Twins take 2 of 3 from 1st place Bombers

8/29-8/30 - Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3, Yankees 0
White Ford vs Jim Perry
The "killer", Harmon Killebrew's 13th round tripper of the season and Bob Allison's 2nd combined with 8 shutout innings from Jim Perry to knock off the Bronx Bombers.  Whitey Ford gave up just 2 runs in 7 innings worth of work, but his offense never showed up to support him except for "the scooter", Phil Rizzuto's 2 hits.  Minny got only 5 hits on the day, but made them count.  Rick Aguilera notched his 5th save of the season with a perfect 9th inning capped off by fanning Mantle and Mattingly to end it.

Twins 6, Yankees 3
Vic Raschi vs Jim Kaat
Raschi had his worst performance of the season and was tagged with his first loss.  "Kitty" had a rock solid 7 1/3 inning stint and gave up just 3 runs.  Earl Battey's 3 run shot in the bottom of the 2nd got the scoring started.  Killebrew's RBI double in the second was followed up by Kirby Puckett's RBI double.  Mantle would hit his 8th homer in the 8th, but the Bombers were still down by 3, which was the final margin.

8/31 - Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Twins 1
Camilo Pascual vs Ron "Gator" Guidry
Lousiana Lighting only fanned 2, but he was in control for 7 2/3 innings of 1 run ball.  Ron Guidry, who rebounded from a horrific first start, is now out of manager Mike Hopcroft's dog house.  New York's offense is still puzzling their manager.  This game would be won on Gator's left arm and solo homers from Graig Nettles and The Mick.  Bob Allison's sac fly in the 8th got the Twins on the board.  Tony Oliva narrowly missed hooking one into the short porch in right to tie it.  Carew would follow with a double and Gator would be done.  The Goose would come on to put out the fire by blowing 3 heaters by Killebrew.  Rags would pitch a scoreless 9th for his 3rd save.