The relief pitching of Rollie Fingers, who rescued Ken Holtzman from a jam in the sixth inning, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Twins, 4-1. After Rod Carew singled and Tony Oliva doubled for the Twins' run, Holtzman walked Harmon Killebrew before leaving the game with one out. Fingers relieved and on his first pitch Eric Soderholm grounded into a double play.

A double by Gene Tenace, triple by Bert Campaneris and homer by Deron Johnson were among the A's run-scoring hits. Two A's, Reggie Jackson and Dal Maxvill, suffered disabling injuries. Jackson pulled the hamstring in his right leg and Maxvill, playing in his second game after returning to the A's as a free agent following his release by the Pirates, was spiked on the left shin in a play at second base. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       11, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1 10  1
A's          2  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      North cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .187
Carew 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .386      Campaneris ss         2   2   2   1     2   0   .267
Oliva dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .333      Rudi lf               3   0   0   1     0   0   .308
Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .259      Jackson rf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .385
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .309        Mangual rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .105
Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Johnson dh            3   1   1   1     1   1   .167
Brye cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Tenace 1b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .220
Hundley c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Ferrer ph,ss        2   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Kubiak 3b,2b          4   0   2   0     0   1   .162
Gomez ss              2   0   2   0     0   0   .185      Maxvill 2b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Haney 3b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  Borgmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .108      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Albury p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Butler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1  10   1     1   7             Totals               29   4   9   4     5   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  6,107
Left on Base: Twins 7, A's 8
DP: Twins 1, A's 2
Errors: Hundley
Doubles: Oliva (4), North (4), Tenace (3), Jackson (9)
Triples: Campaneris (3)
Home Runs: Johnson (3)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (8)
Caught Stealing: North (5), Jackson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Maxvill (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (2)
GIDP: Carew (5), Brye (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Albury L(1-1)           2.2   5   4   4   3   2   1  15   4.37
Butler                  5.1   4   0   0   2   6   0  21   0.00
Totals                  8     9   4   4   5   8   1  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(3-4)         5.1   9   1   1   1   4   0  24   3.64
Fingers SV(3)           3.2   1   0   0   0   3   0  11   2.43
Totals                  9    10   1   1   1   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Larry Barnett


TWINS 1ST: Hisle struck out; Carew grounded out (second to
first); Oliva lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North doubled to left; Campaneris tripled to
center [North scored]; Rudi grounded out (third to first);
Jackson lined to second; Johnson walked; Tenace doubled to
center [Campaneris scored, Johnson to third]; Fosse lined to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Soderholm struck out; Darwin grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Kubiak grounded out (third to first); Maxvill was
called out on strikes; North walked; North was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

TWINS 3RD: Brye was called out on strikes; Hundley singled;
Gomez singled to center [Hundley to second]; Hisle singled to
left [Hundley to third, Gomez to second]; Carew grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Hundley out at home];
0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris singled; Campaneris stole second
[Campaneris to third (error by Hundley)]; Rudi hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Campaneris scored]; Jackson struck out; Johnson
homered; Tenace walked; BUTLER REPLACED ALBURY (PITCHING); Fosse
forced Tenace (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 4.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
singled to left; Soderholm lined to center; Darwin struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Kubiak singled to center; Maxvill out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kubiak to second]; North was
called out on strikes; Campaneris walked; Rudi flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 4.

TWINS 5TH: Brye lined to center; Hundley grounded out (third to
first); Gomez singled to second; Hisle forced Gomez (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson doubled to left; Johnson struck out while
Jackson was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Tenace
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 4.

TWINS 6TH: MANGUAL REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Carew singled
to left; Oliva doubled to left [Carew scored, Oliva out at
second (center to shortstop to second)]; Dal Maxvill spiked
on his left leg by a sliding Tony Oliva; 20 stitches; HANEY
REPLACED MAXVILL (PLAYING 3B); KUBIAK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); Killebrew walked; Soderholm singled to left [Killebrew to
second]; Darwin singled to right [Killebrew to third, Soderholm
to second]; FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Brye grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Darwin out at
second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Fosse struck out; Kubiak was called out on
strikes; Haney was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 4.

TWINS 7TH: FERRER BATTED FOR HUNDLEY; Ferrer struck out; HOLT
BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Holt popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: BORGMANN REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING C ); FERRER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); North flied out to center;
Campaneris walked; Rudi forced Campaneris (pitcher to shortstop
to second); Mangual was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 4.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Oliva singled
to center; Killebrew struck out; Soderholm lined to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Johnson lined to center; Tenace singled to right;
Fosse flied out to left; Kubiak singled to right [Tenace to
second]; Haney flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
1, Athletics 4.

TWINS 9TH: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Brye struck
out; Ferrer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Athletics 4.