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. Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 2Game Played on Monday, July 8, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumTigers 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. |
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