Joe Lis, who entered the Twins' lineup in the ninth inning as a defensive replacement for Harmon Killebrew, came through with a homer in the 10th to beat the Tigers, 3-2. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      2, 1973 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  -   2 12  2
Twins        0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   3  8  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Northrup rf           6   1   1   0     0   1   .260      Terrell ss            5   0   1   1     0   1   .242
Stanley cf            5   1   1   0     1   2   .239      Carew 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .300
G. Brown dh           5   0   2   1     0   1   .252      Killebrew 1b          4   0   2   0     0   2   .257
Horton lf             4   0   3   1     1   0   .366        Adams pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sims c                5   0   1   0     0   1   .307        Lis 1b              1   1   1   1     0   0   .152
N. Cash 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .203      Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .269
  Reese 1b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .123      Darwin rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .243
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .264      Braun 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .307
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .202      Walton lf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .178
Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .291      Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   2   .259
Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Holt cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .306
                                                          Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   2  12   2     4   8             Totals               36   3   8   2     3   8

Time of Game: 3:17   Attendance: 13,998
Left on Base: Tigers 15, Twins 8
DP: Tigers 1, Twins 0
Errors: N. Cash, Rodriguez, Terrell, Carew
Doubles: Killebrew (5)
Triples: Stanley (2)
Home Runs: Lis (2)
Stolen Bases: Carew (6), Darwin (2), Terrell (4)
Caught Stealing: Sims (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (2), Brinkman (6)
GIDP: Walton (2)
Hit by Pitch: N. Cash (1,by Blyleven)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(2-5)           9.1   8   3   2   3   8   1  39   5.24
Totals                  9.1   8   3   2   3   8   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                9    11   2   1   4   7   0  43   2.78
Sanders W(2-2)          1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.40
Totals                 10    12   2   1   4   8   0  47

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (3)
Wild Pitches: Blyleven (3)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Nestor Chylak


TIGERS 1ST: Northrup flied out to left; Stanley struck out; G.
Brown singled; Horton walked [G. Brown to second]; Sims flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Terrell grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Carew
singled; Carew stole second; Killebrew struck out; Oliva struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash flied out to center; McAuliffe walked;
Rodriguez lined to center; Brinkman flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin reached on an error by N. Cash; Darwin stole
second; Braun flied out to left; Walton struck out; Mitterwald
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup was called out on strikes; Stanley tripled;
G. Brown popped to third in foul territory; Horton popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 3RD: Holt singled; Terrell forced Holt (shortstop
unassisted); Carew flied out to left; Killebrew singled [Terrell
to third]; Oliva lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Sims singled; Sims was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); N. Cash was hit by a pitch; McAuliffe
forced N. Cash (first to shortstop); Rodriguez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin singled; Braun grounded out (first unassisted)
[Darwin to second]; Walton walked; Mitterwald struck out; Holt
singled [Darwin to third, Walton to second]; Terrell singled to
third [Darwin scored, Walton scored (error by Rodriguez)
(unearned), Holt to third]; Terrell stole second; Carew grounded
out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman popped to third; Northrup singled; Stanley
reached on an error by Terrell [Northrup to third]; G. Brown
singled [Northrup scored, Stanley to third]; Horton singled
[Stanley scored (unearned), G. Brown to second]; Sims lined to
right; N. Cash was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew struck out; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to
first); Darwin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe singled; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [McAuliffe to second]; Brinkman walked;
Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher) [McAuliffe to third,
Brinkman to second]; Stanley walked; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Braun walked; Walton grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Braun out at second]; Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Twins 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton singled; Sims flied out to right; N. Cash
struck out; McAuliffe popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Terrell struck
out; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman singled; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Brinkman to
second]; Northrup flied out to left; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: REESE REPLACED N. CASH (PLAYING 1B); Killebrew
doubled; ADAMS RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to
first); Darwin was walked intentionally; Braun struck out;
Walton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TIGERS 9TH: LIS REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING 1B); G. Brown flied out
to right; Horton singled; Sims struck out; Reese singled [Horton
to second]; Horton was picked off second but was safe on an
error by Carew [Horton to third, Reese to second]; McAuliffe
popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald popped to shortstop; Holt flied out to
left; Terrell lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Twins 2.

TIGERS 10TH: SANDERS REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Rodriguez
singled; Brinkman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Rodriguez to second]; Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Rodriguez to third]; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 10TH: Carew lined to left; Lis homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 3.