After winning only five of 22 exhibition games in spring training, the Twins opened their season by defeating the Royals, 6-4, in 11 innings. With a crowd of 31,781 on hand, the Royals fell behind, 4-2, before tying the score in the seventh inning on a double by Hal McRae, pass to Paul Schaal, a sacrifice, infield out by Freddie Patek and single by Jim Wohlford. Minnesota Twins 6, Kansas City Royals 4Game Played on Friday, April 5, 1974 (Night game) at Royals StadiumTwins 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 14 1 Royals 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Ferrer ss 5 2 2 0 1 0 .400 Patek ss 5 1 0 1 0 1 .000 Carew 2b 6 1 3 2 0 0 .500 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hisle cf,lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .333 Wohlford lf 4 1 2 2 1 1 .500 Lis 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .250 Pinson rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .400 Holt ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 .333 Darwin rf 4 0 3 0 1 0 .750 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Killebrew dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Rojas 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae dh 5 1 2 0 0 1 .400 Brye cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schaal 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .500 Hundley c 4 0 3 1 0 0 .750 Gonzalez pr,3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Soderholm pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Healy c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Borgmann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 6 14 6 3 4 Totals 40 4 10 4 5 6 Time of Game: 3:17 Attendance: 31,781 Left on Base: Twins 10, Royals 9 DP: Twins 2, Royals 0 Errors: Lis, Wohlford Doubles: Schaal (1), McRae 2 (2) Triples: Hisle (1), Ferrer (1), Wohlford (1) Stolen Bases: Patek (1), Gonzalez (1), Wohlford (1) Caught Stealing: Carew (1) Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (1), Healy (1) Sacrifice Flies: Hisle 2 (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 9 9 4 3 3 6 0 37 3.00 Campbell W(1-0) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 0.00 Totals 11 10 4 3 5 6 0 46 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 9 11 4 3 1 4 0 38 3.00 McDaniel L(0-1) 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 11 9.00 Totals 11 14 6 5 3 4 0 49 Passed Balls: Healy (1) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Bill Deegan TWINS 1ST: Ferrer grounded out (pitcher to first); Debut game for Sergio Ferrer; Carew singled to left; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hisle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Wohlford struck out; Pinson singled to center; Mayberry singled to right [Pinson to third]; Otis popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Lis struck out; Darwin flied out to right; Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Rojas singled to left; McRae forced Rojas (third to second); McRae was picked off first (pitcher to first); Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 3RD: Braun flied out to right; Hundley singled to right; Terrell flied out to right; Ferrer singled to center [Hundley to second]; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Healy grounded out (third to first); Patek reached on an error by Lis (assist by Ferrer); Patek stole second; Wohlford tripled [Patek scored (unearned)]; Pinson singled to left [Wohlford scored]; Mayberry walked [Pinson to second]; Otis hit into a double play (third to second) [Pinson out at third, Mayberry out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. TWINS 4TH: Hisle tripled to center; Lis singled to left [Hisle scored]; Darwin singled to right [Lis to second]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Braun grounded out (second to first) [Lis to third, Darwin to second]; Hundley singled to third [Lis scored, Darwin to third]; Terrell flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); McRae was called out on strikes; Schaal doubled; Healy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 2. TWINS 5TH: Ferrer tripled to left; Carew singled to left [Ferrer scored, Carew to second (error by Wohlford)]; Healy allowed a passed ball [Carew to third]; Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Carew scored (unearned)]; Lis struck out; Darwin singled to left; Killebrew flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to left; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2. TWINS 6TH: Braun grounded out (second to first); Hundley grounded out (third to first); Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry struck out; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2. TWINS 7TH: Ferrer flied out to left; Carew grounded out (second to first); Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: McRae doubled to right; Schaal walked; GONZALEZ RAN FOR SCHAAL; Healy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [McRae to third, Gonzalez to second]; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first) [McRae scored, Gonzalez to third]; Wohlford singled to center [Gonzalez scored]; Pinson lined to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. TWINS 8TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Lis flied out to center; Darwin walked; Killebrew flied out to center; Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: HISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRYE REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING CF); Mayberry walked; Otis forced Mayberry (third to second); Rojas flied out to center; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. TWINS 9TH: Hundley singled to left; SODERHOLM RAN FOR HUNDLEY; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Soderholm to second]; Ferrer popped to first in foul territory; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. ROYALS 9TH: BORGMANN REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING C ); Gonzalez singled to left; Gonzalez stole second; Healy struck out; Patek lined into a double play (center to second) [Gonzalez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. TWINS 10TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Hisle walked; HOLT BATTED FOR LIS; Holt popped to third in foul territory; Darwin singled to shortstop [Hisle to second]; Killebrew forced Darwin (second to shortstop) [Hisle to third]; Brye popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. ROYALS 10TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CAMPBELL REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Wohlford walked; Wohlford stole second; Pinson flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to left; Otis walked; Rojas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 4. TWINS 11TH: Borgmann flied out to center; On a bunt Terrell singled to pitcher; Ferrer walked [Terrell to second]; Carew singled to left [Terrell scored, Ferrer to second]; Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ferrer scored]; Amos Otis hit fence catching ball; Holt forced Carew (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4. ROYALS 11TH: McRae doubled to left; Gonzalez flied out to right; Healy popped to third; SOLAITA BATTED FOR PATEK; Solaita grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4. |
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