Breaking a tight game apart, the Twins scored five runs in the ninth inning and beat the Angels, 6-0, behind the pitching of Joe Decker and Bill Campbell. A triple by Sergio Ferrer and infield out by Rod Carew produced the Twins' initial run in the first inning before two singles, a hit batsman, an error and homer by Larry Hisle with two men on base made the outcome decisive in the final frame. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, California Angels 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     16, 1974 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  5  -   6  7  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ferrer ss             4   2   2   0     0   1   .364      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .306
Carew 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .405      Doyle 2b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .225
Oliva dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .450      Lahoud lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .167
  Soderholm pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Robinson dh           3   0   1   0     1   1   .359
Darwin rf             3   1   0   1     0   2   .400      Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .167
Braun lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .241      Oliver 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Killebrew 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Stanton rf            2   0   0   0     1   2   .462
  Holt 1b             1   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez c           3   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Hisle cf              4   1   1   3     0   2   .290      Chalk ss              2   0   1   0     0   1   .167
Borgmann c            3   0   1   0     1   1   .143        McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Terrell 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .257        Alomar ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .429
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   7   5     1  11             Totals               31   0   5   0     2  13

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  9,529
Left on Base: Twins 3, Angels 6
DP: Twins 1, Angels 1
Errors: Ferrer, Lahoud, Stanton
Doubles: Robinson (3)
Triples: Ferrer (2)
Home Runs: Hisle (2)
Stolen Bases: Ferrer (2), Rivers (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Darwin (1)
GIDP: Killebrew (1), Oliver (3)
Hit by Pitch: Oliva (1,by Ryan)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker W(1-0)           6.1   4   0   0   2  11   0  25   2.92
Campbell SV(3)          2.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2  13   0  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(2-2)             9     7   6   2   1  11   1  36   4.15
Totals                  9     7   6   2   1  11   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Ryan (1)
Wild Pitches: Decker (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Bill Deegan


TWINS 1ST: Ferrer tripled to center; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Ferrer scored]; Oliva popped to catcher in
foul territory; Darwin flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers singled to pitcher; Rivers stole second;
Decker threw a wild pitch [Rivers to third]; Doyle struck out;
Lahoud popped to second; Robinson walked; Epstein was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun was called out on strikes; Killebrew grounded
out (pitcher to first); Hisle popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver singled to center; Stanton struck out;
Rodriguez struck out; Chalk singled to pitcher [Oliver to
second]; Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to first); Terrell
flied out to left; Ferrer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Doyle was called out on strikes; Lahoud struck out;
Robinson doubled to center; Epstein flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew singled to left [Carew to second (error by
Lahoud)]; Oliva flied out to right [Carew to third]; Darwin
struck out; Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Oliver struck out; Stanton struck out; Rodriguez was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew flied out to left; Hisle was called out on
strikes; Borgmann singled to right; Terrell flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Chalk was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded out
(second to first); Doyle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 6TH: Ferrer flied out to left; Carew was called out on
strikes; Oliva grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Lahoud was called out on strikes; Robinson flied out
to center; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 7TH: Darwin was called out on strikes; Braun singled to
right; Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: HOLT REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanton walked; CAMPBELL
REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Rodriguez forced Stanton (pitcher to
shortstop) [Rodriguez to second (error by Ferrer)]; MCCRAW
BATTED FOR CHALK; McCraw popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 8TH: ALOMAR REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING SS); Hisle struck
out; Borgmann struck out; Terrell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle
struck out; Lahoud grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 9TH: Ferrer singled to left; Ferrer stole second; Carew
singled to left [Ferrer to third]; Oliva was hit by a pitch
[Carew to second]; SODERHOLM RAN FOR OLIVA; Darwin reached on an
error by Stanton on a sacrifice fly [Ferrer scored, Carew scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Soderholm to third]; Braun popped to
catcher in foul territory; Holt reached on a fielder's choice
[Soderholm out at home (shortstop to catcher), Darwin to
second]; Hisle homered (unearned) [Darwin scored (unearned),
Holt scored (unearned)]; Borgmann walked; Terrell struck out; 5
R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: SODERHOLM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Robinson
struck out; Epstein singled to right; Oliver grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to second to first) [Epstein out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels 0.