Clyde Wright became the second pitcher in Angels' history to win 20 games when the lefthander defeated the Twins, 5-1. Dean Chance won 20 when with the Angels in 1964.

Bert Blyleven, the Twins' 19-year-old rookie, tied a major league record by striking out the first six batters to face him, but Alex Johnson homered for the Angels in the fourth inning. The Angels added three unearned runs in the sixth and wound up the scoring with singles by Tony Gonzalez, Jim Fregosi and Chico Ruiz in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 16, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 - 5 9 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar ss,2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .258 Tovar cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .299 Gonzalez cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .267 Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .248 Fregosi 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .280 Killebrew 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .278 Johnson lf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .319 Oliva rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317 McMullen 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .227 Renick 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .232 Ruiz pr,3b 2 1 1 1 0 1 .241 Allison lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Johnstone rf 2 0 1 0 1 1 .238 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Cowan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Nash ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Repoz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .212 Griffin 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Quilici 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Spencer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Dempsey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oyler ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 Thompson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Egan c 1 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Voss ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Brye lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Brown c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .189 Totals 37 5 9 3 3 11 Totals 30 1 3 1 5 3 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 12,386 Left on Base: Angels 9, Twins 7 DP: Angels 0, Twins 0 Errors: Cardenas, Quilici Doubles: Mitterwald (9) Home Runs: Johnson (13) Stolen Bases: McMullen (1), Johnson (13) Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (2) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright W(20-11) 9 3 1 1 5 3 0 35 2.93 Totals 9 3 1 1 5 3 0 35 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(9-8) 6.2 8 5 2 2 10 1 32 3.23 Kaat 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 3.70 Totals 9 9 5 2 3 11 1 41 Wild Pitches: Blyleven (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Russ Goetz ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Gonzalez was called out on strikes; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar made an out to first; Cardenas flied out to center; Killebrew walked; Oliva flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. ANGELS 2ND: Johnson struck out; McMullen struck out; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Renick singled to shortstop; Allison flied out to right; Mitterwald grounded out (third to first) [Renick to second]; Quilici lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. ANGELS 3RD: Griffin flied out to center; Egan struck out; Wright singled to center; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (third to first); Cardenas made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. ANGELS 4TH: Gonzalez made an out to third; Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson homered; McMullen lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva flied out to left; Renick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 5TH: Johnstone singled to right; Griffin struck out; Egan walked [Johnstone to second]; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Egan to second, Johnstone to third]; Wright flied to right in foul territory; Alomar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Allison grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald flied out to right; Quilici walked; Blyleven forced Quilici (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 6TH: Gonzalez singled to center; Fregosi forced Gonzalez (third to second); Johnson reached on an error by Cardenas [Fregosi to second]; McMullen singled to left [Johnson to second, Fregosi scored (unearned)]; Johnson stole third and McMullen stole second; RUIZ RAN FOR MCMULLEN; Johnstone was walked intentionally; SPENCER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Spencer made an out to second; VOSS BATTED FOR EGAN; Voss reached on an error by Quilici [Johnstone to third, Ruiz scored (unearned) (no RBI), Johnson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Wright struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: RUIZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); OYLER REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING SS); BROWN REPLACED VOSS (PLAYING C ); ALOMAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Tovar singled to center; Cardenas walked [Tovar to second]; Killebrew walked [Tovar to third, Cardenas to second]; Oliva made an out to shortstop; Renick forced Killebrew (shortstop to second) [Cardenas to third, Tovar scored]; Allison forced Renick (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Twins 1. ANGELS 7TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez singled to pitcher; Fregosi singled to center [Gonzalez to second]; Johnson flied out to center; Ruiz singled to right [Fregosi to third, Gonzalez scored]; COWAN BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; KAAT REPLACED ALLISON (PITCHING); BRYE REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PLAYING LF); Cowan made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: REPOZ REPLACED COWAN (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald walked; DEMPSEY BATTED FOR QUILICI; Dempsey flied out to center; Brye struck out; Tovar forced Mitterwald (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1. ANGELS 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING 2B); Oyler grounded out (second to first); Brown lined to shortstop; Wright popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: Cardenas struck out; Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; Oliva made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1. ANGELS 9TH: Alomar singled to right; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Alomar to second]; Fregosi flied out to right; Johnson was walked intentionally; Ruiz struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Renick grounded out (third to first); NASH BATTED FOR KAAT; Nash struck out; Mitterwald doubled to left; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1.

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