MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND GUARDIANS
07/05/1966
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND GUARDIANS
GAME ID: 813 - TUESDAY, JULY 5TH , 1966 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Twins (38-48) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 8 0
Cleveland Guardians (48-37) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Morton Leads Twins to 4-0 Win over Guardians
The Minnesota Twins topped the Cleveland Guardians, 4-0, in AL action at Cleveland Stadium. The game was highlighted by the performance of Minnesota pitcher Carl Morton. The Twins go to 38-48, putting them 7th in the AL.

Morton delivered a quality start for Minnesota. The 6' 0" right-hander allowed no earned runs on 4 hits over 7.1 innings of work.

Morton called the win the result of "everyone working in tandem."
MINNESOTA BATTING LINESCORE CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Till RF 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .265 3 22
T. Oliva LF 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 .329 10 38
B. Oliver 1B 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 .276 13 47
E. Kranepool CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .276 9 30
R. Rollins 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .180 2 12
M. Ranew C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .229 4 21
W. Jones SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .180 1 15
D. Baier 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .173 2 15
   a-D. Mincher PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .155 2 6
   c-B. Shirley 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 0 17
C. Morton P 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
   R. Cassani P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1
   b-T. Uhlaender PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 0 7
   D. Higgins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4 3 7 9      
a - D. Mincher pinch hit for D. Baier in the 9th
b - T. Uhlaender pinch hit for R. Cassani in the 9th
c - B. Shirley substituted for D. Mincher in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Oliva 2 (18, 3rd Inning off D. Stigman, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off D. Stigman, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Till , T. Oliva 5 , B. Oliver , E. Kranepool , R. Rollins , M. Ranew
2-out RBI: T. Oliva , B. Oliver , E. Kranepool
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Kranepool , D. Baier
GIDP: B. Oliver
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Oliver, Jones-Baier-Oliver)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
P. Blair LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .307 11 38
T. Agee CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .229 4 18
G. Altman RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .299 7 40
B. Kim 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 1 14
W. Held 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 12 28
R. Conde 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .216 3 23
T. Sizemore C 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .254 3 18
L. Brown SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 .212 2 10
D. Stigman P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .061 0 0
   a-T. Alfonso PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 11 43
   D. Leonhard P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 1
Totals 30 0 5 0 2 7 12      
a - T. Alfonso pinch hit for D. Stigman in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: P. Blair , R. Conde , T. Sizemore , L. Brown , D. Stigman
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Agee , L. Brown
GIDP: T. Agee
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: B. Kim (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Brown-Held-Kim)
OF assists: 1 (Agee(Oliver at 3rd base))
MINNESOTA PITCHING LINESCORE CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Morton W (2-0) 7.1 4 0 0 0 5 0 97 3.24   
R. Cassani 0.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 28 6.03   
D. Higgins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.95   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Morton 75
Batters Faced: C. Morton 24, R. Cassani 5, D. Higgins 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Morton 8-7, R. Cassani 0-1, D. Higgins 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: C. Morton 97-63, R. Cassani 28-16, D. Higgins 10-5
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Stigman L (4-6) 8.0 8 4 3 3 6 0 109 3.77   
D. Leonhard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.81   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Stigman 55
Batters Faced: D. Stigman 34, D. Leonhard 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Stigman 6-10, D. Leonhard 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: D. Stigman 109-72, D. Leonhard 12-8
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Carl Morton
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (62 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph
Start Time: 8:05 PM ET
Time: 2:38
Attendance: 13152
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