Mincher Blasts 2 To Help Twins Down A's

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Don Mincher

Municipal Stadium    (08-26-2025 19:43:36)       Time 3:27, 66ø, Wind: 4 MPH Out to LF  Night Game

Apr 24, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Minnesota 7-3            2 0 0   0 3 0   1 3 0      9 12  1
1961 Kansas City 2-5          1 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 3      6  6  1

Recap

Min  1st: Scored 2 runs on a hit and 3 walks.

Min      Don Mincher hit a 2 run HR(3) to take the lead.  Min  2 KC 0.

KC   1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Leo Posada tripled scoring Bauer.  Min  2 KC 1.

Min  5th: Scored 3 runs on 3 hits.

Min      Bob Allison tripled scoring Mincher.  Min  3 KC 1.

Min      Earl Battey hit a 2 run HR(1).  Min  5 KC 1.

KC   5th: Scored 2 runs on a hit and 2 walks.

KC       Hank Bauer doubled scoring 2.  Min  5 KC 3.

Min  7th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Min      Don Mincher hit a 401 foot solo HR(4).  Min  6 KC 3.

Min  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits, on one walk and an error.

Min      Reno Bertoia hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Min  7 KC 3.

Min      Billy Gardner scored on a WP by Kunkel.  Min  8 KC 3.

Min      Lenny Green doubled  scoring 1.  Min  9 KC 3.

KC   9th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits, 3 walks and an error.

KC       Jerry Lumpe walked scoring Siebern.  Min  9 KC 4.

KC       Hank Bauer hit a liner scoring 1.  Min  9 KC 5.

KC       Bill Tuttle walked scoring Howser.  Min  9 KC 6.

Min  Earl Battey: 3 for 5, triple, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs.

Min  Bob Allison: 2 for 4, triple.

Min  Don Mincher: 2 for 5, 2 HRs, 3 RBI, 3 runs.

Min  Jim Kaat pitched 6 innings to earn the win: 3 earned runs, 4 hits, 5 BB, 5 K. He's 1-1 on the year.

Min  Don Lee pitched the final 3 innings earning his 2nd save.

KC   Don Larsen pitched 4 innings and took the loss: 3 earned runs, 6 hits, 4 BB, 4 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.

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  E-Mincher(2), Kunkel(1)

 2B-Green(1), Bauer(1)

 3B-Battey(1), Allison(1), Posada(1)

 HR-Min Mincher(3) off Larsen(1) in the 1st with 1 on base, 365 feet

    Min Battey(1) off Rakow(1) in the 5th with 1 on base, 380 feet

    Min Mincher(4) off Rakow(2) in the 7th with bases empty, 401 feet

 SB- KC Howser(2) off Kaat(1) + Battey(1), 3rd

 CS-Min Versalles(1) by Larsen(1) and Pignatano(1), 1st

RBI-Min  - Battey 2(7), Green(1), Allison(9), Bertoia(3), Mincher 3(8)

     KC  - Lumpe(3), Posada(3), Bauer 3(5), Tuttle(4)

 SF-Bertoia(1), Bauer(2)

 SH-Lee(1)

 WP-Kunkel(1), Larsen(1)

Great-Lumpe(1), Howser(1), Tuttle(4)

LOB-Minnesota 7 Kansas City 9

 DP-Minnesota 1 Kansas City 1

GWRBI-Mincher