Game #1 (10/1) @SEP MIN 6, SEP 5 - Boxscore
Game #2 (10/2) @SEP MIN 10, SEP 6 - Boxscore
Game #3 (10/4) @MIN MIN 5, SEP 4 - Boxscore

ALDS: Twins sweep Pilots in 3

GAME 1 - Sicks Stadium - Seattle, WA - Twins 6, Pilots 5
John Gelnar, who had been the Pilots ace this season got bombed for 4 runs in the opening inning. Seattle fought gallantly to get back in the game and make a go of it, but that 4 run outburst was a hole that was too deep to recover from. George Brunet came on in relief of Gelnar, who only barely escaped the 1st, and kept his team in it by only yielding two solo runs in 5 innings worth of work. Bobby Allison's 3 run shot was the big blow in that opening stanza. after an hour rain delay in between the 5th and 6th innings Seattle finally got on the board with a solo run. All the while Pedro Ramos was cruising. Brunet gave way to Jim "Ball 4" Bouton in the 7th and he kept Minny at bay with 2 scoreless innings. Bob Locker did the same in the 9th. Ramos looked to be tiring in the 8th where he escaped 2 runners in scoring position and 1 out. He would not be as fortunate in the 9th. Steve "Orbit" Hovley led off with a frozen rope to right. Pinch hitter Mike Hegan lined out to right for the first out. Curiously Hegan was called on to hit for MVP candidate Tommy Davis, who seemed to struggle at the plate vs Ramos. Don Mincher, who has been hot down the stretch homered deep to right to make it 6-3. At this point McDevitt got up in the Twins pen. Wayne Comer worked out a walk, but Jerry McNertney popped out to Tuttle at 3rd for the second out as it looked like Ramos had it all under control. Greg Goossen was called on to pinch hit for Gus Gil and he hit a tape measure shot to dead center to make it 6-5. Not playing around anymore, Twins manager Marvin Sik, went to the pen and McDevitt arrived on the scene just in time to get pinch hitter Jim Pagliaroni to ground weakly to short to end it. A laugher turned into a very close contest. The Pilots fell short of their goal, but they did show signs of life.

GAME 2 - Sick Stadium - Seattle, WA - Twins 10, Pilots 6
The Twins again scored in the first. This time Harmon Killebrew singled home Lenny Green. Gene Brabender got Game 1 hero, Bob Allison, to line into a DP that doubled Killebrew off at 1st to limit the damage. The Pilots jumped on Camilo Pascual for runs in the bottom of the 2nd and looked to be in total control. Tommy Davis led off with a single and Mincher followed it up with his 2nd homer in 2 games. Mike Hegan, getting a rare start in right, walked. John Kennedy, hitting in the 7th spot, hit a homer that barely cleared the left field wall to make it 4-1. Minnesota chipped away at Seattle's lead by plating a run in the 4th and the 5th. After striking out the first 2 batters in the 4th Brabender yielded a single to Jim Lemon, who scored as the clutch Billy Martin doubled to the opposite field. Earl Battey singled home Lenny Green to cut it to 1 in the 5th. The Pilots bumped their lead back to 2 when Don Mincher scored on Versalles error at short. It looked for a while like Seattle's 5-3 lead would hold up and the series would get even. That was until the Twins exploded for in the 7th and 8th innings for 3 runs in each. Brabender lost his lead in the 7th and Bouton came on and put the Twins ahead. Bob Locker replaced Bouton and let the game get out of reach. Pascual went the distance in a pedestrian performance, but all he needed to do was be average as his offense pounded out 15 hits. Lenny Green led the way going 4 for 5 with 3 runs scored.

GAME 3 - Metropolitan Stadium - Bloomington, MN - Twins 5, Pilots 4
With their back up against the wall the boys from Ball 4 came out shooting and jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead off of Lee Kralick. Tommy Harper singled and John Kennedy tripled him home. Tommy Davis hit a shot to the warning track and Kennedy trotted home to make it 2-0. In the 4th the Pilots made it 3-0 when Jim Pagliaroni singled home Don Mincher who reached base on a fielding error by Twin second baseman Billy Martin. For the first 4 innings Diego Segui was cruising. Seattle's most versatile pitcher can start or relieve, and he looked to be a starter who didn't need any relief, but then the Twin bats came alive. Minnesota scored 2 in the 5th to cut Seattle's lead to 1. Jim Lemon led off the inning with a homer. Segui lost his composure after Gus Gil booted Billy Martin's grounder. 3 successive Twin singles followed. The key move of the game was when manager Marvin Sik pulled his stater (Kralick) for a pinch hitter (Hal Naragon), who singled home Martin. In the 6th Minnesota tied it up when Killebrew led off with a double and Allison doubled him home. The game remained tied at 4 apiece until the bottom of the 8th when Segui looked to have been in control He fanned the two toughest bats in Minnesota's lineup (Killebrew/Allison), but Jim Lemon managed to double off the wall in left. Billy Martin came up and his Yankee pedigre for being clutch came through again. With a 2-2 count Billy the Kid slammed a long trip off the pole in center to plate Lemon and give the Twins the lead. Don Mincher's (yes he plays for both teams) single scored Martin for an insurance run. Heading into the top of the 9th the Twins now had the luxury of a 2-0 lead in the series and having a 2 run lead with 3 outs to go. Moore started the inning for the Twins and walked pinch hitter Steve "Orbit" Hovley. Tommy Harper popped out to short for the 1st out. Pinch hitter Steve Whitaker walked and Tommy Davis went down swinging for the second out. Don Mincher walked on 4 pitches to load the bases and when Wayne Comer walked to force in a run that was all for Moore. McDevitt came on to close it out and he too couldn't find the plate. With the count 3-2 to pinch hitter Greg Goossen the crowd was silent. Danny McDevitt delivered a borderline pitch which the up called for strike 3. Goossen went down looking and with him so went Seattle's chances. Minnesota did what they needed to do to gain the sweep in this LDS and earn the right to face the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS. Both teams should be well rested. Minnesota reliever Don Lee pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief of Kralick and earned the win, but had little attention paid to him by the press. Everyone wanted to gather round Martin, who is always good for a quote.

Oct 1, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 20-16 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 1969-Seattle 19-16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 7 3 Rain delay of 54 minutes in the 5th. 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave 69-Seattle AB R H BI W K Ave Green CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Harper,T 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .297 Versalles SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Donaldson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .311 Battey C 4 1 1 1 1 0 .291 Hovley RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .316 Killebrew 1B 4 1 2 1 1 0 .286 Davis,T LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .354 Allison RF 4 1 1 3 0 2 .220 Hegan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .354 Lemon LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 .283 Mincher 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 .229 Martin 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .218 Comer CF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .241 Tuttle 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .202 McNertney C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Ramos P 4 0 1 0 0 2 .158 Gil SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .282 McDevitt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goossen PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 .333 36 6 8 6 4 5 Gelnar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Brunet P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Kennedy PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 .194 Bouton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitaker PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .467 Locker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pagliaroni PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .345 34 5 7 5 2 3 61-Minnesota IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Ramos W(3-6) 8.2 7 5 5 2 3 96 4.46 McDevitt S(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 9.0 7 5 5 2 3 100 69-Seattle IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Gelnar L(2-3) 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 31 2.31 Brunet 5.0 4 2 2 3 4 73 5.11 Bouton 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 22 1.53 Locker 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5.23 9.0 8 6 6 4 5 139 SEP: Kennedy hit for Brunet in the 6th Whitaker hit for Bouton in the 8th Hegan hit for Davis,T in the 9th Goossen hit for Gil in the 9th Pagliaroni hit for Locker in the 9th E-Gil 2(5) McNertney(2) 2B-Killebrew(7) Green(8) HR-Martin(1) Allison(8) Kennedy(2) Mincher(3) Goossen(3) LOB-61-Minnesota 7 69-Seattle 4 DP-69-Seattle 2 GWRBI-Battey Game MVP:Bob Allison Sicks Stadium, Time 2:40, 52ų, 10mph Out to RF Oct 1, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 1969-Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 7 3 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Green CF 1>D F8 G363/dp E2,12,B1 9>G43 2 Versalles SS G53 3>S 5>G63 P3 G53 3 Battey C S,23,3H P4 W G13 E6,B1 4 Killebrew 1B S,23 D,13,3H W,12 7>F8 G63 5 Allison RF HR K F7 K 6 Lemon LF W IBB K F7 7 Martin 2B G543/dp G63 6>HR 8>F9 8 Tuttle 3B 2>G43 4>P3 G6/e6,B1 G53 9 Ramos P K S K L4 McDevitt P 1969 69-Seattle Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Harper,T 3B 1>K 4>G63 P6 G63,23,12 2 Donaldson 2B G43 S F8 K 3 Hovley RF F9 W,12 K 9>S 4 Davis,T LF 2>P2 G53,23,12 7>G53 Hegan PH F9 5 Mincher 1B G43 F9 F8 HR 6 Comer CF F7 5>G63 P3 W 7 McNertney C 3>P6 F9 8>G63 P5 8 Gil SS L6 F8 S Goossen PH HR 9 Gelnar P Brunet P F8 Kennedy PH 6>HR Bouton P Whitaker PH S,12 Locker P Pagliaroni PH G63 61-Minnesota IN OUT Ramos AB1-1 AB4-8 McDevitt AB4-9 End 69-Seattle IN OUT Gelnar AB1-1 AB1-7 Brunet AB1-8 AB4-3 Bouton AB4-4 AB4-9 Locker AB5-1 End -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 2, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 21-16 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 10 15 1 1969-Seattle 19-17 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 10 3 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave 69-Seattle AB R H BI W K Ave Green CF 5 3 4 1 1 0 .270 Harper,T 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Versalles SS 6 1 2 0 0 2 .296 Donaldson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309 Battey C 5 1 2 2 1 1 .295 Hovley CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .325 Killebrew 1B 3 1 1 1 2 2 .287 Davis,T LF 4 2 2 0 0 1 .359 Allison RF 5 1 2 3 0 2 .227 Mincher 1B 2 2 1 3 1 0 .234 Lemon LF 4 1 1 0 1 2 .282 Hegan RF 3 1 2 0 1 0 .373 Martin 2B 2 0 1 1 0 0 .223 Kennedy SS 4 1 1 2 0 0 .200 Naragon PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 .410 McNertney C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Gardner 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Brabender P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Tuttle 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Bouton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rollins PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Comer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Bertoia 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Locker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pascual P 5 2 1 0 0 1 .130 Whitaker PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .438 42 10 15 10 5 11 34 6 10 5 2 3 61-Minnesota IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Pascual W(5-2) 9.0 10 6 5 2 3 88 3.30 9.0 10 6 5 2 3 88 69-Seattle IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Brabender 6.2 8 4 4 2 9 120 3.08 Bouton L(1-2) BS(2) 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 20 2.50 Locker 2.0 5 4 3 1 2 34 6.57 9.0 15 10 9 5 11 174 MIN: Naragon hit for Martin in the 7th Rollins hit for Tuttle in the 7th Gardner moved to 2B in the 7th Bertoia moved to 3B in the 7th SEP: Comer hit for Bouton in the 7th Whitaker hit for Locker in the 9th E-Versalles(5) Harper,T(8) Kennedy 2(5) 2B-Martin(3) Green 2(10) 3B-Davis,T(1) HR-Kennedy(3) Mincher(4) CS-Hovley 2 SF-Mincher SH-Martin WP-Bouton LOB-61-Minnesota 10 69-Seattle 4 DP-61-Minnesota 1 69-Seattle 1 GWRBI-Naragon Game MVP:Lenny Green Sicks Stadium, Time 2:55, 56ų Oct 2, 1969 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961-Minnesota 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 10 15 1 1969-Seattle 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 10 3 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Green CF 1>S D W 7>L3 S,12 2 Versalles SS K G43,23 S,12 P3 S,23,12 3 Battey C S,13 K S,2H,13 W G53,23,12,3H 4 Killebrew 1B S,3H,13 4>K K W,12 IBB 5 Allison RF L43/dp K2u K S,23,12,2H S,3H,2H,13 6 Lemon LF 2>K S 6>E6,B1 WP,23,12 W K 7 Martin 2B F7 D,13,1H B24,12 Naragon PH S,3H,2H,13 Gardner 2B G53 8 Tuttle 3B G63 P3 K Rollins PH F9 Bertoia 3B 9>E5/34 9 Pascual P 3>K 5>L4 G3u 8>S E6,B1 Ab6 1 Green CF D,1H,3H 2 Versalles SS K 3 Battey C G53 4 Killebrew 1B 5 Allison RF 6 Lemon LF 7 Martin 2B Naragon PH Gardner 2B 8 Tuttle 3B Rollins PH Bertoia 3B 9 Pascual P 1969 69-Seattle Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Harper,T 3B 1>B13 S G43 G53 G43 2 Donaldson 2B L3 G64/fo K S 3 Hovley CF S 3>G63 6>S F9 4 Davis,T LF CS2(24) 2>S K F9 8>T 5 Mincher 1B HR F9 CS2(26)W F9,3H/SF 6 Hegan RF W 4>S S,13 P4 7 Kennedy SS HR F8 E6,3H,12,B1 P4 8 McNertney C K G363/dp G54/fo 9>F8 9 Brabender P F7 5>G63 Bouton P Comer PH 7>B13 Locker P Whitaker PH F9 61-Minnesota IN OUT Pascual AB1-1 End 69-Seattle IN OUT Brabender AB1-1 AB4-3 Bouton AB4-4 AB4-8 Locker AB4-9 End -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 4, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1969-Seattle 19-18 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 2 1961-Minnesota 22-16 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 - 5 13 1 69-Seattle AB R H BI W K Ave 61-Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave Harper,T CF 4 1 2 0 1 0 .299 Green CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Kennedy SS 3 1 2 1 1 1 .237 Versalles SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Whitaker PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .438 Battey C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Davis,T LF 4 0 0 1 0 1 .347 Killebrew 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Mincher 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 .243 Allison RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .227 Comer RF 2 0 0 1 2 0 .234 Lemon LF 4 2 3 1 0 0 .298 Gil 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Martin 2B 4 2 1 1 0 0 .224 Goossen PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .318 Tuttle 3B 3 0 2 0 1 1 .210 Pagliaroni C 2 0 1 1 1 0 .355 Kralick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Hegan PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .373 Naragon PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .425 McNertney C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Lee P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Donaldson 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Mincher PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .308 Segui P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .091 Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hovley PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 .325 McDevitt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31 4 7 4 9 5 35 5 13 5 1 6 69-Seattle IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Segui L(0-4) 8.0 13 5 4 1 6 103 3.67 8.0 13 5 4 1 6 103 61-Minnesota IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Kralick 5.0 5 3 2 2 2 71 2.94 Lee W(2-0) 3.0 2 0 0 3 1 46 1.33 Moore H(1) 0.2 0 1 1 3 1 27 4.22 McDevitt S(2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0.00 9.0 7 4 3 9 5 153 SEP: Hegan hit for Pagliaroni in the 8th McNertney moved to C in the 8th Hovley hit for Segui in the 9th Whitaker hit for Kennedy in the 9th Goossen hit for Gil in the 9th MIN: Naragon hit for Kralick in the 5th Mincher hit for Lee in the 8th E-Gil 2(7) Martin(5) 2B-Kennedy(1) Killebrew(8) Allison(6) Lemon(11) 3B-Kennedy(1) Martin(2) HR-Lemon(4) SB-Comer(3) CS-Harper,T Versalles Lemon SF-Davis,T SH-Comer Kralick LOB-69-Seattle 8 61-Minnesota 8 DP-61-Minnesota 1 GWRBI-Martin Game MVP:Jim Lemon Metropolitan Stadium, Time 2:51, 54ų, Threatening, 15mph Left to Right Oct 4, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1969-Seattle 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 2 1961-Minnesota 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 - 5 13 1 1969 69-Seattle Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Harper,T CF 1>S W S G63 P6 2 Kennedy SS T,1H CS2(24)W K D Whitaker PH W,12 3 Davis,T LF F7,3H/SF G63 G23 G63 K 4 Mincher 1B S 4>E4,B1 6>S 8>P6 W,23,12 5 Comer RF G463/dp B14,12 F8 W W,3H,23,12 6 Gil 3B 2>G13 G53 G53,12 SB2 G53 Goossen PH K 7 Pagliaroni C F9 S,2H W Hegan PH W McNertney C 8 Donaldson 2B G13 G63 L4 F9 9 Segui P 3>K 5>F8 7>K Hovley PH 9>W 1961 61-Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Green CF 1>G43 K S,12 G63,12 P6 2 Versalles SS F9 F9 K S,23 3 Battey C S 4>G43 K CS2(24)G63 4 Killebrew 1B F8 G63 6>D 8>K2u 5 Allison RF 2>F8 F7 D,2H K 6 Lemon LF S 5>HR G53 D 7 Martin 2B F7 E5,B1 L4 T,2H 8 Tuttle 3B CS2(24) 3>S S,13 K IBB 9 Kralick P B24,12 Naragon PH S,3H,12/75 Lee P 7>E5,B1 Mincher PH S,3H,13 Moore P McDevitt P 69-Seattle IN OUT Segui AB1-1 End 61-Minnesota IN OUT Kralick AB1-1 AB3-3 Lee AB3-4 AB4-8 Moore AB4-9 AB5-4 McDevitt AB5-5 End