In a swap of close games, the White Sox won the opener of a doubleheader, 2-1, and the Twins took the nightcap, 4-3. Stan Bahnsen pitched a four-hitter in the first game and should have breezed to victory, but the White Sox wasted most of their 12 hits off Joe Decker. Jorge Orta singled, stole second and scored on a single by Carlos May in the first inning and the White Sox added their other run in the fourth on a single by May, an error, infield out and wild pitch before the Twins picked up their lone tally in the home half on a walk to Larry Hisle, grounder by Steve Braun and single by Glenn Borgmann.

In the second game, the White Sox were leading, 3-0, until the Twins erupted for the tying runs in the sixth on a single by Steve Brye, pass to Jerry Terrell and homer by Bobby Darwin. Then in the seventh, Danny Thompson tripled and Brye singled to produce the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      23, 1974 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  1
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .301      Brye cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Orta 2b               3   1   2   0     2   0   .319      Terrell 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .257
D. Allen 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .291      Oliva dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .314
May lf                5   1   3   1     0   1   .287      Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .213
K. Henderson cf       4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Hisle lf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .295
Santo 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .251      Braun 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Sharp rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .375      Holt rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .293        Soderholm pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Borgmann c            2   0   1   1     1   0   .230
Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Darwin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .270
                                                          Gomez ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .208
                                                          Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2  12   1     3   4             Totals               32   1   4   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:39
Left on Base: White Sox 11, Twins 7
DP: White Sox 0, Twins 2
Errors: Dent, Gomez
Doubles: Oliva (8)
Stolen Bases: Orta (3), Kelly (10)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Kelly (2)
GIDP: D. Allen 2 (11)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen W(7-7)          9     4   1   1   3   4   0  35   3.96
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   4   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(7-6)           8.2  12   2   1   3   4   0  39   3.16
Campbell                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.57
Totals                  9    12   2   1   3   4   0  40

Wild Pitches: Decker (6)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Orta
singled to right; D. Allen struck out while Orta stole second;
May singled to right [Orta scored]; K. Henderson grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye lined to shortstop; Terrell singled to center;
Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Santo flied out to right; Sharp was called out on
strikes; Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle struck out; Braun grounded out (second to
first); Holt reached on an error by Dent; Borgmann walked [Holt
to second]; Gomez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent flied out to center; Kelly grounded out
(first to pitcher); Orta walked; D. Allen flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Brye flied out to right; Terrell walked; Oliva
grounded out (second to first) [Terrell to second]; Killebrew
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May singled to center; K. Henderson flied out to
left; Santo reached on an error by Gomez [May to second]; Sharp
forced Santo (first to shortstop) [May to third]; Decker threw a
wild pitch [May scored (unearned), Sharp to second]; Herrmann
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle walked; Braun grounded out (first unassisted)
[Hisle to second]; Holt popped to third in foul territory;
Borgmann singled to right [Hisle scored]; Gomez flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Dent singled to center; Kelly reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Dent to second]; Orta
forced Kelly (second to shortstop) [Dent to third]; D. Allen
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Orta
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to left; Terrell grounded out (pitcher
to first); Oliva doubled to right; Killebrew flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May singled to right; K. Henderson singled to
center [May out at second (center to shortstop)]; Santo singled
to left [K. Henderson to second]; Sharp flied out to left;
Herrmann flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle flied out to center; Braun grounded out (first
unassisted); Holt popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Dent flied out to left; Kelly singled to center;
Kelly stole second; Orta walked; D. Allen grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Borgmann flied out to left; Gomez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Brye flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: May struck out; K. Henderson popped to first;
Santo singled to left; Sharp singled to left [Santo to second];
Herrmann grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Terrell flied out to left; Oliva struck out;
Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Dent flied out to left; Kelly walked; Kelly was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Orta singled to
shortstop; D. Allen singled to left [Orta to second]; CAMPBELL
REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); May grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Hisle flied out to right; Braun grounded out (second
to first); Holt singled to second; SODERHOLM RAN FOR HOLT;
DARWIN BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Darwin flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.