The Twins collected five of their 12 hits in a four-run second inning and went on to defeat the Tigers, 6-2. Eric Soderholm followed Harmon Killebrew's single with a homer over the left field fence. Danny Thompson singled and rode home on a triple by Craig Kusick, who in turn scored on Steve Brye's single.

Detroit countered with two runs in the third on base hits by Jerry Moses, Mickey Stanley and Al Kaline and a double by Jim Northrup, but Bert Blyleven blanked the Tigers the rest of the way. Thompson's double and Kusick's single produced Minnesota's fifth run in the bottom of the third, and their final tally came in the eighth when Kusick was safe on an error and later scored on Brye's single. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Monday, July      8, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  2
Twins        0  4  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   6 12  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .226      Brye cf               5   0   3   2     0   1   .285
Sutherland 2b,ss      3   0   1   0     1   0   .249      Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .382
Kaline dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .272      Hisle lf              5   0   1   0     0   3   .292
Northrup rf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .240      Darwin rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .311      Killebrew dh          2   1   1   0     2   0   .217
N. Cash 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .224        Terrell pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Soderholm 3b          4   1   2   2     0   0   .285
Moses c               3   1   2   0     0   0   .225      Thompson ss           4   2   2   0     0   0   .292
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Kusick 1b             3   2   2   2     1   0   .227
  Knox 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Roof c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   7   2     1   6             Totals               33   6  12   6     4   5

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  7,343
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Twins 9
DP: Tigers 3, Twins 1
Errors: Sutherland, Rodriguez
Doubles: Northrup (8), Thompson (2), Hisle (10)
Triples: Kusick (1)
Home Runs: Soderholm (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Carew (8), Roof (3)
GIDP: Kaline (6), Roof (4), Soderholm (6), Thompson (6)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(3-5)           1.1   7   4   4   0   1   1  11   4.75
Lemanczyk               6.2   5   2   1   4   4   0  28   6.16
Totals                  8    12   6   5   4   5   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(8-10)        9     7   2   2   1   6   0  34   3.06
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   6   0  34

Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
singled to right; Kaline struck out; Northrup grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye singled to left; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Brye to second]; Hisle struck out; Darwin
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie was called out on strikes; N. Cash struck
out; Rodriguez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew singled to center; Soderholm homered
[Killebrew scored]; Thompson singled to right; Kusick tripled to
right [Thompson scored]; Roof popped to second; Brye singled to
right [Kusick scored]; Carew singled to right [Brye to second];
LEMANCZYK REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Hisle was called out on
strikes; Darwin walked [Brye to third, Carew to second];
Killebrew grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 0, Twins 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Moses singled to center; Brinkman lined to center;
Stanley singled to left [Moses to third]; Sutherland lined to
shortstop; Kaline singled to left [Moses scored, Stanley to
second]; Northrup doubled to right [Stanley scored, Kaline to
third]; Oglivie popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
doubled to right; Kusick singled to left [Thompson scored]; Roof
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kusick
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TIGERS 4TH: N. Cash lined to first; Rodriguez flied out to left;
Moses singled to left; Brinkman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: Brye reached on an error by Rodriguez [Brye to
second]; Carew flied out to center; Hisle flied out to left;
Darwin popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley struck out; Sutherland walked; Kaline
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew walked; Soderholm grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at second];
Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Twins 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Oglivie was
called out on strikes; N. Cash singled to right; Rodriguez lined
to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Kusick walked; Roof out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Kusick to second]; Brye struck out; Carew grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Moses grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
grounded out (third to first); Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Hisle doubled to right; Darwin struck out; Killebrew
walked; TERRELL RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Soderholm singled to center
[Hisle to third, Terrell to second]; Thompson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Soderholm out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 5.

TIGERS 8TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline flied out to left;
Northrup popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: KNOX REPLACED BRINKMAN (PLAYING 2B); SUTHERLAND
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Kusick reached on an error by
Sutherland; Roof grounded out (second to first) [Kusick to
second]; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Kusick to third]; Brye
singled to right [Kusick scored (unearned)]; Carew forced Brye
(shortstop to second); Hisle struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Oglivie flied out to left; N. Cash popped to
shortstop; Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Twins 6.