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September 28, 1971

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Angels 6 12 2
Twins 1 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Angels 6 12 2
Twins 1 9 0

Steve Braun Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .251
OBP .500 .350
At Bats 2 334
Hits 0 84
• Singles 0 65
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 2 48
RBI’s 0 34

Andy Messersmith Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
19 13 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 28, 1971
Andy Messersmith
Jeff Torborg
Jim Fregosi
Billy Parker
Ken McMullen
Sandy Alomar
Tommie Reynolds
Ken Berry
Mickey Rivers
Steve Braun
Cesar Tovar
Jim Holt
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Holt moves to third. Tovar moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tovar hits a fly ball towards right. Rivers settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Rivers. Holt moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jim Holt pinch hits for Bob Gebhard. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Messersmith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Fregosi is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Bob Gebhard now pitching. Berry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar moves to second.
Top 9 Alomar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torborg scores.
Top 9 Messersmith bunts towards the mound. Haydel fields it and throws to first for the out. Torborg moves to second.
Top 9 Torborg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Parker scores.
Top 9 Reynolds bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out. Parker moves to second.
Top 9 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mitterwald hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Torborg for a passed ball. Brye moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 8 Brye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cardenas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Mickey Rivers now playing right field. Tommie Reynolds now playing left field. Carew strikes out.
Top 8 Mickey Rivers pinch hits for Billy Cowan. Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Top 8 McMullen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alomar scores. There goes Fregosi trying to get to third. Nettles throws the ball in to Braun, who tags Fregosi for the out.
Top 8 Fregosi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar moves to second.
Top 8 Berry strikes out.
Top 8 Hal Haydel now pitching. Alomar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Parker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Braun takes first base on ball four. Mitterwald moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tovar is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Rich Reese pinch hits for Tom Hall. Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Messersmith strikes out.
Top 7 Torborg hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brye takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out.
Top 6 Parker strikes out.
Top 6 Cowan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. Berry scores.
Top 6 McMullen is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out. Berry moves to third.
Top 6 Berry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. Berry reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Tovar. The throw from Torborg and he is safe. Tovar steals second.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Parker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Alomar strikes out. Mitterwald drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Alomar out.
Top 5 Messersmith strikes out.
Top 5 Torborg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Messersmith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brye hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Messersmith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Parker. The throw from Mitterwald and he is out, Carew applying the tag.
Top 4 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Cowan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Parker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hall strikes out.
Top 3 McMullen hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fregosi for the out. Alomar scores.
Top 3 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to third.
Top 3 Alomar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. Alomar reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Nettles takes first base on ball four. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brye hits a line drive to right field. Reynolds throws towards third. McMullen fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McMullen. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a popup towards short. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Messersmith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Torborg hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. Reynolds reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Parker hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Braun is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cowan strikes out.
Top 1 McMullen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fregosi is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Berry is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Alomar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.