1969 AL Minnesota Twins clinch! September 16th

The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-0 and clinched 1st place in the AL West. Jim Perry threw a 7 hit shutout against the A's while picking up his 15th win of the season. He had all of his pitches working tonight and struck out 12. This season marks the 1st year of divisional playoffs in MLB and Minnesota will face the AL East division winner in a best of 5 game series for the outright title of AL Champions.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Oakland Athletics At 1969 Minnesota Twins            9/16/1969
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Campaneris SS     5  0  2  0 .245     T.Uhlaender LF      4  0  1  0 .271  
  J.Tartabull LF      5  0  1  0 .269     R.Carew 2B          3  0  0  0 .320  
  B.Brooks RF         3  0  1  0 .344     T.Oliva RF          4  0  0  0 .319  
  S.Bando 3B          3  0  0  0 .283     H.Killebrew 3B      4  0  0  0 .266  
  T.Francona 1B       4  0  1  0 .405     R.Reese 1B          3  1  1  1 .297  
  D.Green 2B          3  0  1  0 .242     C.Tovar CF          3  2  2  0 .269  
  R.Monday CF         4  0  0  0 .284     J.Roseboro C        3  1  2  0 .283  
  D.Duncan C          4  0  0  0 .186     L.Cardenas SS       3  0  0  0 .250  
  J.Nash P            2  0  0  0 .175     J.Perry P           3  0  1  2 .186  
A-B.Johnson PH        1  0  0  0 .327                                          
  E.Sprague P         0  0  0  0 .250                                          
B-R.Jackson PH        1  0  1  0 .305                                          
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         Totals      35  0  7  0                 Totals      30  4  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Nash In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sprague In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  0
Twins........... 0 2 0  0 2 0  0 0    -  4  7  1
 
Athletics (74-73)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Nash LOSS(6-11)         6       5   4   4   1   3   1  67   3.90
E.Sprague                 2       2   0   0   0   1   0  27   5.08
Totals                    8       7   4   4   1   4   1
 
Twins (90-57)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Perry WIN(15-10)        9       7   0   0   2  12   0 147   2.79
Totals                    9       7   0   0   2  12   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 33,397 DATE- Tuesday, September 16th 1969 TIME- Day 
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:11  Twins: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Twins: 0
ERRORS- J.Roseboro
HOME RUNS- R.Reese(16th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Campaneris(45th), T.Uhlaender(20th), C.Tovar(46th)
WALKS- B.Brooks, D.Green, R.Carew
HIT BY PITCH- S.Bando
STRIKE OUTS- C.Campaneris, B.Brooks, S.Bando, T.Francona-2, R.Monday-2,
             D.Duncan-3, J.Nash-2, R.Carew-2, H.Killebrew, J.Perry
WILD PITCHES- J.Nash
 
Jim Perry mowed down 12 Oakland batters and Cesar Tovar had 2 base hits as the
Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics by a score of 4 to
0.
 
Perry(15-10) looked very much in control throughout the day.  He didn't give
up much, just 7 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.  Both teams ended up with 7
hits on the afternoon.  
 
Jim Nash(6-11) absorbed the loss.  When asked about his strikeout total for
the game, Perry offered, 'The fan's really got into it.  It is fun to see
them tally up the strikeout totals up there in the stands.  Fortunately, I
kept them busy this afternoon - of course, it would be all for naught without
the 'W'.'

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