Twins take 3 of 4 from Pilots

Sick Stadium - Seattle, WA GAME 1 - Pilots 7, Twins 4
John Gelnar was cruising for 7 shutout innings until he ran out of gas. His replacement, Mike Marshall, and the Pilots lack of fielding prowess conspired to make this game a bit closer than it was supposed to be. Diego Segui was summoned from the pen for the last 4 outs and notched his 4th save of this young season. Tommy Davis was the hitting star going 2 for 3 with 3 RBI's. Tommy Harper swiped his 3rd sack of the season.

GAME 2 - Twins 9, Pilots 1
Blowout City ! The Twins scored in 6 of the 9 frames that they got to bat. Jack Kralick was masterful, allowing only a solo shot to Greg Goossen in the 7th to spoil his day. Gene Brabender was fodder. Bobby Allison went 3 for 5 and had 4 RBI's including his 2nd homer of the season.

Municipal Stadium - Minneapolis, MN
GAME 3 - Twins 6, Pilots 4
Fred Talbot and Jim Kaat looked to be hooked up in a pitcher's due for the first 3 1/2 innings, then the wheels came off of Talbot's bus as the Twins scored 5. With one out Allison hit his 5th homer of the season, then came the flood of singles...6 out of the next 7 batters singled and just like that the Pilots were behind the 8 ball. Seattle battled back to make it 5-4, but the Twins posted an insurance run in the 7th when Harmon Killebrew went deep off of Mike Marshall, who had thrown 2 scoreless innings of relief prior to the big blow. Ray Moore came on for the final out and notched his 3rd save.

GAME 4 - Twins 1, Pilots 0
These low scoring affairs are the types of games that the Pilots usually win. Today was not the case as Pedro Ramos tossed 8 innings of 3 hit ball and Ray Moore saved his 4th. Diego Segui was tapped for a rare start and deserved a better result. His almost 7 innings of gritty work was not enough as his teammates could not post a run on the board. The lone run of the game was scored in the bottom of the first when catcher Earl Battey doubled home Lenny Green, who led off with a single. Ramos fanned 9 Pilots. Curiously the wind was blowing out to left center at around 20 mph, yet there were no homers.