Ending a scoreless duel, the Yankees pushed over three runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Twins, 3-1. Roy White led off with a single and Walt Williams sacrificed. Bobby Murcer singled, White stopping at third, while Murcer took second on the throw home. White, who suffered a leg cramp, gave way on the bases to Mel Stottlemyre. New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 1Game Played on Saturday, June 8, 1974 (Day game) at Shea StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 1 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3 8 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carew 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .403 White lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .237 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Stottlemyre pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oliva dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Blomberg dh 2 0 1 0 1 1 .331 Darwin rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Williams ph,dh,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .069 Hisle cf,lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .287 Murcer cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .258 Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .125 Piniella rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .312 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .270 Munson c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .241 Borgmann c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Terrell pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .257 Brye cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .202 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .202 Stanley ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Albury p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dempsey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 8 1 2 4 Totals 31 3 8 3 3 5 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 9,228 Left on Base: Twins 7, Yankees 8 DP: Twins 1, Yankees 1 Errors: Carew, Munson Stolen Bases: Hisle (4) Caught Stealing: Carew (9) Sacrifice Hits: Carew (4), Williams (1) GIDP: Carew (10), Stanley (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Albury L(2-4) 7.1 7 3 3 3 5 0 32 4.78 Burgmeier 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.10 Totals 8 8 3 3 3 5 0 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson W(4-8) 8 6 0 0 1 4 0 29 3.93 Lyle 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 1.58 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 4 0 35 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak TWINS 1ST: Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); Braun grounded out (second to first); Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: White flied out to center; Blomberg struck out; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Hisle singled; Hisle stole second [Hisle to third (error by Munson)]; Kusick made an out to shortstop; Soderholm walked; Borgmann grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella singled to left; Munson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Piniella to second]; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted) [Piniella to third]; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (first unassisted); Carew singled to left; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Gonzalez singled to center; Stanley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gonzalez out at second]; White walked; Blomberg singled to center [White to third]; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 4TH: Oliva flied out to left; Darwin singled to shortstop; Hisle singled to center [Darwin to second]; Kusick struck out; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella flied out to left; Munson flied out to left; Nettles popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 5TH: Borgmann lined to third; Gomez singled to third; Carew grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gomez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 6TH: Braun lined to left; Oliva lined to center; Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: White struck out; Blomberg walked; Murcer struck out; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 7TH: Hisle flied out to center; Kusick struck out; Soderholm lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: Munson lined to second; Nettles reached on an error by Carew; Chambliss flied out to right; Gonzalez singled to left [Nettles to second]; DEMPSEY BATTED FOR STANLEY; Dempsey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 8TH: MASON REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING SS); Borgmann singled to shortstop; TERRELL RAN FOR BORGMANN; Gomez forced Terrell (first to shortstop); Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Gomez to second]; Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 8TH: ROOF REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING C ); BRYE REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING CF); HISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); White singled to left; STOTTLEMYRE RAN FOR WHITE; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Stottlemyre to second]; Murcer singled to center [Stottlemyre to third]; Piniella was walked intentionally [Murcer to second]; Munson singled to right [Stottlemyre scored, Murcer to third, Piniella to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED ALBURY (PITCHING); Nettles forced Murcer (pitcher unassisted) [Piniella to third, Munson to second]; Chambliss singled to left [Piniella scored, Munson scored, Nettles to third, Chambliss to second (on throw)]; Gonzalez lined to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 3. TWINS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED STOTTLEMYRE (PITCHING); WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Oliva popped to shortstop; Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle singled to center; Kusick walked [Hisle to second]; Soderholm singled [Hisle scored, Kusick to second]; Brye forced Soderholm (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 3. |
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