Playing on a chilly night, there was no heat in the players' bats until Steve Braun homered in the 10th inning to give the Twins a 1-0 victory over the Tigers. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 1, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     23, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   1  8  3
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   0  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .265      Stanley cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .196
Carew 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .365      Sutherland 2b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Oliva dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .368      Northrup rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .180
  Terrell pr,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Kaline dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .291
Darwin rf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .327      Horton lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .189
  Hisle rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .289      N. Cash 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .123
  Holt 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Moses c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Brye cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .208        G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .438      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .208
Borgmann c            3   0   1   0     1   1   .167        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Woodson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   1   8   1     2   2             Totals               36   0   5   0     1   2

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  5,422
Left on Base: Twins 9, Tigers 7
DP: Twins 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Killebrew, Soderholm, Woodson
Doubles: Rodriguez (1)
Home Runs: Braun (2)
Stolen Bases: Borgmann (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Braun (1)
GIDP: Moses (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson                 8     5   0   0   1   2   0  31   3.48
Campbell W(2-0)         2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                 10     5   0   0   1   2   0  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow L(0-2)          10     8   1   1   2   2   1  40   4.26
Totals                 10     8   1   1   2   2   1  40

Wild Pitches: LaGrow (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


TWINS 1ST: Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliva singled; Darwin singled
[Oliva to second]; LaGrow threw a wild pitch [Oliva to third,
Darwin to second]; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley popped to second; Sutherland grounded out
(pitcher to first); Northrup reached on an error by Woodson;
Kaline was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
singled; Borgmann struck out; Thompson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton singled; N. Cash singled [Horton to second];
Rodriguez flied out to right; Moses grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [N. Cash out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Braun grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Oliva grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to center; Stanley grounded out
(second to first); Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin flied out to right; Killebrew grounded out
(second to first); Brye singled; Soderholm singled [Brye to
third]; Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to left; Kaline walked; Horton
forced Kaline (second to shortstop); N. Cash flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Thompson walked; Braun out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Thompson to second]; Carew struck out; Oliva
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to center; Moses singled;
Brinkman grounded out (third to first) [Moses to second];
Stanley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Killebrew dropped a foul fly hit by Sutherland for
an error; Sutherland popped to second; Northrup grounded out
(second to first); Kaline grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Borgmann singled;
Borgmann stole second; Thompson grounded out (third to first);
Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton popped to second; N. Cash grounded out
(second to first); Rodriguez doubled; Moses flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 8TH: Carew flied out to left; Oliva singled; TERRELL RAN
FOR OLIVA; Darwin lined to right; Killebrew forced Terrell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Brinkman
singled; Stanley struck out; Sutherland reached on an error by
Soderholm [Brinkman to second]; Northrup lined to right; Kaline
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 9TH: Brye flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out
(third to first); Borgmann walked; Thompson popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Horton flied
out to center; N. Cash grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 10TH: Braun homered; Carew grounded out (second to first);
Terrell grounded out (third to first); Darwin grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 10TH: HOLT REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); HISLE
REPLACED DARWIN (PLAYING RF); G. BROWN BATTED FOR MOSES; G.
Brown grounded out (second to first); OGLIVIE BATTED FOR
BRINKMAN; Oglivie lined to right; Stanley flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.