1968 AL Game: Min. @ Chi. Perfect Game!

June 1, 1968

 Minnesota's Dean Chance threw a perfect game today as the Twins downed the Chicago White Sox 1-0. In a great pitching duel with Cisco Carlos, Chance was untouchable on the mound and Minnesota was able to scratch out a run in the top of the 9th. Chance struck out 11 in the game.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Minnesota Twins At 1968 Chicago White Sox             6/1/1968
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Roseboro C        4  0  0  0 .145     L.Aparicio SS       3  0  0  0 .260  
  C.Tovar 2B          4  0  0  0 .275     B.Voss RF           3  0  0  0 .161  
B-F.Quilici 2B        0  0  0  0 .250     T.McCraw 1B         3  0  0  0 .242  
  H.Killebrew 1B      4  0  1  0 .224     T.Davis LF          3  0  0  0 .207  
  T.Oliva RF          3  1  3  0 .361     D.Kenworthy 3B      3  0  0  0 .333  
  B.Allison LF        4  0  1  1 .246     B.Bradford CF       3  0  0  0 .200  
  T.Uhlaender CF      4  0  0  0 .262     B.Locker P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Rollins 3B        3  0  0  0 .259     J.McNertney C       2  0  0  0 .256  
  J.Hernandez SS      4  0  0  0 .159   C-S.Alomar PH         1  0  0  0 .409  
  D.Chance P          4  0  2  0 .229     T.Cullen 2B         2  0  0  0 .320  
                                        D-D.Josephson PH      1  0  0  0 .287  
                                          C.Carlos P          2  0  0  0 .071  
                                        A-K.Berry CF          0  0  0  0 .257  
                                        E-P.Ward PH           1  0  0  0 .203  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  1  7  1                 Totals      27  0  0  0
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Carlos In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Tovar In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McNertney In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Cullen In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Berry In 9th Inning
 
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  7  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  0
 
Twins (27-19)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Chance WIN(7-3)         9       0   0   0   0  11   0   2.72
Totals                    9       0   0   0   0  11   0
 
White Sox (21-23)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Carlos LOSS(1-6)        8 1/3   7   1   1   1   3   0   2.60
B.Locker                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.60
Totals                    9       7   1   1   1   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,044 DATE- Saturday, June 1st 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Russ Goetz, Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Bill Kinnanon
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8  White Sox: 0
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0  White Sox: 0
DOUBLES- B.Allison(5th)
RBIs- B.Allison(24th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Oliva(5th)
WALKS- R.Rollins
HIT BY PITCH- T.Oliva
STRIKE OUTS- J.Roseboro-2, J.Hernandez, L.Aparicio-2, T.McCraw-2, T.Davis,
             D.Kenworthy, B.Bradford, J.McNertney, D.Josephson, C.Carlos-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Allison-2, T.Uhlaender, H.Killebrew, D.Chance
TEAM RISP- Twins: 0 for 8  White Sox: 0 for 0
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Rich Rollins robbed Dick Kenworthy of a base hit.
 
Perfection was achieved in Chicago as Dean Chance(7-3) mesmerized the crowd
while retiring every Chicago White Sox batter, resulting in a 1 to nothing
victory.
 
The deciding run was scored by Minnesota in the 9th.  Tony Oliva hit a single.
Bob Allison came next and he doubled scoring the run.  Chicago went down
without a fight in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Cisco Carlos(1-6) took the loss.  'Chance made us look bad' Eddie Stanky said.
'I've seen a lot of good performances in my time and this one will be tucked
away in my memory bank for a long time to come'