64-MIN (Marvin Sik), 53-WAS (Marc Weiss)
GAME 1 (Metropolitan Stadium): MIN 5, WAS 3
MIN: Horace "Mudcat" Grant (4-1, 5.20) vs Bob Porterfield (3-3, 2.77)
The Twinkes tallied first in the bottom of the second with a huge 3 run shot by Zoilo Versalles off of Hard Luck Porterfield. Jimmy Hall and Bobby Allison led off the inning with back to back singles. Yost and Vernon were in at the corners expecting the Versalles to sacrifice the runner up. Instead Zoilo swung away and hit one deep into the left center pavilion. Washington scratched back to respectability as Pete Runnels tripled home Wayne Terwilliger in the 3rd and Jackie Jensen hit a solo shot in the 4th. The score remained 3-2 until the bottom of the 6th when pinch hitter frank Kostro his a 2 run shot off of Porterfield to make it 5-2. Washington added a solo shot by Gil Coan in the 7th, but could not get any closer. Grant notched his 4th win of the season despite his baloon like ERA and the fact that he had to leave the game in the 7th with one out due to arm trouble.GAME 2 (Metropolitan Stadium): MIN 3, WAS 2
MIN: Camilio Pascual (3-3, 3.56) vs Connie Marrero (0-2, 4.67)
Earl Battey led off the second with a one hop double off the centerfield wall
just left of the flagpole. Light hitting Bernie Allen bunted him over to third and pitcher Camilio Pascual doubled him home. Washington hurler, Connie Marrero settled down and got the next 2 batters (Rich Rollins & Tony Oliva) to end the inning and strand Pascual on 2nd. Minnesota added a second run in the fourth when Bobby Allison hit his first homer of the year. Minnesota manager, Marvin Sik, has wondered aloud how a guy who hit 32 long balls in real life would have to wait until game 23 to hit his first. To say Allison has been an enigma to the Twins offense is an understatement. The true turning point of the game occured in the vistor's half of the 6th. Pete Runnels led off with a sharp single. Marrero walked on 4 pitches and Jim Busby then singled to load the bases with nobody out and the Twins up 2 zip. Pascual struck out Terwilliger for the first out, but yielded a bloop single to Yost to plate Runnels and cut the deficit to 2-1 and only 1 out and the bases still jammed. Pascual rose to the occasion and fanned the heart of the order (Vernon / Jensen) to get out of the inning. This was the make or break point in the game and Pascual definitely made it. Minnesota got the run back in the bottom of the frame, when Bernie Allen doubled home Versalles. The score held at 3-1 until the top of the 9th, when Vernon led off with a single and Jackie Jensen, who executed the perfect hit and run, singled him home. With nobody out and a man on second Pascual answered the gut check and struck out the rest of the side (Vollmer, Pitz Gerald and Runnels) to end the game and give the home town fans a great win.
just left of the flagpole. Light hitting Bernie Allen bunted him over to third and pitcher Camilio Pascual doubled him home. Washington hurler, Connie Marrero settled down and got the next 2 batters (Rich Rollins & Tony Oliva) to end the inning and strand Pascual on 2nd. Minnesota added a second run in the fourth when Bobby Allison hit his first homer of the year. Minnesota manager, Marvin Sik, has wondered aloud how a guy who hit 32 long balls in real life would have to wait until game 23 to hit his first. To say Allison has been an enigma to the Twins offense is an understatement. The true turning point of the game occured in the vistor's half of the 6th. Pete Runnels led off with a sharp single. Marrero walked on 4 pitches and Jim Busby then singled to load the bases with nobody out and the Twins up 2 zip. Pascual struck out Terwilliger for the first out, but yielded a bloop single to Yost to plate Runnels and cut the deficit to 2-1 and only 1 out and the bases still jammed. Pascual rose to the occasion and fanned the heart of the order (Vernon / Jensen) to get out of the inning. This was the make or break point in the game and Pascual definitely made it. Minnesota got the run back in the bottom of the frame, when Bernie Allen doubled home Versalles. The score held at 3-1 until the top of the 9th, when Vernon led off with a single and Jackie Jensen, who executed the perfect hit and run, singled him home. With nobody out and a man on second Pascual answered the gut check and struck out the rest of the side (Vollmer, Pitz Gerald and Runnels) to end the game and give the home town fans a great win.
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