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May 31, 1969

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Twins	10	13	1
Red Sox	4	8	3

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Twins	10	13	1
Red Sox	4	8	3

Syd O'Brien Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.267
OBP	1.000	.353
At Bats	1	15
Hits	1	4
• Singles	1	2
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	2
RBI’s	0	2

Ron Perranoski Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	2	9

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Fenway Park - May 31, 1969

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Strikeout

Ron Perranoski

Tom Tischinski

Rich Reese

Rod Carew

Frank Quilici

Leo Cardenas

Cesar Tovar

Ted Uhlaender

Tony Oliva

Syd O'Brien

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Minnesota Twins	10	13	1	8
Boston Red Sox	4	8	3	9
Winning Pitcher	Dick Woodson
Losing Pitcher	Sonny Siebert
Save	Ron Perranoski
Game Winning RBI	Graig Nettles
Attendance	25,540
Time of Game	2 hours 54 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

O'Brien is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Thomas strikes out. Tischinski drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Thomas out.

Bottom 9 Ron Perranoski now pitching. Tom Tischinski now catching. Lahoud hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Bob Allison pinch hits for Dick Woodson. Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Cardenas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Ray Jarvis now pitching. Quilici hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Schofield hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Reggie Smith pinch hits for Garry Roggenburk. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to second.

Bottom 8 Azcue hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Rich Reese now playing first base. Scott hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Killebrew strikes out.

Top 8 There goes Carew. The throw from Azcue and he is out, Scott applying the tag. Oliva moves to second.

Top 8 Oliva hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew moves to second.

Top 8 George Thomas now playing left field. Carew is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 7 Conigliaro bunts towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Frank Quilici now playing third base. Cesar Tovar now playing left field. Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roggenburk fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Woodson strikes out.

Top 7 Syd O'Brien now playing shortstop. Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out.

Bottom 6 Lahoud hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Killebrew.

Bottom 6 Roggenburk hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 6 Nettles strikes out.

Top 6 Garry Roggenburk now pitching. Manuel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew scores. Oliva moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.

Top 6 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Landis Carew moves to third. Oliva moves to second.

Top 6 Oliva bunts towards the mound. Landis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carew moves to second.

Top 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Conigliaro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 5 Jones takes first base on ball four. Petrocelli moves to second.

Bottom 5 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 5 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lahoud for the out.

Top 5 Uhlaender hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Woodson takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Landis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Manuel scores. Cardenas scores.

Top 5 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Manuel moves to third.

Top 5 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Bill Landis now pitching. Manuel takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Schofield hits a line drive into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Don Lock pinch hits for Lee Stange. Lock strikes out.

Bottom 4 Azcue hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Oliva moves to second.

Top 4 Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stange fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Conigliaro is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Petrocelli moves to third.

Bottom 3 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 3 Lahoud strikes out.

Bottom 3 Schofield hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Woodson strikes out.

Top 3 Roseboro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Cardenas strikes out.

Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Stange is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Scott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Manuel strikes out. Azcue drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Manuel out.

Top 2 Killebrew hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lahoud. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Uhlaender scores. Oliva goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.

Top 2 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out. Woodson scores. Uhlaender moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 2 Lee Stange now pitching. Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones. Woodson moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second.

Top 2 Uhlaender hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roseboro scores. Woodson moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 2 Woodson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Siebert fields it and throws to third for the out. Roseboro moves to second.

Top 2 Roseboro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nettles scores. Cardenas moves to second.

Top 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli misplays the ball. That's an error on Petrocelli. Manuel scores. Nettles moves to third.

Top 2 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. Manuel moves to third. Nettles moves to second.

Top 2 Manuel hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third.

Top 2 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Conigliaro strikes out.

Bottom 1 Jones takes first base on ball four. Schofield moves to third. Petrocelli moves to second.

Bottom 1 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. Schofield moves to second.

Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a popup in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Lahoud hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Schofield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Oliva hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Carew is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Uhlaender hits a fly ball into center field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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