Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
September 21, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1966 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 2, Cleveland Indians 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 2b 5 1 2 0
Hall cf 5 0 2 0
Oliva rf 5 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 0 1 1
Mincher 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 4 1 1 0
Valdespino lf 4 0 1 0
Versalles ss 4 0 1 1
Kaat p 3 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Fuller 2b 5 1 1 1
Salmon 1b 4 0 1 0
Wagner lf 4 1 2 2
  Hinton lf 0 0 0 0
Alvis 3b 3 2 2 1
Landis cf 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Vidal rf 3 0 0 0
Azcue c 3 1 0 0
Brown ss 3 1 2 0
Hargan p 4 0 1 2
Totals 33 6 9 6
Minnesota 011 000 000290
Cleveland 011 010 03x691
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (24-11) 7.0 8 5 5 2 8
  Worthington   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  W (12-9) 9.0 9 2 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
1
5

  E–Salmon (20).  2B–Minnesota Tovar (17,off Hargan); Mincher (29,off Hargan).  HR–Cleveland Alvis (17,2nd inning off Kaat 0 on, 0 out); Fuller (1,5th inning off Kaat 0 on, 0 out); Wagner (23,8th inning off Kaat 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Worthington (2), Hargan (7).  U-HP–Bill Valentine, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:21.  A–5,147.
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