Washington Senators vs Minnesota Twins
April 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 7, Minnesota Twins 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 1 3 0
Stroud rf 5 1 2 0
McMullen 3b 5 1 3 1
Howard lf 5 0 1 1
  Allen lf 0 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 5 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 2 2 2
Bryan c 3 1 1 0
Coggins 2b 5 1 2 2
Ortega p 3 0 1 1
  Bowens ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 3b 4 1 1 2
Carew 2b 5 0 2 0
Oliva rf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 1 0
  Quilici pr 0 0 0 0
Allison lf 4 1 1 2
Roseboro c 1 1 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 1 0
  Boswell pr 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman c 0 0 0 0
  Holt ph 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 2 1 0
Uhlaender cf 4 1 1 2
Chance p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Washington 000 060 0017151
Minnesota 000 302 001680
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Ortega  W (1-1) 6.0 5 5 5 6 0
  Knowles   2.2 2 1 1 1 4
  Baldwin  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
8
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  L (2-1) 4.2 9 5 5 2 2
  Miller   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Roland   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Perranoski   3.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
4

  E–McMullen (2).  DP–Washington 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Washington McMullen (2,off Chance); Coggins (1,off Miller); Unser (3,off Miller), Minnesota Hernandez (1,off Ortega).  3B–Washington Unser (2,off Chance).  HR–Washington Hansen (1,9th inning off Perranoski 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Allison (2,4th inning off Ortega 0 on, 0 out); Uhlaender (1,6th inning off Ortega 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Hansen (1,by Roland); Killebrew (3,by Ortega).  SH–Chance (2,off Ortega).  SB–Oliva (5,2nd base off Ortega/Bryan).  CS–Tovar (1,2nd base by Ortega/Bryan); Carew (1,Home by Baldwin/Bryan).  IBB–Ortega (2,Killebrew); Roland (1,Hansen).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:40.  A–7,238.
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