With a designated hitter in the Minnesota lineup, Steve Brye batted ninth, which proved the perfect position for the Twins' outfielder, who came up with two men on base in the sixth inning and homered to beat the Angels, 3-2. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, California Angels 2
Game Played on Thursday, April     18, 1974 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ferrer ss             5   0   2   0     0   0   .333      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     1   0   .422      Doyle 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Hisle lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .289        Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .372        Alomar 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .429
Killebrew dh          4   0   1   0     0   1   .214        Scheinblum ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Terrell pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Valentine lf,2b       4   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Lis 1b                3   1   0   0     1   1   .188      Robinson dh           3   1   0   0     1   2   .356
Hundley c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .160      Oliver 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .340
  Oliva ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .455      McCraw 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Borgmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Stanton rf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .391
Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Rodriguez c           1   0   1   0     2   0   .267
Brye cf               4   1   1   3     0   1   .250      Chalk ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .209
Corbin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   3     4   7             Totals               29   2   6   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  7,383
Left on Base: Twins 8, Angels 3
DP: Twins 1, Angels 1
Errors: Chalk
Doubles: Valentine (1)
Home Runs: Brye (1)
Caught Stealing: Ferrer (2), Carew (4), Rodriguez (1), Chalk (1), McCraw (1)
GIDP: Stanton (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin W(2-0)           5.2   4   0   0   1   1   0  19   4.15
Burgmeier               0.1   1   2   2   1   1   0   3   6.43
Campbell SV(4)          3     1   0   0   1   1   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   3   0  32

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana L(2-1)           7     7   3   3   4   5   1  31   3.07
Lockwood                2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.16
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   7   1  38

Wild Pitches: Burgmeier (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Ferrer singled to left; Carew singled to shortstop
[Ferrer to third]; Hisle was called out on strikes; Darwin
struck out while Ferrer was caught stealing home (catcher to
second to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); Doyle lined
to right; Valentine popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew flied out to center; Lis popped to
shortstop; Hundley walked; Soderholm popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Robinson struck out; Oliver grounded out (third to
first); McCraw flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Brye flied out to left; Ferrer flied to right in foul
territory; Carew walked; Hisle singled to right [Carew to
third]; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Stanton popped to catcher in foul territory;
Rodriguez singled to left; Rodriguez was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Chalk singled to left; Chalk was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew struck out; Lis popped to catcher in foul
territory; Hundley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Rivers flied out to left; Doyle flied out to right;
Valentine grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Brye struck out;
Ferrer singled to left; Carew reached on an error by Chalk
[Ferrer to third]; Hisle walked [Carew to second]; Darwin popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Oliver
singled to center; McCraw forced Oliver (third to second);
McCraw was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew lined to left; Lis walked; Hundley flied
out to left; Soderholm singled to center [Lis to second]; Brye
homered [Lis scored, Soderholm scored]; Ferrer lined to center;
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Stanton grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
walked; Chalk flied out to left; Rivers singled to center
[Rodriguez to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING);
LLENAS BATTED FOR DOYLE; Llenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 7TH: ALOMAR REPLACED LLENAS (PLAYING 2B); Carew singled to
right; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Hisle flied out to left; Darwin grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Valentine doubled to left; Burgmeier threw a wild
pitch [Valentine to third]; Robinson walked; CAMPBELL REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Oliver singled to left [Valentine scored,
Robinson to second]; McCraw forced Oliver (second to shortstop)
[Robinson to third]; Stanton grounded into a double play (second
to first to shortstop) [Robinson scored (RBI), McCraw out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.

TWINS 8TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Killebrew
singled to left; TERRELL RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Lis was called out
on strikes; OLIVA BATTED FOR HUNDLEY; Oliva struck out;
Soderholm popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BORGMANN
REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING C ); Rodriguez walked; Chalk popped to
pitcher; Rivers popped to shortstop; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR
ALOMAR; Scheinblum lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
3, Angels 2.

TWINS 9TH: VALENTINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); SCHEINBLUM
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Brye grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ferrer grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels
2.

ANGELS 9TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first);
Robinson was called out on strikes; Oliver lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.