The Twins presented a victory to Bill Hands on his 33rd birthday by defeating the Red Sox, 10-3, with a 14-hit attack that included homers by Bobby Darwin, Larry Hisle and Joe Lis. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 10, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       6, 1973 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Red Sox      2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  3
Twins        0  2  1    0  4  2    0  1  x  -  10 14  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .284      Hisle cf              5   2   2   1     0   1   .298
Aparicio ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Carew 2b              5   2   3   1     0   0   .268
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   2   0     1   1   .250      Killebrew 1b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .211
Smith cf              3   0   1   1     2   1   .304        Lis 1b              1   1   1   1     0   0   .167
Cepeda dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .325      Oliva dh              3   1   0   0     2   1   .270
Fisk c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .342      Darwin rf             4   2   1   2     1   1   .205
Oglivie rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .350      Braun 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .290
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Thompson ss           4   0   1   2     0   0   .246
Kennedy 3b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .158      Roof c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .207
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Holt lf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .389
  McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hands p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3  10   2     5   4             Totals               37  10  14   8     5   5

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  7,431
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Twins 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Twins 2
Errors: Harper, Aparicio, Smith, Hisle, Hands
Doubles: Yastrzemski 2 (5), Holt (3), Thompson (3), Hisle (4)
Triples: Carew (2)
Home Runs: Darwin (3), Hisle (5), Lis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (5)
GIDP: Cepeda (3), Griffin (2), Thompson (4)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(3-3)            4.1   7   7   6   4   2   2  23   4.40
McGlothen               3.2   7   3   2   1   3   1  19   7.78
Totals                  8    14  10   8   5   5   3  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands W(3-2)            9    10   3   2   5   4   0  40   3.51
Totals                  9    10   3   2   5   4   0  40

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to right; Aparicio singled to
pitcher [Harper scored (error by Hands), Aparicio to second];
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Aparicio to third];
Smith singled to right [Aparicio scored (unearned)]; Cepeda
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Smith to second]; Fisk walked;
Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: On a bunt Hisle made an out to pitcher; Carew lined
to left; Killebrew flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Twins 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Kennedy
flied to center; Harper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva walked; Darwin homered [Oliva scored]; Braun
singled to left; Thompson grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Braun out at second]; Roof grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski walked; Smith forced Yastrzemski (second to
shortstop); Cepeda singled to left [Smith to second]; Fisk
forced Smith (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Holt doubled to left; Hisle struck out; Carew tripled
to right [Holt scored]; Killebrew struck out; Oliva was walked
intentionally; Darwin grounded out (pitcher to third to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Oglivie singled to center [Oglivie to second (error
by Hisle)]; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Oglivie to third]; Kennedy singled to center [Oglivie scored];
Harper singled to center [Kennedy to second]; Aparicio forced
Harper (second to shortstop) [Kennedy to third]; Yastrzemski
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson
popped to second; Roof walked; Holt popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith walked; Cepeda grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Smith out at second]; Fisk grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle homered; Carew singled to right; Killebrew
singled to center [Carew scored (error by Smith) (error by
Aparicio) (unearned) (no RBI), Killebrew to second]; Oliva flied
to left in foul territory; Darwin walked; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED
TIANT (PITCHING); Braun walked [Killebrew to third, Darwin to
second]; Thompson doubled to left [Killebrew scored, Darwin
scored, Braun to third]; Roof reached on a fielder's choice
[Braun out at home (second to catcher), Thompson to third]; Holt
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Twins 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Oglivie popped to left; Griffin flied to right;
Kennedy grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Twins 7.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle doubled to center; Carew singled to left [Hisle
to third]; Killebrew singled to left [Hisle scored, Carew scored
(error by Harper) (unearned), Killebrew to second (on throw)];
Oliva struck out; Darwin struck out; Braun was called out on
strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 9.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper flied to left; Aparicio lined to center;
Yastrzemski doubled to left; Smith walked; Cepeda struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 9.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson popped to catcher in foul territory; Roof
singled to right; Holt singled to right [Roof to third]; Hisle
reached on a fielder's choice [Roof out at home (pitcher
unassisted), Holt to second]; Carew forced Hisle (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 9.

RED SOX 8TH: LIS REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Fisk singled
to left; Oglivie popped to third in foul territory; Griffin
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fisk
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 9.

TWINS 8TH: Lis homered; Oliva grounded out (third to first);
Darwin grounded out (third to first); Braun popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Twins 10.

RED SOX 9TH: Kennedy walked; Harper struck out; Aparicio forced
Kennedy (shortstop to second); Yastrzemski doubled to center
[Aparicio to third]; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Twins 10.