Today in 1975 - Minnesota Twins vs Milwaukee Brewers

August 27, 1975 – Today in 1975, the Minnesota Twins took on the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was a pitchers’ duel that lasted until the 11^th inning and both starting pitchers were still on the mound.   

In the top of the 11^th Milwaukee’s Bill Travers faced Rod Carew, who grounded out to shortstop.  Craig Kusick came to bat and was hit by a pitch for the third time in the game.  Steve Brye was put in to pinch run for Kusick.  Then Travers walked John Briggs and there were two men on.  Travers was relieved by Tom Murphy and faced Tony Oliva at the plate.  Oliva hit a single to left field and Brye scored.  There were runners at first and second.  Steve Braun got on base on a fielder’s choice and Murphy walked Lyman Bostock.  The bases were loaded.  Glenn Borgmann could have increased the lead with a base hit, but was out on pop-up foul ball; out three.

Don Money was first up for the Brewers.  Money flied out to left field.  Bob Sheldon hit a single into left field.  Blyleven then faced Bill Sharp, who got out on a pop fly to shortstop.  Milwaukee’s last chance, George Scott, came to the plate.  Scott flied out to center field and the game was over.  Minnesota won 1-0.

Blyleven pitched a complete game and went to 14-6 with the win, striking out 13.  Travers dropped to 5-8 with the loss and struck out 2.

Minnesota went to 63-69 with the win.  They were 16.5 games behind the AL West leading Oakland A’s and in 5^th place.  Milwaukee fell to 57-75 with the loss.  They were 22 games behind the AL East leading Boston Red Sox, also in 5^th place.

Notables

• There were 3 Hall of Famers playing in this game: Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven for the Twins, and Hank Aaron for the Brewers.
  
• This was Del Crandall’s last season managing the Brewers.  Crandall was featured in yesterday’s Notables section.
  
• This was also Frank Quilici’s last season managing the Twins.  He managed the team from 1972-75.  He played for the Twins in 1965 and from 1967-70.
  
• Both designated hitters did poorly in this game.  Both Danny Thompson and Hank Aaron went 0-4.

Game stats and other data can be found on Baseball-Reference.com at Minnesota Twins vs Milwaukee Brewers - August 27, 1975