April 23, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 4 (4-5), Tigers 2 (6-5)
The Twins took the rubber game and beat the Tigers in their three game series. The game started out as a pitchers dual until the Twins rattled off two runs in each of the final two frames to put the game away.
The Tigers actually got on the board first. In the sixth inning, Earl Wilson helped out his own cause when he singled home Norm Cash. Then after the Twins had taken a 2-1 lead in the eighth, Norm Cash hit his first homerun of the season to tie the game up. The Twins then scored a pair of runs in each of the final two frames. Bond hit a two run shot in the top of the eighth and then Zoilo Versalles tripled home Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew in the top of the ninth to provide the game winning run.
Earl Wilson was cruising in this one until the wheels fell of the wagon. He had a three hit shutout going through seven innings but it looks like he pitched an inning or two too long. The game winner came in the ninth when Wilson gave up the two run triple to Versalles to break the 2-2 tie.
Dean Chance threw a nice game for the Twins but he didn’t get a decision. He gave up one run on seven hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in seven innings. Al Worthington gave up the tying run in the eighth but put the Tigers down in the ninth and picked up the win.