Bert Blyleven ended a personal three-game losing streak by pitching the Twins to a 10-0 victory over the Tigers, who were stopped on their six-game winning string. Blyleven allowed only four hits. Eric Soderholm smashed two homers as the Twins rebounded with 15 hits after losing three straight games. The first three batters in the lineup, Larry Hisle, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva, each collected three hits. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 10, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Saturday, May       4, 1974 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  3
Twins        0  1  0    0  0  2    4  3  x  -  10 15  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .227      Hisle lf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .292
Sutherland 2b,ss      4   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Carew 2b              5   2   3   0     0   0   .408
Northrup rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Oliva dh              5   2   3   3     0   0   .360
Kaline dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277        Terrell pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Killebrew 1b          4   1   0   0     0   0   .224
N. Cash 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .255        Holt 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .108
Moses c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Soderholm 3b          3   2   2   3     1   0   .341
Rodriguez 3b          1   0   0   0     1   0   .193      Darwin rf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .295
  Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Brye cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .263
  I. Brown 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            4   1   1   1     0   0   .138
Brinkman ss           1   0   0   0     1   0   .205      Gomez ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .133
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knox 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   4   0     2   6             Totals               38  10  15   8     2   0

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  4,540
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Twins 8
DP: Tigers 1, Twins 2
Errors: Sutherland, Brinkman, Knox
Doubles: Moses (1), Brye (2), Oliva (3), Hisle (3), Borgmann (1)
Triples: Oliva (2)
Home Runs: Soderholm 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hisle (3)
GIDP: Sutherland (3), Kaline (2), Carew (3)
Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (1,by Ray)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(1-5)           6    10   6   4   2   0   1  30   4.96
Ray                     2     5   4   4   0   0   1  12  12.00
Totals                  8    15  10   8   2   0   2  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(3-3)         9     4   0   0   2   6   0  31   1.94
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   6   0  31

Hit by Pitch: Ray (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to shortstop; Sutherland grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Stanley out at
second]; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Hisle flied out to right; Carew singled to second
[Carew to second (error by Sutherland)]; Oliva flied out to
right; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline grounded out (second to first); Horton
grounded out (second to first); N. Cash grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm homered; Darwin singled to center; Brye
flied out to center; Borgmann popped to shortstop; Gomez
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Moses doubled to right; Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first) [Moses to third]; Brinkman popped to first in
foul territory; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle singled to left; Carew forced Hisle (second to
shortstop); Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Sutherland singled to center; Northrup grounded out
(second to first) [Sutherland to second]; Kaline flied out to
center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye doubled to left;
Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 1.

TIGERS 5TH: N. Cash was called out on strikes; Moses grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez walked; Brinkman walked
[Rodriguez to second]; Stanley forced Brinkman (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Gomez flied out to left; Hisle singled to center;
Carew grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hisle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Sutherland singled to center; Northrup forced
Sutherland (first to shortstop); Kaline grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Northrup out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva doubled; Killebrew reached on an error by
Brinkman [Oliva scored (unearned) (no RBI), Killebrew to
second]; Soderholm walked; Darwin grounded out (third to first)
[Killebrew to third, Soderholm to second]; Brye was walked
intentionally; Borgmann forced Soderholm (third unassisted)
[Killebrew scored (unearned), Brye to second]; Gomez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Twins 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton popped to shortstop; N. Cash struck out;
Moses flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Hisle doubled to center; Carew singled to third
[Hisle to third]; Oliva tripled to right [Hisle scored, Carew
scored]; RAY REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Killebrew popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Soderholm homered [Oliva scored];
Darwin grounded out (third to first); Brye grounded out (third
to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 7.

TIGERS 8TH: HOLT REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); OGLIVIE BATTED
FOR RODRIGUEZ; Oglivie grounded out (catcher to first); G. BROWN
BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown struck out; Stanley grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: KNOX REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING 2B); I. BROWN
REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 3B); SUTHERLAND CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); Borgmann doubled; Gomez singled to center
[Borgmann to third]; Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Borgmann scored]; Carew singled to right [Gomez to third];
Oliva singled to right [Gomez scored, Carew scored (error by
Knox) (no RBI)]; TERRELL RAN FOR OLIVA; Holt flied out to
center; Soderholm was hit by a pitch [Terrell to second]; Darwin
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Twins 10.

TIGERS 9TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sutherland
flied out to center; Northrup was called out on strikes; Kaline
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 10.