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Twins 1 @ White Sox 2
Comiskey Park
May 31, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins, played on May 31, 1968 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox beat the visiting Twins with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 31, 1968 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 1 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 13
Runs: 1
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 2 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 2
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherDon McMahon  
Losing PitcherBob Miller  
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Game Winning RBILuis Aparicio 

Game Info

DateMay 31, 1968 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
Home Starting PitcherGary Peters  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance9,667 
Time of Game3 hours 53 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Runge
1B: John Rice
2B: Cal Drummond
3B: Jim Odom

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Third Baseman 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Jerry Zimmerman  Catcher 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Cal Ermer  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Tommy McCraw  First Baseman 
Buddy Bradford  Right Fielder 
Tommy Davis  Left Fielder 
Duane Josephson  Catcher 
Dick Kenworthy  Third Baseman 
Ken Berry  Center Fielder 
Tim Cullen  Second Baseman 
Gary Peters  Pitcher 
Eddie Stanky  Manager 

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         Game of 5/31/1968 -- Minnesota at Chicago (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, 3b-ss        7  0  1  0   Aparicio L, ss        7  0  3  1   
Carew R, 2b           4  0  1  0   McCraw T, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Miller B, p           2  0  0  0   Bradford B, rf-lf     5  0  0  0   
Oliva T, rf           6  0  2  0   Priddy B, p           0  0  0  0   
Killebrew H, 1b       4  0  0  0   McNertney J, ph-c     1  0  0  0   
Allison B, lf         6  1  2  1   Davis T, lf           3  1  1  0   
Uhlaender T, cf       6  0  2  0   Voss B, rf-lf         2  0  0  0   
Zimmerman J, c        3  0  1  0   Josephson D, c        6  0  1  1   
Quilici F, pr         0  0  0  0   McMahon D, p          0  0  0  0   
Look B, c             3  0  2  0   Kenworthy D, 3b       6  1  4  0   
Hernandez J, ss       2  0  1  0   Berry K, cf           5  0  0  0   
Kostro F, ph          0  0  0  0   Cullen T, 2b          3  0  1  0   
Reese R, ph           1  0  0  0   Alomar S, pr-2b       2  0  0  0   
Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   Peters G, p           2  0  0  0   
Kaat J, ph            1  0  0  0   Locker B, p           0  0  0  0   
Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   Wood W, p             0  0  0  0   
Clark R, ph-2b        2  0  0  0   Causey W, ph          0  0  0  0   
Merritt J, p          1  0  0  0   Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   
Roseboro J, ph        0  0  0  0   Snyder R, ph-rf       2  0  0  0   
Rollins R, ph-3b      4  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  1 12  1                        48  2 10  2

Minnesota        000 000 100 000 00 --  1
Chicago          000 001 000 000 01 --  2
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J             6.0  5  1  0  0  6
Perranoski R          2.0  1  0  0  0  0
Worthington A         2.0  1  0  0  0  3
Miller B (L)          3.1  3  1  1  3  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Peters G*             6.0  7  1  1  2  1
Locker B              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Wood W                0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Wilhelm H             3.0  1  0  0  1  3
Priddy B              3.0  4  0  0  0  2
McMahon D (W)         1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th

E -- Hernandez J 2, Alomar S
DP -- Minnesota 2, Chicago 2
LOB -- Minnesota 13, Chicago 13
2B -- Uhlaender T, Aparicio L, Kenworthy D
HR -- Allison B
SH -- Merritt J, Causey W, Alomar S
HBP -- by Merritt J (McCraw T), by Miller B (Berry K)
T -- 3:53
A -- 9667

    

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