Led by Danny Thompson's four hits, including a two-run, inside-the-park homer in the fourth off loser David Clyde, the Twins and Bert Blyleven recorded an 8-4 victory at the expense of the Rangers. Blyleven, making his first appearance in nine days because of a muscle pull, went six innings and gave up two homers to Toby Harrah which accounted for Texas' first three runs.

Thompson's inside job, a drive off the center field wall on which outfielder Joe Lovitto crashed into the barrier trying for the catch, came with Steve Braun at second. The Twins got two more in the sixth on Thompson's double, single by Phil Roof and triple by Steve Brye. Larry Hisle cracked a three-run homer for the final Minnesota tallies in the top of the ninth and Cesar Tovar produced the final run of the game with the contest's fifth homer in the bottom of the last inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Monday, June      24, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  3  -   8 15  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  1  -   4 11  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .267      Tovar lf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .286
Terrell 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Randle 3b,cf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .322
Oliva dh              5   0   0   1     0   0   .301      Johnson dh            1   0   0   0     1   0   .299
Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .215        Billings ph,dh      2   0   1   0     0   0   .226
  Holt 1b             1   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .303
Darwin rf             4   1   2   0     1   0   .273      Hargrove 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .357
Hisle lf              5   1   1   3     0   1   .288      Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   3   .171
Braun 3b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .307      Nelson 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .280
Thompson ss           4   2   4   2     0   0   .294      Harrah ss             4   2   2   3     0   0   .265
  Gomez ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Lovitto cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .202
Roof c                3   1   2   1     1   1   .300        Fregosi ph,3b       3   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hands p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   8  15   8     3   4             Totals               36   4  11   4     2   8

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 12,200
Left on Base: Twins 9, Rangers 7
DP: Twins 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Blyleven, Harrah
Doubles: Brye (8), Braun (4), Killebrew (2), Thompson (1)
Triples: Brye (1)
Home Runs: Thompson (2), Hisle (10), Harrah 2 (7), Tovar (3)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (12)
GIDP: Darwin (4), Hisle (8), Nelson (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(6-9)         6     8   3   3   1   6   2  26   3.18
Hands SV(2)             3     3   1   1   1   2   1  12   5.37
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   8   3  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(3-4)            3.2   6   3   3   2   2   1  18   3.87
Hargan                  3.2   6   2   2   1   0   0  18   3.84
Foucault                1.2   3   3   3   0   2   1   8   2.00
Totals                  9    15   8   8   3   4   2  44

Wild Pitches: Hargan (7)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro


TWINS 1ST: Brye doubled to right; Terrell grounded out (second
to first) [Brye to third]; Oliva reached on an error by Harrah
[Brye scored]; Killebrew walked [Oliva to second]; Darwin
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Killebrew out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar popped to second; Randle grounded out (third
to first); Johnson walked; Johnson stole second; Burroughs flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle struck out; Braun singled to center; Thompson
singled to center [Braun to second]; Roof was called out on
strikes; Brye forced Thompson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Sims was called
out on strikes; Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
grounded out (second to first); Killebrew popped to first; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
struck out; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin singled to left; Hisle grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Darwin out at second]; Braun doubled
to right; Thompson hit an inside the park homer to center [Braun
scored]; Roof walked; HARGAN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Brye
forced Roof (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle struck out; Johnson grounded out (first to
pitcher); Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell popped to first in foul territory; Oliva
flied out to left; Killebrew doubled to left; Darwin grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Sims grounded out
(second to first); Nelson singled to left; Nelson was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Blyleven [Nelson to second];
Harrah homered [Nelson scored]; FREGOSI BATTED FOR LOVITTO;
Fregosi singled to center; Tovar singled to center [Fregosi to
second]; Randle grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 2.

TWINS 6TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); RANDLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Hisle flied out to right; Braun grounded
out (first unassisted); Thompson doubled to left; Hargan threw a
wild pitch [Thompson to third]; Roof singled to left [Thompson
scored]; Brye tripled to center [Roof scored]; Terrell grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers
2.

RANGERS 6TH: BILLINGS BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Billings singled to
right; Burroughs struck out; Hargrove singled to center
[Billings to second]; Sims struck out; Nelson was credited with
a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to shortstop
[Billings out at third (shortstop unassisted), Hargrove to
second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva popped to shortstop; Killebrew popped to
second; Darwin walked; Hisle forced Darwin (second unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: HOLT REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Harrah
homered; HANDS REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Fregosi popped to
third; Tovar struck out; Randle singled to center; Billings
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Rangers 3.

TWINS 8TH: Braun flied out to center; Thompson singled to
center; Roof singled to right [Thompson to second]; FOUCAULT
REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Brye flied out to right; Terrell
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs walked; Hargrove singled to right
[Burroughs to second]; Sims struck out; Nelson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Hargrove out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 3.

TWINS 9TH: Oliva popped to shortstop; Holt singled to right;
Darwin singled to left [Holt to second]; Hisle homered [Holt
scored, Darwin scored]; Braun was called out on strikes; GOMEZ
BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Gomez lined to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 8, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: GOMEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Harrah grounded
out (third to first); Fregosi grounded out (third to first);
Tovar homered; Randle flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 8, Rangers 4.