Sparked by Bill Freehan, who hit a homer, the Tigers scored four runs in the third inning and defeated the Twins, 5-3. The Twins counted twice off Joe Coleman in the second before Aurelio Rodriguez homered in the Tigers' half. Al Kaline walked in the third and Freehan followed with his round-tripper. The deciding pair followed on two walks, a sacrifice, infield out by Ed Brinkman and single by Jerry Moses. The Twins scored their final run in the fifth when Steve Braun doubled and Tony Oliva singled. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      18, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Tigers       0  1  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Stanley cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .223
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .377      Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .254
Braun lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .316      Kaline dh             2   1   1   0     2   0   .252
Oliva dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .292      Freehan 1b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .286
Darwin rf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .274      Northrup rf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .239
Soderholm 3b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .290      Lane lf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .200
Holt 1b               3   0   1   1     1   0   .261      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   1     0   0   .210
Terrell ss            2   0   0   1     0   1   .241      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   1     0   0   .209
  Killebrew ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Moses c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .228
Roof c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Borgmann ph,c       2   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Butler p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   5             Totals               31   5   8   5     5   1

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 14,383
Left on Base: Twins 6, Tigers 8
DP: Twins 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Braun (7)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (3), Freehan (5)
Caught Stealing: Kaline (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (5), Rodriguez (2)
GIDP: Oliva (8), Rodriguez (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Butler L(3-4)           2     5   4   4   2   1   2  14   4.73
Corbin                  6     3   1   1   3   0   0  23   4.38
Totals                  8     8   5   5   5   1   2  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(8-9)          9     8   3   3   3   5   0  36   4.54
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   5   0  36

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


TWINS 1ST: Brye popped to shortstop; Carew singled to center;
Braun grounded out (third to first) [Carew to second]; Oliva
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Sutherland
singled to center; Kaline singled to left [Sutherland to
second]; Freehan flied out to center; Northrup reached on a
fielder's choice [Sutherland to third, Kaline to second]; Lane
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins
0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin walked; Soderholm singled to right [Darwin to
second]; Holt singled to right [Darwin scored, Soderholm to
third]; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Soderholm scored, Holt to second]; Roof grounded out (third to
first); Brye popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez homered; Brinkman flied out to center;
Moses grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley singled to
center; Sutherland struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Tigers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); Braun flied
out to center; Oliva singled to center; Darwin grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline walked; Freehan homered [Kaline scored];
Northrup walked; CORBIN REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Lane walked
[Northrup to second]; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Northrup to third, Lane to second]; Brinkman
grounded out (second to first) [Northrup scored, Lane to third];
Moses singled to center [Lane scored]; Stanley reached on an
error by Carew [Moses to second]; Sutherland grounded out
(pitcher to first); 4 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 5.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm singled to left; Holt flied out to left;
Terrell forced Soderholm (second to shortstop); Roof forced
Terrell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline flied out to center; Freehan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Northrup singled to center; Lane forced
Northrup (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Tigers 5.

TWINS 5TH: Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew flied out
to center; Braun doubled to left; Oliva singled to right [Braun
scored]; Darwin flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Moses lined to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Holt flied out to
center; Terrell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley flied out to left; Sutherland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kaline walked; Kaline was caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TWINS 7TH: BORGMANN BATTED FOR ROOF; Borgmann grounded out
(third to first); Brye singled to left; Carew lined into a
double play (third to first) [Brye out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: BORGMANN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Freehan
grounded out (third to first); Northrup singled to center; Lane
walked [Northrup to second]; Rodriguez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Lane out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TWINS 8TH: Braun walked; Oliva grounded into a double play
(first unassisted) [Braun out at second]; Darwin struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Moses
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TWINS 9TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Holt walked;
KILLEBREW BATTED FOR TERRELL; Killebrew struck out; Borgmann
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.