Twins @ Indians
August 27, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 8 11 0
Indians 4 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 8 11 0
Indians 4 9 0

Vada Pinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .256
OBP .250 .286
At Bats 4 453
Hits 1 116
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 23

Bert Blyleven Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 15 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 27, 1971
Out
Bert Blyleven
Phil Roof
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Harmon Killebrew
Leo Cardenas
Cesar Tovar
Jim Nettles
Tony Oliva
Vada Pinson
Ted Uhlaender

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 8 11 0 7
Cleveland Indians 4 9 0 7
Winning Pitcher Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher Steve Dunning
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Harmon Killebrew
Attendance 15,899
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Uhlaender hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Chuck Hinton pinch hits for Steve Hargan. Hinton hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Stanley strikes out.
Top 9 Cardenas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Steve Hargan now pitching. Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lowenstein hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fosse strikes out.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Chambliss reaches second base with a double. Foster scores.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Foster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Foster reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blyleven scores.
Top 8 Tovar bunts towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Blyleven moves to third.
Top 8 Vince Colbert now pitching. Blyleven hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Uhlaender. Blyleven reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Uhlaender takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Frank Baker pinch hits for Mike Paul. Baker strikes out.
Bottom 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Roof hits a fly ball into right field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores.
Top 7 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Paul fields it and throws to first for the out. Reese moves to second.
Top 7 Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Mike Paul now pitching. Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lowenstein hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fosse hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tovar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blyleven is hit by the pitch. Roof moves to second.
Top 6 Roof hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dunning fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lowenstein reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowenstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.
Top 5 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tovar hits a line drive towards short. Stanley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 4 Uhlaender strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dunning bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 4 Stanley bunts towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. Fosse moves to third. Lowenstein moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lowenstein takes first base on ball four. Fosse moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fosse takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Roof hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Oliva tags and scores.
Top 4 Reese takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 4 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to second.
Top 4 Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowenstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blyleven bunts towards first. Chambliss catches it and throws to Lowenstein, who tags Roof for the double play.
Top 3 Roof takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Bottom 2 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dunning bunts in front of the plate. Roof fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nettles strikes out.
Top 2 Cardenas takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lowenstein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Chambliss trying to get to home. Tovar throws the ball in to Roof who tags Chambliss, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 1 Fosse hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Roof for a passed ball. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 1 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson scores. Foster scores.
Bottom 1 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Foster reaches second base with a double. Uhlaender scores. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Uhlaender moves to third.
Bottom 1 Uhlaender hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.