Bobby Grich became the first Baltimore player to hit three homers in one game at Memorial Stadium as the Orioles trounced the Twins, 10-1. Grich all hit his homers in consecutive times at bat, starting with a three-run blow off Joe Decker in the second inning. After adding a solo shot off Decker in the fifth, Grich tagged Tom Burgmeier for a two-run drive in the seventh. Tommy Davis also homered for the Orioles. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 10, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      18, 1974 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 13  2
Orioles      1  4  0    0  1  0    3  1  x  -  10 14  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              5   1   3   0     0   0   .298      Bumbry lf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .197
Carew 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .394        Blair ph,cf         2   1   1   0     0   0   .237
Darwin rf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .272      Coggins cf,rf         5   1   2   1     0   1   .185
Killebrew dh          4   0   1   0     0   1   .218      Grich 2b              5   3   3   6     0   0   .297
Kusick 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Davis dh              4   1   2   2     0   1   .261
Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Powell 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .258
Brye cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .259      Baylor rf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Borgmann c            4   0   2   0     0   0   .234      Robinson 3b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .323
Gomez ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .211      Williams c            4   1   2   0     0   0   .224
  Hundley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Belanger ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .263
  Thompson ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .214      Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   1  13   1     0   4             Totals               38  10  14  10     1   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 11,223
Left on Base: Twins 11, Orioles 5
DP: Twins 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Hisle, Borgmann, Grich
Doubles: Coggins (4)
Home Runs: Grich 3 (11), Davis (4)
Stolen Bases: Coggins (10)
Caught Stealing: Carew (11)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(7-5)           5     8   6   6   0   3   2  23   3.35
Burgmeier               3     6   4   4   1   1   2  16   5.67
Totals                  8    14  10  10   1   4   4  39

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(7-7)         9    13   1   0   0   4   0  39   3.53
Totals                  9    13   1   0   0   4   0  39

Wild Pitches: Grimsley (4)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TWINS 1ST: Hisle singled to left; Carew reached on an error by
Grich [Hisle to second, Carew to first]; Darwin singled to right
[Hisle scored (unearned), Carew to second]; Killebrew struck
out; Kusick struck out while Carew was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Coggins singled to
right; Coggins stole second [Coggins to third (error by
Borgmann)]; Grich flied out to center; Davis singled to right
[Coggins scored]; Powell singled [Davis to third]; Baylor flied
out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 1.

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

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson was called out on strikes; Williams
singled to left; Belanger singled [Williams to second]; Bumbry
singled to left [Williams scored, Belanger to third (error by
Hisle), Bumbry to second]; Coggins was called out on strikes;
Grich homered [Belanger scored, Bumbry scored]; Davis flied out
to right; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle singled to left; Carew forced Hisle (second to
shortstop); Darwin forced Carew (third to second); Killebrew
singled to right [Darwin to third]; Kusick flied out to center;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 3RD: Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); Baylor
flied out to center; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Brye singled to center;
Borgmann made an out to second; Gomez singled [Brye to second];
Grimsley threw a wild pitch [Brye to third, Gomez to second];
Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Belanger
grounded out (second to first); Bumbry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Darwin singled
to second; Killebrew grounded out (third to first) [Darwin to
second]; Kusick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: Coggins grounded out (third to first); Grich
homered; Davis struck out; Powell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 6.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm struck out; Brye singled to center;
Borgmann singled to left [Brye to third, Borgmann out at second
(left to second)]; HUNDLEY BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Hundley flied out
to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: THOMPSON REPLACED HUNDLEY (PLAYING SS); BURGMEIER
REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Baylor was called out on strikes;
Robinson grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 6.

TWINS 7TH: Hisle singled to center; Carew flied out to left;
Darwin forced Hisle (shortstop to second); Killebrew made an out
to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); BLAIR
BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Blair singled; Coggins made an out to
shortstop; Grich homered [Blair scored]; Davis homered; Powell
singled to right; Baylor made an out to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 9.

TWINS 8TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COGGINS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Kusick flied out to left; Soderholm flied out to center; Brye
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 9.

ORIOLES 8TH: Robinson walked; Williams singled to shortstop
[Robinson to second]; Belanger flied out to left; Blair lined to
right; Coggins doubled to right [Robinson scored, Williams to
third]; Grich grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 10.

TWINS 9TH: Borgmann grounded out (second to first); Thompson
singled to second; Hisle lined to center; Carew singled to left
[Thompson to second]; Darwin forced Carew (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 10.