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Cleveland Indians 6 Minnesota Twins 1

September 9,1968

Visiting Team

Cleveland Indians (78-71)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (69-76)

Game Date

September 9,1968

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,042

Time of Game

3:03

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Haller [1B]: Jerry Neudecker [2B]: Larry Napp [3B]: Frank Umont

Cleveland Indians 6 Minnesota Twins 1

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1st inning: HR/7 **423 feet**
9th inning: **Debut game for Eddie Leon**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cleveland Indians	CLE	78-71		0	0	1		0	2	0		0	0	3			6	13	0		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	69-76		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			1	5	3		7	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jose Cardenal	cf	24.338	R	5	2	3	1		0	2	.257		146	571
2	Davey Nelson	2b	24.081	R	4	0	1	1		1	0	.227		75	75
3	Richie Scheinblum	rf	25.309	B	5	1	2	1		0	1	.222		6	28
4	Joe Azcue	c	29.022	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.278		106	663
5	Tony Horton	1b	23.278	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.249		121	350
6	Lou Piniella	lf	25.012	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	6
	Jimmie Hall	ph	30.186	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.210		95	797
	Tommy Harper	pr-lf	27.331	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.216		120	768
7	Max Alvis	3b	30.220	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.224		118	872
8	Larry Brown	ss	28.192	R	3	0	1	2		1	1	.239		141	711
9	Luis Tiant	p	27.291	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.084		32	165
Totals

2B: Max Alvis (16), Larry Brown (17)

3B: Jose Cardenal (6)

RBI: Jose Cardenal (43), Davey Nelson (14), Richie Scheinblum (1), Larry Brown 2 (33)

HBP: Larry Brown (5)

SB: Davey Nelson (11)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Holt	cf	24.105	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.208		64	64
2	Rod Carew	2b	22.344	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.280		110	247
3	Graig Nettles	rf	24.020	L	4	1	1	1		0	2	.318		6	9
4	Bob Allison	1b	34.060	R	4	0	1	0		0	3	.246		129	1398
5	Rich Rollins	3b	30.146	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.244		84	878
6	Frank Kostro	lf	31.036	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.229		54	254
7	Ron Clark	ss	25.239	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.193		92	117
8	Bruce Look	c	25.092	L	3	0	0	0		1	2	.238		48	48
9	Jim Merritt	p	24.275	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.147		33	115
	Harmon Killebrew	ph	32.072	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.205		85	1518
	John Roseboro	ph	35.119	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.213		124	1399
Totals

Errors: Rich Rollins 2, Ron Clark

2B: Frank Kostro (2)

3B: Bob Allison (6)

HR: Graig Nettles (5)

RBI: Graig Nettles (7)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luis Tiant	R	W 20-9	9.0	5	1	1	3	16	1		1.67	0.87		32	171
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luis Tiant (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Merritt	L	L 10-16	5.0	7	3	3	0	6	0		3.33	1.11		34	118
2	Dave Boswell	R		3.0	3	0	0	3	0	0		3.08	1.24		30	126
3	Bob Miller	R		1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0		3.13	1.28		39	411
Totals				0.0

WP: Jim Merritt (1)

HB: Bob Miller (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Merritt (0-0-0), Dave Boswell (0-0-0), Bob Miller (0-0-0)