The 1965 Minnesota Twins came back from a 5-2 deficit, tying the game in the 9th, but lost anyway when Mike Hershberger hit a walk-off single in the 10th to win it for the 1964 Chicago White Sox 6-5. Harmon Killebrew hit his 2nd home run in as many days, as the teams traded runs early in the game. In the 6th, Tony Oliva misjudged a flyball, leading to three unearned runs to give the Sox the 5-2 lead against Jim Kaat. But Oliva would redeem himself. First, he hit an RBI double in the 7th, as the Twins cut the lead down to 5-4 against Chicago starter Gary Peters. Then, facing Hoyt Wilhelm in the 9th with one out, Oliva smashed a home run to tie the game. In the bottom of the 10th, Jerry Klippstein struck out the 1st two batters he faced before hitting Ron Hansen with a pitch. Dave Nicholson singled to put Hansen into scoring position. Hershberger drilled a base hit into the gap to walk it off. Hershberger finished 3 for 4 with a walk, Oliva was 3 for 5 with a homer and two doubles to lead the Twins. Minnesota turned the 1st triple play in Best of the Decades Tournament history when Jerry McNertney hit a sharp grounder to Rich Rollins, who stepped on 3rd and threw it around the horn. With the loss, the Twins become the 2nd team of the Tournament to be eliminated. Chicago advances to play the 1961 New York Yankees in the next round.
