Bert Blyleven, the Twins' "Dutch Treat," pitched his fourth shutout of the season, beating the Tigers, 5-0. Joe Coleman suffered his third straight defeat, but the loss was his first in four decisions against the Twins since coming to the Tigers in 1971. Rod Carew wasted no time sending the Twins on their way to victory, hitting Coleman's second pitch of the game for a homer. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      16, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  2  -   5  9  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Carew 2b              5   1   1   1     0   3   .336      Northrup rf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .257
Hisle cf              5   0   1   1     0   2   .267      Stanley cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .247
Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Killebrew 1b          1   1   0   0     3   0   .251      Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .370
  Lis pr,1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .173      G. Brown dh           4   0   2   0     0   0   .230
Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .259      N. Cash 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Braun 3b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .297      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Holt lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .284      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Mitterwald c          4   0   1   1     0   1   .233      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Terrell ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .303      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   4     3   8             Totals               31   0   4   0     0   7

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 23,428
Left on Base: Twins 6, Tigers 5
DP: Twins 0, Tigers 1
Errors: McAuliffe
Home Runs: Carew (6)
Stolen Bases: Braun (2), Terrell (5), Hisle (8)
Caught Stealing: Braun (1)
Hit by Pitch: N. Cash (3,by Blyleven)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(8-7)         9     4   0   0   0   7   0  32   2.53
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   7   0  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(10-6)         8     9   5   4   3   8   1  36   3.16
Scherman                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.95
Totals                  9     9   5   4   3   8   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (5)
Wild Pitches: Coleman (2), Scherman (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Carew homered; Hisle struck out; Oliva grounded out
(second to first); Killebrew walked; Darwin struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Northrup was called out on strikes; Stanley grounded
out (shortstop to first); Sims struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun singled; Braun stole second; Coleman threw a
wild pitch [Braun to third]; Holt flied out to center;
Mitterwald struck out; Terrell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton popped to first; G. Brown popped to
shortstop; N. Cash was hit by a pitch; McAuliffe flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew struck out; Hisle struck out; Oliva popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Northrup singled to left; Stanley popped
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew walked; Darwin struck out; Braun grounded
out (first unassisted) [Killebrew to second]; Holt singled to
center [Killebrew scored]; Mitterwald flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Sims flied out to center; Horton struck out; G.
Brown singled to right; N. Cash popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell singled to center; Terrell stole second;
Carew struck out; Hisle singled to center [Terrell scored];
Hisle stole second; Oliva flied out to right; Killebrew grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin flied out to center; Braun singled to center;
Braun was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Holt flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup struck out; Stanley singled to center; Sims
forced Stanley (shortstop to second); Horton forced Sims (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald popped to first in foul territory; Terrell
grounded out (third to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: G. Brown singled to center; N. Cash popped to
second; McAuliffe flied out to right; Brinkman forced G. Brown
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
grounded out (pitcher to first); Killebrew walked; LIS RAN FOR
KILLEBREW; Darwin forced Lis (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: LIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez grounded
out (third to first); Northrup grounded out (shortstop to
first); Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Tigers 0.

TWINS 9TH: Braun singled to right; Holt reached on an error by
McAuliffe [Braun to second]; Mitterwald singled to center [Braun
scored, Holt to second]; Terrell singled [Holt to third,
Mitterwald to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING);
Scherman threw a wild pitch [Holt scored (unearned)]; Carew
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mitterwald to third, Terrell
to second]; Hisle hit into a double play (shortstop to catcher
to third to third) [Mitterwald out at home, Terrell out at
third]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Sims flied out to left; Horton flied out to center;
G. Brown flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Tigers 0.