1966 AL Game: NY at Min.

May 12, 1966

Mickey Mantle hit for the cycle today leading the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins. The win by NY lifted them into a 1st place tie with the Chicago White Sox at the top of the AL Standings.

Event Codes:  M
BOXSCORE: 1966 New York Yankees At 1966 Minnesota Twins             5/12/1966
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.White LF          5  2  2  0 .177     C.Tovar SS          3  0  2  0 .379  
  B.Richardson 2B     5  1  1  0 .139     R.Rollins 3B        5  1  2  2 .429  
  M.Mantle CF         4  3  4  4 .293     T.Oliva RF          5  2  2  1 .329  
  J.Pepitone 1B       4  0  1  1 .318     A.Kosco CF          4  0  2  0 .258  
  T.Tresh 3B          3  0  2  1 .280     H.Killebrew 1B      3  1  0  0 .250  
  R.Maris RF          4  0  0  0 .272     B.Allison LF        4  0  3  1 .257  
  C.Boyer SS          4  0  0  0 .169     E.Battey C          4  0  0  1 .107  
  E.Howard C          4  0  1  0 .234     B.Allen 2B          4  0  0  0 .211  
  F.Peterson P        2  0  0  0 .000     C.Pascual P         1  0  0  0 .182  
  P.Ramos P           1  0  0  0 .333   A-Z.Versalles PH      1  0  0  0 .354  
  H.Reniff P          0  0  0  0 .000     G.Roggenburk P      0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-D.Mincher PH        1  0  0  0 .203  
                                          J.Merritt P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-R.Nixon PH          1  1  1  01.000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 11  6                 Totals      36  5 12  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Pascual In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Roggenburk In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Merritt In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 3 0 2  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  6 11  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 1 2  -  5 12  0
 
Yankees (15-9)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Peterson WIN(3-1)       7 1/3  10   3   3   3   2   1   2.68
P.Ramos HOLD(1st)         1 1/3   2   2   2   0   1   1   4.30
H.Reniff SAVE(3rd)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.69
Totals                    9      12   5   5   3   3   2
 
Twins (11-9)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Pascual LOSS(2-3)       5       9   6   6   0   0   1   4.50
G.Roggenburk              2       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
J.Merritt                 2       1   0   0   0   0   0   4.15
Totals                    9      11   6   6   0   1   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 21,739 DATE- Thursday, May 12th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 5  Twins: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 3  Twins: 0
DOUBLES- M.Mantle(2nd), J.Pepitone(4th), T.Tresh-2(5th), T.Oliva(4th),
         B.Allison(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Mantle(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(4th), R.Rollins(1st), T.Oliva(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- R.White(7th), B.Richardson(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Peterson
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Tresh
WALKS- C.Tovar-2, H.Killebrew
STRIKE OUTS- R.White, C.Tovar, H.Killebrew-2
GIDP- R.Rollins-2
2-out RBI- R.Rollins-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Kosco, R.Maris-2, T.Oliva, R.White, B.Allen-2, J.Pepitone,
             E.Howard
 
Mickey Mantle hit for the cycle and had 4 RBI at Metropolitan Stadium as the
New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 6 to 5.
 
Mantle had a big evening at the plate.  He doubled bringing home two
baserunners in the 1st inning, lined a base-hit scoring a run in the 3rd
inning, smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' in the 5th inning and tripled in the
7th inning.  Minnesota made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to
push the needed runs across.  
 
Fritz Peterson(3-1) got the win allowing 3 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings. Hal
Reniff earned the save, his 3rd.  The loss was charged to Camilo
Pascual(2-3).  He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 6 runs in 5
innings.  
 
'I was a little good, a little bad and a little ugly.' said Peterson, 'I was
just giving us a chance to win.'