Bert Blyleven allowed only five hits, struck out 11 and pitched the Twins to a 9-0 victory over the Rangers. Blyleven also stopped the RBI streak of Jeff Burroughs, who had driven in one or more runs in each of 10 straight games, one short of the major league record held by Babe Ruth and Mel Ott. The Twins settled the game in Blyleven's favor in the third inning when Larry Hisle homered, Tony Oliva singled and Harmon Killebrew homered. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Friday, May       24, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Twins        0  0  3    4  0  0    2  0  x  -   9 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Hisle lf              3   2   2   1     1   1   .275
  Lovitto cf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .175        Terrell ph,2b       1   0   1   2     0   0   .265
Randle 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .315      Carew 2b              4   1   1   1     1   1   .403
Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .307        Braun lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .314      Oliva dh              4   2   2   1     0   0   .297
Hargrove dh           4   0   1   0     0   2   .347      Killebrew 1b          3   1   2   3     1   0   .234
Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .338        Holt pr,1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Sims c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .264
Harrah ss             2   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Brye cf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .262
  L. Brown ph,ss      1   0   1   0     0   0   .151      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Cardenas 3b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .387      Borgmann c            4   1   1   0     0   1   .176
  Cubbage ph,3b       2   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Gomez ss              2   1   0   0     2   0   .240
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   5   0     0  11             Totals               34   9  11   8     7   5

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  5,172
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Twins 9
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Killebrew
Doubles: Carew (10), Terrell (3)
Home Runs: Hisle (7), Killebrew (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Oliva (1)
GIDP: Spencer (1), Soderholm (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(3-1)            2.2   4   3   3   3   0   2  14   3.13
Allen                   1     2   3   3   1   0   0   6   7.41
Merritt                 0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   9.72
Hargan                  2.1   1   0   0   1   3   0  10   3.81
Shellenback             2     2   2   2   2   2   0  10   5.68
Totals                  8    11   9   9   7   5   2  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(4-6)         9     5   0   0   0  11   0  32   2.05
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0  11   0  32

Wild Pitches: Merritt (1), Hargan (5)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Randle reached on an error by
Killebrew [Randle to second]; Johnson flied out to right [Randle
to third]; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Hisle walked; Carew walked [Hisle to second]; Oliva
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Hisle to third, Carew
to second]; Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; Darwin
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove flied out to center; Spencer singled to
right; Sims flied out to center; Harrah singled to right
[Spencer to second]; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Brye singled to center; Soderholm grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Brye out at second];
Borgmann lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar flied out to left; Randle grounded out
(second to first); Johnson lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (second to first); Hisle homered;
Carew grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Oliva singled to
center; Killebrew homered [Oliva scored]; Darwin walked; ALLEN
REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Brye popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Hargrove
singled to left; Spencer grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm lined to third; Borgmann popped to catcher
in foul territory; Gomez walked; Hisle singled to right [Gomez
to third]; Carew doubled to left [Gomez scored, Hisle to third];
MERRITT REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Oliva singled to second
[Hisle scored, Carew to third]; Merritt threw a wild pitch
[Carew scored, Oliva to second]; Killebrew singled to right
[Oliva scored]; HARGAN REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Darwin
struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 7.

RANGERS 5TH: Sims grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrah
grounded out (shortstop to first); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR CARDENAS;
Cubbage was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 5TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LOVITTO REPLACED
TOVAR (PLAYING CF); Brye singled to left; Soderholm grounded out
(second to first) [Brye to second]; Borgmann struck out; Gomez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 7.

RANGERS 6TH: Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Randle
struck out; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch; Carew forced Hisle (second unassisted); Oliva grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Carew to second]; Killebrew walked; HOLT
RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Twins 7.

RANGERS 7TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Burroughs
grounded out (third to first); Hargrove struck out; Spencer was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: SHELLENBACK REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Brye walked;
Soderholm was called out on strikes; Borgmann singled to left
[Brye to second]; Gomez walked [Brye to third, Borgmann to
second]; TERRELL BATTED FOR HISLE; Terrell doubled to center
[Brye scored, Borgmann scored, Gomez to third]; Carew was called
out on strikes; Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 9.

RANGERS 8TH: BRAUN REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING LF); TERRELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); L.
BROWN BATTED FOR HARRAH; L. Brown singled to center; Cubbage
struck out; Lovitto was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 9.

TWINS 8TH: L. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Holt grounded
out (third to first); Darwin popped to third; Brye grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 9.

RANGERS 9TH: On a bunt Randle singled to second; Johnson flied
out to right; Burroughs popped to first in foul territory;
Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 9.