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Yankees @ Twins - 11 July 1965
What happened — 11 July 1965, Yankees at Twins
Final Score: Twins 6, Yankees 5.
Venue: Metropolitan Stadium (home of the Twins)
Attendance: 35,263 spectators.
Game Duration: 3:28 (three hours, 28 minutes).
The game went down to the wire: after eight innings, the score was tied 4–4.
In the top of the ninth, the Yankees scored one run to take a 5–4 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and the bases loaded (after a walk to Rich Rollins and the tying run on), the cleanup hitter Harmon Killebrew — famously — hit a two-run walk-off home run to win the game 6–5 for the Twins.
That home run has endured as one of the most iconic in Twins history — dramatic, powerful, and emotionally resonant.
This game came right before the All-Star break, and the win gave the Twins a strong momentum going into the break — they were leading the AL. s
The win contributed to what would be a championship-caliber season for the Twins.
Key Event — Walk-off Home Run📈 Context in the Season
This game came right before the All-Star break, and the win gave the Twins a strong momentum going into the break — they were leading the AL.
The win contributed to what would be a championship-caliber season for the Twins.
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By BarrelroomerWhat happened — 11 July 1965, Yankees at Twins
Final Score: Twins 6, Yankees 5.
Venue: Metropolitan Stadium (home of the Twins)
Attendance: 35,263 spectators.
Game Duration: 3:28 (three hours, 28 minutes).
The game went down to the wire: after eight innings, the score was tied 4–4.
In the top of the ninth, the Yankees scored one run to take a 5–4 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and the bases loaded (after a walk to Rich Rollins and the tying run on), the cleanup hitter Harmon Killebrew — famously — hit a two-run walk-off home run to win the game 6–5 for the Twins.
That home run has endured as one of the most iconic in Twins history — dramatic, powerful, and emotionally resonant.
This game came right before the All-Star break, and the win gave the Twins a strong momentum going into the break — they were leading the AL. s
The win contributed to what would be a championship-caliber season for the Twins.
Key Event — Walk-off Home Run📈 Context in the Season
This game came right before the All-Star break, and the win gave the Twins a strong momentum going into the break — they were leading the AL.
The win contributed to what would be a championship-caliber season for the Twins.