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Twins
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 12, 1965
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 12, 1965 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 12, 1965 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 12, 1965 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Downing |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 22,372 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Jim Odom 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
| Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Hall | Center Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Frank Quilici | Second Baseman |
| Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Joe Pepitone | First Baseman |
| Mickey Mantle | Left Fielder |
| Tom Tresh | Center Fielder |
| Elston Howard | Catcher |
| Hector Lopez | Right Fielder |
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Phil Linz | Shortstop |
| Al Downing | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 12, 1965
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Downing
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Downing
Rollins hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Downing
Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Downing
Allison strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hall vs. Downing
Hall is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Merritt
Richardson strikes out. Battey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Richardson out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Merritt
Pepitone hits a line drive into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Merritt
Mantle hits a line drive to center field. Hall throws towards Versalles. Versalles fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Versalles. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tresh vs. Merritt
Tresh hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Downing
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Downing
Mincher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tresh. Mincher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Quilici vs. Downing
Quilici hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Mincher moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merritt vs. Downing
Merritt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Merritt
Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Merritt
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Merritt
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Allison. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Linz vs. Merritt
Linz strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Downing vs. Merritt
Downing strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Downing
Versalles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Downing
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Downing
Oliva hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Merritt
Richardson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Merritt
Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Merritt
Mantle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Allison. Mantle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tresh vs. Merritt
Tresh hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Downing
Allison is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Downing
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Downing
Battey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Downing
Mincher hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. Downing
Quilici hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Merritt
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Merritt
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Merritt
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Linz vs. Merritt
Linz hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Downing
Merritt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Downing
Versalles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Downing
Rollins hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Versalles moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliva vs. Downing
Oliva hits a fly ball towards center. Tresh catches it and throws to first to double up Rollins. Versalles tags and scores. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downing vs. Merritt
Downing is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Merritt
Richardson hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Merritt
Pepitone hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Downing
Allison hits a line drive into center field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Downing
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Downing
Battey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Battey reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mincher vs. Downing
Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Merritt
Mantle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Merritt
Tresh hits a line drive into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Merritt
Howard hits a line drive into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quilici vs. Downing
Quilici hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Downing
Downing fires to first and picks off Quilici. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Downing
Merritt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Downing
Versalles hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Mantle fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Mantle. Versalles moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rollins vs. Ramos
Pedro Ramos now pitching.
Rollins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Versalles scores. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Ramos
Oliva strikes out. Howard drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Oliva out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Merritt
Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Merritt
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Linz vs. Merritt
Linz hits a line drive into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barker vs. Merritt
Ray Barker pinch hits for Pedro Ramos.
Barker hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richardson vs. Merritt
Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Reniff
Hal Reniff now pitching.
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Reniff
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Reniff
Battey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Reniff
Mincher takes first base on ball four. Battey moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quilici vs. Reniff
Quilici hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Lopez fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Lopez. Battey scores. Mincher goes all the way around to score. Quilici moves all the way to home. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Reniff
Merritt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Merritt
Pepitone hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Merritt
Mantle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Merritt
Ross Moschitto pinch runs for Mickey Mantle.
Tresh hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Merritt
Howard hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Allison. Howard reaches second base with a double. Moschitto moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Merritt
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Stafford
Bill Stafford now pitching. Ross Moschitto now playing center field. Tom Tresh now playing left field.
Versalles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tresh. Versalles reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rollins vs. Stafford
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Stafford
Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Stafford
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Linz fields it and throws to second for the out. Rollins moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hall vs. Stafford
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hall vs. Stafford
Hall hits a popup towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 8 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Merritt
Jerry Zimmerman now catching. Jerry Kindall now playing third base.
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Linz vs. Merritt
Linz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Linz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gibbs vs. Merritt
Jake Gibbs pinch hits for Bill Stafford.
Gibbs strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richardson vs. Merritt
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kindall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 8 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pepitone vs. Merritt
Pepitone strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/12/1965 -- Minnesota at New York (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Versalles Z, ss 4 2 3 0 Richardson B, 2b 5 0 0 0
Rollins R, 3b 5 1 3 1 Pepitone J, 1b 5 0 0 0
Kindall J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Mantle M, lf 3 0 2 0
Oliva T, rf 4 0 2 1 Moschitto R, pr-cf 0 0 0 0
Allison B, lf 5 0 0 0 Tresh T, cf-lf 4 0 0 0
Hall J, cf 5 0 0 0 Howard E, c 4 0 2 0
Battey E, c 3 2 2 0 Lopez H, rf 4 1 2 1
Zimmerman J, c 0 0 0 0 Boyer C, 3b 4 1 3 1
Mincher D, 1b 3 2 2 2 Linz P, ss 4 0 1 0
Quilici F, 2b 4 1 2 2 Downing A, p 2 0 0 0
Merritt J, p 4 0 0 0 Ramos P, p 0 0 0 0
Barker R, ph 1 0 0 0
Reniff H, p 0 0 0 0
Stafford B, p 0 0 0 0
Gibbs J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 8 14 6 37 2 10 2
Minnesota 000 210 131 -- 8
New York 000 000 101 -- 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (W) 9.0 10 2 2 1 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Downing A (L) 6.2 10 4 4 1 6
Ramos P 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Reniff H 1.0 1 3 2 2 2
Stafford B 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
E -- Versalles Z, Mantle M, Lopez H
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Minnesota 6, New York 9
2B -- Mincher D, Boyer C, Mantle M, Versalles Z 2, Howard E, Linz P
3B -- Battey E, Quilici F
HR -- Mincher D, Lopez H, Boyer C
SB -- Allison B, Rollins R
SF -- Oliva T
T -- 3:01
A -- 22372
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