After taking advantage of three errors by Fred Patek to score three unearned runs in the second inning, the Twins turned on their power and defeated the Royals, 7-3. Patek's miscues, one shy of the A. L. record for most errors by a shortstop in one inning, enabled the Twins to post their tallies in the second on only two hits. But it was different in the third when Harmon Killebrew and Larry Hisle whacked back-to-back homers and a third run followed on a walk and singles by Danny Thompson and Glenn Borgmann. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 30, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals       0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  4
Twins        0  3  3    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   7  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Brye cf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .282
Pinson rf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .247      Carew 2b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .374
Rojas 2b              5   0   3   1     0   0   .292      Darwin rf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .272
  White pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Killebrew dh          4   2   2   1     0   1   .231
Mayberry 1b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Hisle lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .288
Solaita dh            3   0   1   0     1   1   .285      Soderholm 3b          4   1   0   1     0   0   .280
Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   2   .274      Kusick 1b             2   2   0   0     2   0   .255
Wohlford lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .300      Thompson ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .278
Brett 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .240      Borgmann c            4   1   3   2     0   0   .256
Healy c               2   1   1   0     1   0   .261      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martinez c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  11   2     3   6             Totals               35   7   9   6     4   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 12,294
Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 8
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: Patek 3, Healy, Carew
Doubles: Killebrew (4)
Triples: Healy (2)
Home Runs: Killebrew (9), Hisle (16)
Stolen Bases: Pinson (11), Darwin (1)
Caught Stealing: Thompson (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(10-11)     2.1   5   6   3   2   2   2  17   3.80
Fitzmorris              4.2   4   1   1   2   1   0  19   3.46
Bird                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.03
Totals                  8     9   7   4   4   3   2  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker W(11-9)          9    11   3   2   3   6   0  40   3.23
Totals                  9    11   3   2   3   6   0  40

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Pinson struck out; Rojas singled
to center; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Solaita walked; Otis was called out on strikes;
Wohlford singled to center [Solaita out at third (center to
third)]; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew doubled to left; Hisle reached on an error
by Patek [Killebrew to third]; Soderholm reached on an error by
Patek [Killebrew scored (unearned), Hisle to second]; Kusick
walked [Hisle to third, Soderholm to second]; Thompson forced
Hisle (second to catcher) [Soderholm to third, Kusick to
second]; Borgmann singled to shortstop [Soderholm scored
(unearned), Kusick to third, Thompson to second]; Brye struck
out; Carew reached on an error by Patek [Kusick scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Thompson to third, Borgmann to second];
Darwin was called out on strikes; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy tripled to center; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); Pinson singled to left [Healy scored];
Pinson stole second; Rojas singled to left [Pinson scored, Rojas
to second (on throw to home)]; Mayberry flied out to center
[Rojas to third]; Solaita grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Killebrew homered; Hisle homered; Soderholm grounded
out (pitcher to first); Kusick walked; Thompson singled to right
[Kusick to third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING);
Borgmann singled to left [Kusick scored, Thompson to second];
Brye flied out to center; Carew flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 6.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to shortstop; Wohlford hit into a
double play (second to first to shortstop) [Otis out at second];
Brett walked; Healy walked [Brett to second]; Patek reached on
an error by Carew [Brett scored (unearned) (no RBI), Healy to
third, Patek to second (on throw)]; Pinson popped to first; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin singled to left; Darwin stole second [Darwin
to third (error by Healy)]; Killebrew struck out; Hisle grounded
out (third to first); Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 6.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
popped to second; Solaita singled to right; Otis struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick flied out to right; Thompson flied out to
right; Borgmann singled to center; Brye walked [Borgmann to
second]; Carew singled to center [Borgmann scored, Brye to
second]; Darwin grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

ROYALS 6TH: Wohlford was called out on strikes; Brett singled to
right; Healy forced Brett (pitcher to shortstop); Patek forced
Healy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Twins 7.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

ROYALS 7TH: Pinson popped to shortstop; Rojas grounded out
(third to first); Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HEALY (PLAYING C ); Kusick flied
out to left; Fran Healy had been hit by Bobby Darwin foul
ball on right shoulder; Thompson walked; Thompson was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Borgmann popped to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Solaita struck out; Otis singled to left; Wohlford
grounded out (second to first) [Otis to second]; Brett grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: BIRD REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Brye grounded
out (first unassisted); Carew grounded out (second to first);
Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Twins 7.

ROYALS 9TH: Martinez grounded out (second to first); Patek lined
to center; Pinson singled to center; Rojas singled to first
[Pinson to second]; WHITE RAN FOR ROJAS; Mayberry grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

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