Expanding on the write up by Jim just a little.
The Twins and Whiz played the early game at the A Diamond last night. Top of the 1st, Paul Scutieri doubled, Paul Graziano singled and Doug Reisinger reached base on a walk. Gene Hallenbeck cleared the bases with a double. Top of the 3rd, singles by Graziano and Hallenbeck along with 5 walks and a sacrifice fly resulted in 5 runs for the Whiz. Bottom of the 3rd, John Reel, Pat Olearcek and Rick Saidenberg had singles along with a fielding error led to 2 runs for the Twins. Top of the 4th, Graziano led off with a double, along with 2 walks and a single by Mike Kane scored 1 run for the Whiz. Bottom of the 4th, Mike Arbour led off with a triple, along with singles by Reel, Mark Wright, Olearcek, Steve Rychik and a walk resulted in 3 runs for the Twins. Top of the 5th, Barry Friedman had a single, along with 2 beaned batters and 3 walks resulted in a run for the Whiz. Bottom of the 5th, Terry McCarthy had a single followed by a double from Arbour that resulted in a run for the Twins. Top of the 6th for the Whiz had singles by Jim Hicks, and Jan Friedman, along with 3 walks that resulted in 2 runs for the Whiz. Bottom of the 6th, Wright and Stefan Koutsakis singled, along with a walk that resulted in a run for the Twins. For the Whiz, Graziano was 3-4 with a double, Hallenbeck was 2-3 with a double, Jan Friedman was 2-2 and Scutieri had a double. For the Twins, Saidenberg was 3-4, Arbour was 2-4 with a triple and double, McCarthy and Reel were 2-4, Wright was 2-3 and Olearcek was 2-2. Pitching for the Whiz was Joe Burns and Mike Kane who gave up 15 hits, 4 K's and 3 BB's. 4 pitchers shared pitching duties for the Twins who gave up 12 hits, 3 K's, 15 BB's and 2 HBP. Final score Whiz 14 - Twins 8.

-- Edited by Gene H on Wednesday 21st of May 2025 05:02:45 PM