Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1970 at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Boston Red Sox 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf,lf 3 2 1 3
Thompson 2b,3b 5 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 2 2 1
  Quilici 2b 0 0 0 0
Oliva rf 5 0 2 2
Alyea lf 4 1 1 1
  Holt cf 1 0 0 0
Allison 1b 2 1 1 0
  Reese 1b 1 1 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 1 1 2
Tiant p 1 0 0 0
  Blyleven p 1 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 0 1 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 5 1 1 0
Smith cf 5 1 1 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 1
Conigliaro rf 5 2 2 1
Petrocelli ss 5 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 1 1 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 2 2
Satriano c 3 0 0 0
Peters p 2 0 1 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 1 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 1 1 1
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Minnesota 200 300 1309101
Boston 111 100 1106110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   1.1 5 2 2 0 1
  Blyleven  W (7-5) 5.2 5 3 3 2 4
  Williams  SV (10) 2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (11-10) 3.1 4 5 5 3 4
  Phillips   2.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Hartenstein   2.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Lyle   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
6
9

  E–Allison (2).  DP–Boston 2.  PB–Satriano (2).  2B–Minnesota Oliva (22,off Peters); Allison (3,off Phillips), Boston Andrews (17,off Tiant); Yastrzemski (23,off Tiant); Thomas (8,off Tiant); T Conigliaro (10,off Blyleven); Kennedy (8,off Blyleven).  HR–Minnesota Alyea (11,4th inning off Peters 0 on, 0 out); Mitterwald (11,4th inning off Peters 1 on, 1 out); Killebrew (37,7th inning off Hartenstein 0 on, 2 out); Tovar (9,8th inning off Hartenstein 2 on, 2 out), Boston Smith (17,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out); T Conigliaro (22,7th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); Moses (6,8th inning off Williams 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cardenas (7,off Hartenstein).  HBP–Tovar (8,by Hartenstein).  IBB–Mitterwald (6,by Phillips); Manuel (2,by Hartenstein); Satriano (3,by Blyleven).  CS–Tovar (11,2nd base by Hartenstein/Satriano).  WP–Peters (10).  HBP–Hartenstein (1,Tovar).  IBB–Blyleven (4,Satriano); Phillips (1,Mitterwald); Hartenstein (1,Manuel).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:59.  A–24,670.
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