  0  0  0   Thompson D, ph        1  0  1  0   
Shellenback J, p      3  0  0  0   Williams S, p         0  0  0  0   
McCraw T, ph-1b       1  0  0  0   Corbin R, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Roof P, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Haydel H, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  2  7  2                        30  4  8  4

Washington       000 100 010 --  2
Minnesota        000 000 112 --  4
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Shellenback J         7.0  4  1  0  6  3
Pina H*               0.0  0  1  1  1  0
Lindblad P (L)        1.0  4  2  2  2  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Luebber S             7.0  6  1  1  5  3
Williams S            0.2  1  1  1  3  0
Corbin R              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Haydel H (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Shellenback J
DP -- Washington 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Washington 10, Minnesota 12
2B -- Oliva T, Billings D, Nettles J, Reese R, Mitterwald G
HR -- Oliva T
SB -- Cardenas L
CS -- Billings D
SH -- Cullen T
SF -- Carew R
T -- 2:52
A -- 7939

    

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