Angel Mangual, playing right field in place of injured Reggie Jackson, homered in the third inning to start the Athletics' scoring in a 9-2 victory over the Twins. The A's added another run in the same stanza on an error, walk and single by Joe Rudi. A double by Ray Fosse and single by Ted Kubiak accounted for a tally in the fourth before the A's broke the game apart by scoring five times in the fifth.

Fosse batted in a pair with his second double of the game. Dave Hamilton made his first start of the year for the A's and pitched seven innings to gain his first victory. The Twins scored an unearned run off Hamilton and picked up their other marker when Bobby Darwin homered off Paul Lindblad, who relieved Hamilton. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       12, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  6  4
A's          0  0  2    1  5  0    0  1  x  -   9  9  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Terrell 3b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .204      North cf              2   1   0   0     3   1   .183
Carew 2b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .385      Campaneris ss         4   2   1   0     1   1   .266
Oliva dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .329      Rudi lf               5   0   2   2     0   1   .312
Killebrew 1b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Johnson dh            4   1   1   1     0   1   .172
  Lis 1b              1   0   0   0     0   1   .179        Bourque ph,dh,1b    1   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Hisle lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .283      Tenace 1b             1   1   0   0     3   0   .218
Darwin rf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .301        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Brye cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            4   1   1   0     0   1   .122      Fosse c               4   2   2   2     0   0   .227
Ferrer ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Mangual rf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .130
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kubiak 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .167
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pitts 2b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .250
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hamilton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   6   1     2   7             Totals               34   9   9   8     7   8

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  5,549
Left on Base: Twins 8, A's 8
DP: Twins 0, A's 0
Errors: Carew, Hisle, Borgmann, Ferrer, Pitts, Hamilton
Doubles: Hisle (4), Fosse 2 (5), Rudi (13)
Home Runs: Darwin (6), Mangual (1)
Caught Stealing: Tenace (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(3-3)           4     5   5   4   3   5   1  20   4.10
Corbin                  0.2   3   3   2   2   0   0   8   5.63
Burgmeier               2.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   8   6.91
Campbell                1     1   1   1   1   2   0   5   0.75
Totals                  8     9   9   7   7   8   1  41

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamilton W(1-0)         7     5   1   0   2   6   0  30   3.60
Lindblad                2     1   1   1   0   1   1   7   2.16
Totals                  9     6   2   1   2   7   1  37

Wild Pitches: Campbell (1), Hamilton (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Terrell flied out to left; Carew walked; Oliva struck
out; Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle doubled to center; Darwin struck out; Brye
flied out to right; Borgmann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
flied out to right; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 3RD: Ferrer popped to first; Terrell flied out to right;
Carew struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual homered; Kubiak reached on an error by
Carew [Kubiak to first]; Pitts was called out on strikes;
Debut game for Gaylen Pitts; North lined to left; Campaneris
walked [Kubiak to second]; Rudi singled to center [Kubiak scored
(unearned), Campaneris to third]; Johnson struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); Killebrew
walked; Hisle forced Killebrew (shortstop to second); Darwin
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace walked; Tenace was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Fosse doubled to left; Mangual popped to
third; Kubiak singled to center [Fosse scored, Kubiak to second
(error by Borgmann)]; Pitts was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 3.

TWINS 5TH: Brye lined to center; Borgmann singled to left;
Ferrer flied out to left; Terrell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North walked; Campaneris singled to left [North
to third]; CORBIN REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Rudi flied out to
right; Johnson singled to left [North scored, Campaneris scored
(error by Hisle)]; Tenace walked [Johnson to second]; Fosse
doubled to left [Johnson scored, Tenace scored]; Mangual reached
on an error by Ferrer [Fosse to third, Mangual to first]; Kubiak
flied out to right; Pitts singled to left [Fosse scored
(unearned), Mangual to third]; North walked [Pitts to second];
BURGMEIER REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Campaneris struck out; 5 R
(4 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 8.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to left; Oliva singled to center [Carew
to second]; Hamilton threw a wild pitch [Carew to third];
Killebrew lined to third; Hisle struck out; Darwin flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi flied out to center; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tenace walked; Fosse grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 8.

TWINS 7TH: Brye lined to second; Borgmann reached on an error by
Hamilton [Borgmann to first]; Ferrer singled to left [Borgmann
to third]; Terrell flied out to right; Carew reached on an error
by Pitts [Borgmann scored (unearned) (no RBI), Ferrer to third,
Carew to first]; Oliva lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: LIS REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Mangual
flied out to center; Kubiak lined to left; Pitts grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics
8.

TWINS 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Lis was called
out on strikes; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin
homered; Brye popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); North
walked; Campaneris forced North (third to second); Rudi doubled
to center [Campaneris scored]; BOURQUE BATTED FOR JOHNSON;
Campbell threw a wild pitch [Rudi to third]; Bourque struck out
(catcher to first); SUMMERS BATTED FOR TENACE; Summers struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 9.

TWINS 9TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); BOURQUE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Borgmann flied out to right; Ferrer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell popped to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 9.