1967: Boston beats the Twins 6 – 4 to tie Minnesota for first place. Carl Yastrzemski’s 3-run home run gives him the American League-lead with 44th, but Harmon Killebrew answers with his 44th for the losers. Meanwhile, Detroit, which had games rained out on the 28th and 29th, plays two with the Angels. Mickey Lolich wins the opener, 5 – 0, his 3rd straight shutout, and Detroit takes a seemingly safe 6 – 2 lead into the 8th inning of the nitecap. The Angels then bat around, scoring six runs, to hand Detroit a devastating 8 – 6 loss. Detroit now trails Minnesota and Boston by a half-game.
1968: Cal Ermer is dismissed as manager of the Twins.
1979: Minnesota’s Jerry Koosman defeats Milwaukee 5 – 0 on the final day of the season for his 20th win of the year. It is the only time the Brewers are shut out the entire year, as they fail to tie a record set by the Yankees in 1932. The Brew Crew scored in 213 straight games.
1981: In the last ML game at Minnesota’s Metropolitan Stadium, Kansas City clinches at least a tie for the American League West 2nd-half title with a 5 – 2 win over the Twins. Next season, the Twins will play in the brand-new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, MN.
2008: The White Sox complete their unlikely run to the postseason by blanking the Minnesota Twins 1-0 in a one-game playoff to determine the winner of the AL Central division. The White Sox tied the Twins in the standings by winning a make-up game one day earlier, forcing today’s contest. John Danks pitches 8 scoreless innings for the win, while Jim Thome homers off loser Nick Blackburn to lead off the 7th inning for the game’s only run.
