Boston drew
first blood in the top of the 1st as a George Scott single sandwiched by
two Kaat walks gave the Sox a 1-0 lead. The Twins fot the run back in
the 3rd on a Cesar Tovar single. In the 4th, the Twins took a 2-run lead
as Culp surrendered 3 singles and 2 walks. A struggling Harmon
Killebrew added a solo shot in the 5th to close out the scoring. Twins
fireman Bill Campbell came on in the 8th and retired 5 of the 6 batters
he faced to preserve the win. Jim Kaat lowered his ERA on the year to
2.13 and picked up win #2 In a strong outing.
Game 2: Twins 14, Red Sox 7 (Goltz vs Siebert)
The
Twins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st behind 4
singles and a walk. After the two sides each scored one in the next 2
innings, the Twins broke the game wide open in the 5th. The Twins sent
10 batters to the plate as they lit up Siebert for 4 hits, 4 walks, and a
hit batter to plate 7 runs. While Goltz held Boston scoreless in the
6th and 7th, the Twins added 3 more runs to take a 14-2 lead. Things got
a little tense in the Boston 8th, as the Red Sox bats came to life.
After 2 Sox singles, Goltz was replaced by lefty Geoff Zahn. Zahn
allowed the 2 inherited runners to score and then 3 more as he
surrendered 6 hits in only 2/3 of an inning. Ray Corbin then came on to
strike out George Scott to end the Red Sox threat, and after a scoreless
9th the Twins got the win. Killebrew, Lyman Bostock, and Rod Carew all
had 3 hits for the Twins.
Going
for the sweep, the Twins sent ace Bert Blyleven to the mound against
The Spaceman. In the top of the 1st, the Twins scored 3 powered by
homers from the bats of Larry Hisle and Eric Soderholm. The Red Sox
countered with a run in the bottom of the inning as a Carlton Fisk sac
fly scored Yaz. It was starting to look like another slugfest. However,
the remainder of the game was scoreless as both hurlers settled in
nicely. Blyleven went 7, striking out 6, then yielded to Bill Campbell.
Campbell pitched scoreless 8th and 9th innings to pick up his 3rd save
as Blyleven recorded win #3. Rod Carew upped his avg to .350 with
another 2 hit game.
--submitted by Bill Schneider--
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