Led by Tony Oliva and Bobby Darwin, who collected five hits and drove in five runs between them, the Twins defeated the Red Sox, 9-6. Rico Petrocelli hit a three-run homer for the Red Sox. The Twins accounted for their winning margin in the seventh inning when Oliva and Darwin each rapped a run-scoring single and Larry Hisle added a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]
Minnesota Twins 9, Boston Red Sox 6

Game Played on Friday, May 4, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  3    1  0  1  -   6 10  2
Twins        0  0  0    5  1  0    3  0  x  -   9 12  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   1   1   1     0   2   .278      Carew 2b              5   1   1   0     0   2   .242
Aparicio ss           4   0   2   2     0   0   .243      Braun 3b              4   3   1   0     1   0   .295
Yastrzemski 1b        3   1   0   0     2   1   .224      Killebrew 1b          3   2   1   1     1   0   .184
Smith cf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .278        Lis 1b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .130
Cepeda dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .342      Oliva dh              4   2   3   2     0   0   .268
  Miller pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Darwin rf             4   1   2   3     0   1   .217
Petrocelli 3b         4   1   2   3     0   0   .250      Hisle cf              2   0   1   1     1   1   .293
Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .348      Holt lf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .380
Griffin 2b            4   1   0   0     0   0   .278      Thompson ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .229      Roof c                4   0   1   1     0   1   .174
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  10   6     3   6             Totals               33   9  12   9     3   6

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  7,285
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Twins 5
DP: Red Sox 1, Twins 0
Errors: Yastrzemski, Evans, Thompson
Doubles: Killebrew (2), Braun (6)
Triples: Harper (3)
Home Runs: Petrocelli (6)
Stolen Bases: Harper 2 (7)
Caught Stealing: Hisle (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Aparicio (1), Holt (1), Hisle (1)
GIDP: Roof (2)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(1-5)           3     5   5   3   1   2   0  15   9.00
Skok                    3.1   5   4   4   2   2   0  16  10.80
Bolin                   1.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  8    12   9   7   3   6   0  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(4-1)             7     8   5   4   1   6   1  30   4.70
Sanders SV(4)           2     2   1   1   2   0   0  10   7.53
Totals                  9    10   6   5   3   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Red Flaherty


RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Aparicio singled to right;
Yastrzemski struck out; Smith flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Braun grounded
out (second to first); Killebrew grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cepeda struck out; Petrocelli flied to right; Fisk
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva lined to left; Darwin struck out; Hisle singled
to left; Hisle was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin reached on an error by Thompson [Griffin to
second]; Evans struck out; Harper grounded out (shortstop to
first); Aparicio singled to right [Griffin scored (unearned),
Aparicio out at second (right to first to shortstop to second)];
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Holt flied to left; Thompson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Twins 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski popped to third in foul territory;
Smith flied to right; Cepeda singled to center; Petrocelli
singled to left [Cepeda to second]; Fisk flied to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew singled to left; Braun reached on an error by
Yastrzemski [Carew to second]; Killebrew doubled to left [Carew
scored, Braun to third]; Oliva singled to right [Braun scored
(unearned), Killebrew to third]; Darwin singled [Killebrew
scored, Oliva to second]; Hisle walked [Oliva to third, Darwin
to second]; SKOK REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Holt hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Oliva scored]; Debut game for Craig
Skok; Thompson flied to right [Darwin to third]; Roof
singled to center [Darwin scored (unearned), Hisle to second];
Carew lined to third; 5 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Twins 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin grounded out (first to pitcher); Evans
flied to center; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Braun walked; Killebrew flied to right; Oliva singled
to right [Braun to third]; Darwin forced Oliva (pitcher to
second) [Braun scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Twins 6.

RED SOX 6TH: Aparicio lined to left; Yastrzemski walked; Smith
singled to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Cepeda grounded out
(pitcher to second to first) [Yastrzemski to third, Smith to
second]; Petrocelli homered [Yastrzemski scored, Smith scored];
Fisk singled to left; Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Thompson singled
to center; Roof grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Twins 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans singled to shortstop; Harper forced Evans
(shortstop to second); Harper stole second; Harper stole third;
Aparicio hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harper scored];
Yastrzemski flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Carew struck out; Braun doubled to left; Killebrew
was walked intentionally; Oliva singled to right [Braun scored,
Killebrew to third, Oliva to second (error by Evans)]; BOLIN
REPLACED SKOK (PITCHING); Darwin singled to left [Killebrew
scored, Oliva to third]; Hisle lined out on a sacrifice fly to
right [Oliva scored]; Holt singled to left [Darwin to second];
Thompson was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Twins 9.

RED SOX 8TH: SANDERS REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Smith walked;
Cepeda forced Smith (second unassisted); MILLER RAN FOR CEPEDA;
Petrocelli forced Miller (second unassisted); Fisk flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 9.

TWINS 8TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Roof popped to
second; Carew struck out; Braun popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 9.

RED SOX 9TH: LIS REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Griffin
grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans singled to left; Harper
tripled to center [Evans scored]; Aparicio flied to right;
Yastrzemski walked; Smith forced Yastrzemski (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Twins 9.
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