Game 1 - Twins 3, Angels 1
Jim Kaat (5-3) continued his masterful post-season performance, tossing a 5-hit, 1-run complete game to give the Twins the first games of the ALCS. Earl Battey's 2-run 1st inning HR was all the cushion Kaat needed. The Angels answered with 1 run in the bottom half of the 1st. But after that, they managed only 3 singles the rest of the way. Kaat's 5th win lowered his season ERA to 1.32. Ken McBride (2-5) took the loss for LA.10/09 - Wrigley Field - Los Angeles, California
Game 2 - Angels 4, Twins 3
Two unearned runs in the bottom of the 7th turned out to be the difference, as the Angels evened the series. Ken Hunt put LA on the board first with a solo shot in the bottom of the opening frame, and the tripled and scored in the 3rd on a Leon Wagner single. But Minnesota answered with 1 in the 4th inning and 2 more in the 6th inning to move ahead 3-2. Than a Bill Tuttle error opened the door for the 2 unearned runs that put LA back on top, with the go-ahead scoring on a double-play grounder. Angels relief ace Art Fowler closed the door the last two innings to earn his 6th save. Tom Morgan picked up the win. But the real pitching hero for the Angels was Ryne Duren, who came on in emergency relief in the 2nd inning and pitched 4.1 innings after starter Eli Grba went down with an injury.
10/11 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game 3 - Angels 1, Twins 0
After departing Game 2 after only 1.1 innings, Eli Grba (7-0) came back after the travel day to pitch a solid 8 shutout innings, yielding only 3 hits. Earl Averill's bases-loaded bloop single off Don Lee (2-1) plated pinch-runner Tom Satriano with the only run of the game, giving the Angels a 2-1 games lead in the ALCS. Art Fowler came on in the 9th to try and save the game. Versalles' lead off single was erased with a Earl Battey DP ball. But with Killebrew at the plate representing the tying run with 2 outs, the Minnesota sky opened up and poured rain for 138 minutes. Fowler's arm stiffened up, and Tom Morgan had to come on to get the last out. A walk to Killebrew put the tying run on 1st base. But a Bob Allison grounder ended the threat. Morgan's 5th save preserved Grba's 7th win. Lee took the loss.10/12 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game 4 - Angels 4, Twins 2
Los Angeles exploded for 4 first inning runs off Twins starter Jack Kralick (5-4). Ken Hunt set
the tone with a HR to lead off the game. Four singles, a double, and a sac fly later, and the Angles were leading 4-0 before Minnesota came to the plate. The Twins immediately began to return the favor against Angels' starter Ken Bowsfield as they had 1 in and the bases loaded with no outs. But Bowsfield managed to escape without anyone else scoring to keep the score 4-1. After the 1st innings both pitchers settled down, with the Angles getting only 2 more singles, and the Twins only 1 more run on a Harmon Killebrew solo HR. Ron Kline, Jack Spring and Art Fowler tossed 3.1 innings of no-hit, no-run baseball to preserve the win. Bowsfield improved to 4-0 and Fowler picked up save #7. The loss was pinned on Kralick, who couldn't manage to climb out of the whole he dug for himself in the 1st inning.10/13 - Metropolitan Stadium - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game 5 - Twins 8, Angles 1
A Ken Aspromonte throwing error opened the door for 6 unearned 1st-inning runs, as the Twins won a laugher. Jim Lemon and Bill Tuttle homered off of hard luck loser Ken McBride (2-6). And with hottest KOD8 pitcher Jim Kaat on the mound, this one was over before the 1st inning even ended. The only bright moment for Los Angeles was Ken Hunt's 3rd HR of the series. But it was too little, too late. With his 6th win, Kaat (6-3) lowered his ERA to an amazing 1.22. The series moved back to the West Coast with the Angles up 3 games to 2.10/15 - Wrigley Field - Los Angeles, California
Game 6 - Angles 5, Twins 1
Los Angeles clinched the AL pennant behind the pitching of Jim Donohue (5-0) and Ryne Duren,
and a surprise 3-run HR by light-hitting veteran Ed Yost. The Angels jumped out on top 2-0 with first inning hits by Leon Wagner, Lee Thomas and Earl Averill. But when Thomas and Averill led off the 4th inning with walks, nobody in the stadium was expecting what happened next, as Yost parked one over the LF wall to put the Angels up 5-0. A bit shell-shocked, the Twins could only manage a single run on a Killebrew 9th inning solo HR off Art Fowler, who surrendered his first earned run in his last 19 appearances, spanning 24.1 innings. Camilo Pascual (5-3) suffered the loss, as the Angels won the series in 6 games.--submitted by Douglas Zaner--
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