Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
May 2, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1970 at Memorial Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 3 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0
Killebrew 3b 4 0 1 1
Oliva rf 3 0 1 0
Alyea lf 3 0 0 1
Allison 1b 3 1 0 0
  Holt ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 1 2 2
Quilici 2b 4 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 1 0
  Mendoza ph 1 1 1 0
  Reese 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
Crowley lf 3 1 0 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 2 0
Powell 1b 3 1 2 1
Blair cf 3 0 0 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Hendricks c 3 0 1 0
  Buford ph 0 0 0 0
  Leonhard pr 0 0 0 0
Cuellar p 3 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Minnesota 020 000 020480
Baltimore 100 001 000260
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (4-1) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Perranoski  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (3-2) 7.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Watt   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Hendricks (2).  2B–Minnesota Killebrew (3,off Cuellar).  HR–Minnesota Mitterwald (1,2nd inning off Cuellar 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Powell (6,6th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Tovar (2,off Cuellar); Cardenas (2,off Cuellar).  HBP–Alyea (1,by Watt).  IBB–Oliva (1,by Cuellar).  SF–Blair (1,off Perry).  HBP–Watt (2,Alyea).  IBB–Cuellar (1,Oliva).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:36.  A–26,229.
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