Charlie Spikes hit a homer, double, single and sacrifice fly, driving in three runs, to lead the Indians' attack in a 9-5 victory over the Twins. The Indians ripped Ray Corbin for four runs in the first inning on five hits, including doubles by John Ellis and George Hendrick.

Spikes got his first RBI of the game with his sacrifice fly. After Larry Hisle homered for the Twins in their half of the first, Spikes countered with his round-tripper in the third. The Twins closed in with three runs in the fourth, but the Indians pulled away again by scoring three times in the fifth, one run coming on Spikes' double. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 9, Minnesota Twins 5

Game Played on Friday, July 12, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Indians      4  0  1    0  3  1    0  0  0  -   9 15  0
Twins        1  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  0  -   5 14  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         5   1   1   0     0   2   .255      Carew 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .383
Alvarado 2b           4   1   1   0     1   1   .167      Braun lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .312
Ellis 1b              5   3   3   1     0   1   .289      Hisle cf              5   2   4   1     0   1   .304
Spikes rf             4   2   3   3     0   0   .286      Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     1   0   .299
Gamble dh             5   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Darwin rf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .272
Hendrick cf           5   1   3   2     0   0   .300      Soderholm 3b          4   2   2   0     0   0   .291
Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     1   0   .254      Holt 1b               4   0   3   1     0   0   .257
Duncan c              4   0   1   1     0   2   .195      Roof c                3   0   2   2     0   0   .250
Duffy ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .222        Killebrew ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .215
J. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Borgmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                            Brye ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
                                                            Terrell ss          2   0   1   1     0   0   .228
                                                          Corbin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Butler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hands p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   9  15   9     2   6             Totals               40   5  14   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 13,066
Left on Base: Indians 7, Twins 9
DP: Indians 1, Twins 1
Errors: Gomez
Doubles: Ellis (12), Hendrick (12), Spikes (11), Duffy (13)
Home Runs: Spikes (12), Hisle (14)
Caught Stealing: Duffy (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Spikes (2)
GIDP: Bell (8), Roof (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Perry W(9-7)         7    10   4   4   1   1   1  31   2.68
Wilcox                  2     4   1   1   0   2   0  10   3.86
Totals                  9    14   5   5   1   3   1  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin L(5-3)           0.2   5   4   4   0   0   0   7   4.83
Butler                  1.1   1   0   0   1   3   0   5   4.21
Hands                   2.2   4   4   4   1   1   1  14   4.75
Burgmeier               2.1   4   1   1   0   1   0  11   5.40
Campbell                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.21
Totals                  9    15   9   9   2   6   1  43

Balks: Hands (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry McCoy


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein singled to left; Alvarado singled to
right [Lowenstein to second]; Ellis doubled to right [Lowenstein
scored, Alvarado to third]; Spikes hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Alvarado scored]; Gamble flied out to right; Hendrick doubled
to center [Ellis scored]; Bell singled to left [Hendrick
scored]; BUTLER REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Duncan struck out; 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Braun flied
out to center; Hisle homered; Oliva walked; Darwin forced Oliva
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Duffy singled to left; Duffy was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Lowenstein struck out; Alvarado
walked; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Holt singled to left;
Roof grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Holt out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 1.

INDIANS 3RD: HANDS REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Spikes homered;
Gamble flied out to center; Hendrick reached on an error by
Gomez; Bell forced Hendrick (third to second); Hands balked
[Bell to second]; Duncan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Braun grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Twins 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein
grounded out (first to pitcher); Alvarado grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle singled to right; Oliva flied out to center;
Darwin singled to right [Hisle to second]; Soderholm singled to
right [Hisle to third, Darwin to second]; Holt singled to left
[Hisle scored, Darwin to third, Soderholm to second]; Roof
singled to center [Darwin scored, Soderholm scored, Holt to
second]; BRYE BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Brye flied out to center; Carew
forced Roof (second to shortstop); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 5, Twins 4.

INDIANS 5TH: TERRELL REPLACED BRYE (PLAYING SS); Ellis singled
to center; Spikes doubled to right [Ellis scored]; Gamble lined
to center; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Bell walked;
Duncan singled to left [Spikes scored, Bell to third]; BURGMEIER
REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING); Duffy doubled to left [Bell scored,
Duncan to third]; Lowenstein made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 8, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Braun lined to right; Hisle singled to right; Oliva
made an out to shortstop; Darwin forced Hisle (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Twins 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis
singled to shortstop; Spikes singled to center [Ellis to
second]; Gamble forced Spikes (shortstop to second) [Ellis to
third]; Hendrick singled to left [Ellis scored, Gamble to
second]; Bell flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
9, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Holt
grounded out (first unassisted); Roof singled to right; Terrell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
9, Twins 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Duncan flied out to center; Duffy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 9, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Carew singled to center; Braun forced Carew (first to
shortstop); Hisle struck out; Oliva grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 9, Twins 4.

INDIANS 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Alvarado
struck out; Ellis made an out to second; Spikes lined to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 9, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: WILCOX REPLACED J. PERRY (PITCHING); Darwin struck
out; Soderholm singled to center; Holt singled to center
[Soderholm to third]; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR ROOF; Killebrew
struck out; Terrell singled to right [Soderholm scored, Holt to
second]; Carew forced Terrell (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 9, Twins 5.

INDIANS 9TH: BORGMANN REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING C ); Gamble
flied out to right; Hendrick singled to right; Bell grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Hendrick out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 9, Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Braun flied out to right; Hisle singled to right;
Oliva popped to shortstop; Darwin flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 9, Twins 5.

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