Twins 6, Red Sox 7 Box Score, Aug 18, 1969

August 18, 1969 · 7:05 PM GMT-4

Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	2
BOS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	7	8	1

Top performers

HKHarmon Killebrew3B1-5H-ABHR · 3 RBI · 1 RTop hitterTCTony ConigliaroRF2-4H-ABHR · 4 RBI · 1 R
Winning pitcherSLSparky LyleP1.1IP0 ER · 1 K · W
RPRon PerranoskiP1.0IP1 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

BOS100%50%100%MIN

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Biggest lead MIN by 3 · BOS by 3 · 2 lead changes

Key plays

B1 +14% BOSDalton Jones triples (3) on a to right fielder Tony Oliva. Mike Andrews scores.MIN 0 · BOS 1
T4 +26% MINHarmon Killebrew hits a home run (33). Ted Uhlaender scores. Tony Oliva scores.MIN 4 · BOS 3
B8 +44% BOSTony Conigliaro hits a home run (16). Carl Yastrzemski scores. Reggie Smith scores.MIN 6 · BOS 6
B9 +20% MINCarl Yastrzemski hits into a double play, pitcher Ron Perranoski to shortstop Leo Cardenas to third baseman Harmon Killebrew to catcher George Mitterwald to third baseman Harmon Killebrew. Mike Andrews out at 3rd. Syd O'Brien out at 2nd. Carl Yastrzemski to 1st.MIN 6 · BOS 6
B10 +27% BOSGeorge Scott doubles (11) on a to center fielder Ted Uhlaender. Reggie Smith scores. Tony Conigliaro to 3rd.MIN 6 · BOS 7

Team stats

MIN

BOS

11Hits8
6Runs7
2Home runs1
2Walks8
5Strikeouts7
2Errors1

.282Batting average.235
.317On-base %.381
.487Slugging.441
5.79ERA5.40
10Left on base13

1969 American League Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1BAOrioles	109	53	.673	—
2MITwins	97	65	.599	12.0
3DETigers	90	72	.556	19.0
4OAAthletics	88	74	.543	21.0
5BORed Sox	87	75	.537	22.0
6TERangers	86	76	.531	23.0
7NYYankees	80	81	.497	28.5
8LAAngels	71	91	.439	38.0
9KCRoyals	69	93	.426	40.0
10CWWhite Sox	68	94	.420	41.0
11MIBrewers	64	98	.396	45.0
12CLGuardians	62	99	.385	46.5

Game info

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, MA

Twins

Batting


CTCesar Tovar2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
TUTed UhlaenderCF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
TOTony OlivaRF	5	1	2	1	0	0	1
HKHarmon Killebrew3B	5	1	1	3	1	0	1
RRRich Reese1B	5	0	2	0	0	0	1
GNGraig NettlesLF	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
LCLeo CardenasSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
GMGeorge MitterwaldC	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
DBDave BoswellP	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
BABob AllisonLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
BZBill ZeppP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RRRick RenickPH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DWDick WoodsonP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RPRon PerranoskiP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	39	6	11	6	2	2	5

2B: Tovar, Mitterwald

HR: Killebrew, Nettles

RBI: Oliva, Killebrew 3, Nettles, Boswell

LOB: 10

Pitching


DBDave Boswell	7.0	5	2	3	6	0	50
BZBill Zepp	1.0	2	3	1	1	1	11
DWDick Woodson	0.1	0	0	2	0	0	9
RPRon PerranoskiL	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	11
Totals	9.1	8	6	8	7	1	81

Red Sox

Batting


MAMike Andrews2B	3	1	2	0	0	2	1
DJDalton Jones1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	2
CYCarl YastrzemskiLF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
RSReggie SmithCF	3	2	0	0	0	2	1
RPRico PetrocelliSS	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
TCTony ConigliaroRF	4	1	2	4	1	1	1
GSGeorge Scott1B	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
RGRuss GibsonC	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
RCRay CulpP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
SOSyd O'Brien3B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
LSLee StangeP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DSDick SchofieldPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BLBill LeeP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SSSonny SiebertP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SLSparky LyleP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	7	8	6	1	8	7

2B: Yastrzemski, Scott

3B: Jones

HR: Conigliaro

RBI: Jones, Conigliaro 4, Scott

LOB: 13

Pitching


RCRay Culp	3.2	7	6	0	2	2	22
LSLee Stange	3.1	2	0	2	0	0	19
BLBill Lee	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	8
SSSonny Siebert	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2
SLSparky LyleW	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	7
Totals	10.0	11	6	2	5	2	58

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1969 American League Standings

Game info

Twins

Batting

Pitching

Red Sox

Batting

Pitching

1st inning · MIN 0–3 BOS · BOS leads 3–0

Red Sox outlast Twins 7-6 as Conigliaro goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1969 American League Standings

Game info

Twins

Batting

Pitching

Red Sox

Batting

Pitching

1st inning · MIN 0–3 BOS · BOS leads 3–0

Red Sox outlast Twins 7-6 as Conigliaro goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned