Starting with a homer by Larry Hisle, the Twins scored five runs in the third inning and defeated the Red Sox, 6-4. Following Hisle's homer, the Twins put together a walk to Rod Carew, successive singles by Tony Oliva, Bobby Darwin, Steve Braun and Danny Thompson and an infield out by Phil Roof for four more runs. A single by Harmon Killebrew in the eighth inning added the clinching tally. [The Sporting News]
Minnesota Twins 6, Boston Red Sox 4

Game Played on Tuesday, April 24, 1973 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Twins        0  0  5    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   6 13  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  1  -   4  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle cf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .302      Griffin 2b            3   0   0   2     0   2   .327
Carew 2b              3   1   2   0     2   1   .261      Aparicio ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Killebrew 1b          4   0   1   1     1   0   .172      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     1   0   .236
Oliva dh              5   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Smith cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Darwin rf             5   1   1   1     0   0   .200      Cepeda dh             4   1   2   0     0   0   .327
Braun 3b              4   1   3   1     1   0   .310      Petrocelli 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Thompson ss           4   1   2   1     1   0   .186        Kennedy 3b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Roof c                4   0   0   1     0   1   .125      Fisk c                3   2   1   0     0   1   .370
Holt lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .405      Oglivie lf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .389
Woodson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Evans rf              3   0   1   2     1   0   .194
  Goltz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Veale p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  13   6     6   4             Totals               34   4   8   4     3   5

Time of Game: 3:10   Attendance: 10,859
Left on Base: Twins 10, Red Sox 9
DP: Twins 0, Red Sox 3
Errors: Roof
Doubles: Fisk (4), Oglivie 2 (3), Yastrzemski (2)
Home Runs: Hisle (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Griffin (1)
GIDP: Roof (1), Killebrew (1), Thompson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (2,by Goltz)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson W(1-0)          5     3   2   2   2   2   0  20   3.60
Goltz                   1.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   9   3.38
Sanders SV(3)           2.1   3   1   1   1   3   0  11   5.68
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   5   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(1-3)           2.1   7   5   5   2   1   1  16   8.85
Curtis                  5     4   1   1   3   3   0  20   4.15
Bolin                   0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Veale                   1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.27
Totals                  9    13   6   6   6   4   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Goltz (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Dave Phillips


TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (first unassisted); Carew singled
to left; Killebrew forced Carew (shortstop to second); Oliva
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Aparicio singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted) [Aparicio to second]; Smith flied to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (second to first); Braun walked;
Thompson singled to left [Braun to second]; Roof was called out
on strikes; Holt forced Thompson (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cepeda popped to catcher in foul territory;
Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Fisk flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: KENNEDY REPLACED PETROCELLI (PLAYING 3B); Hisle
homered; Carew walked; Killebrew popped to catcher in foul
territory; Oliva singled to center [Carew to second]; Darwin
singled to left [Carew scored, Oliva to third]; Braun singled to
right [Oliva scored, Darwin to third]; Thompson singled to right
[Darwin scored, Braun to third]; CURTIS REPLACED PATTIN
(PITCHING); Roof grounded out (second to first) [Braun scored,
Thompson to second]; Holt singled to first [Thompson to third];
Hisle struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); Evans
flied out to right; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Red Sox 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew struck out; Killebrew walked; Oliva struck out;
Darwin forced Killebrew (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (second to first);
Yastrzemski lined to center; Smith popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 0.

TWINS 5TH: Braun singled to center; Thompson popped to second;
Roof grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Cepeda singled to second; Kennedy struck out; Fisk
doubled to center [Cepeda to third]; Oglivie walked; Evans
walked [Cepeda scored, Fisk to third, Oglivie to second];
Griffin hit a sacrifice fly to right [Fisk scored, Oglivie to
third, Evans to second (error by Roof)]; Aparicio grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 6TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Hisle singled to
left; Carew singled to center [Hisle to third]; Killebrew
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Carew out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: GOLTZ REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
grounded out (first to pitcher); Smith grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cepeda singled to left; Kennedy lined to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin lined
to left; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk was hit by a pitch; Oglivie doubled to center
[Fisk to third]; Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Fisk scored,
Oglivie to third]; Aparicio reached on a fielder's choice
[Oglivie out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to pitcher),
Griffin to second]; SANDERS REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING);
Yastrzemski walked [Griffin to third, Aparicio to second]; Smith
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 5,
Red Sox 3.

TWINS 8TH: Thompson walked; Roof flied to center; Holt walked
[Thompson to second]; BOLIN REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Hisle
popped to first; Carew walked [Thompson to third, Holt to
second]; Killebrew singled to left [Thompson scored, Holt to
third, Carew to second]; VEALE REPLACED BOLIN (PITCHING); Oliva
popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 6, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Cepeda flied to center; Kennedy was called out on
strikes; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Red
Sox 3.

TWINS 9TH: Darwin lined to center; Braun singled to right;
Thompson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Oglivie doubled to left; Evans singled to center
[Oglivie scored]; Griffin was called out on strikes; Aparicio
flied to right; Yastrzemski doubled to left [Evans to third];
Smith popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Red Sox
4.
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