A single by Amos Otis for his third hit of the game scored George Brett in the eighth inning and gave the Royals a 7-6 victory to start a sweep of a twi-night twin bill with the Twins. The Royals cracked five triples in winning the second game, 5-1. With the score tied, 6-6, Brett opened the eighth with a double, Cookie Rojas walked with two out and Otis followed with his winning hit. Hal McRae, who also had three hits, and Orlando Cepeda each drove in two runs for the Royals, while Rod Carew had three hits and three RBIs for the Twins.

In the nightcap, after the Twins led off with their run, the Royals came back with a pair on a pass to Fred Patek, triple by Jim Wohlford and sacrifice fly by Otis. Fran Healy drew a pass in the fourth and two more runs followed on triples by Brett and Frank White. Otis tripled and scored on a double by McRae in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Minnesota Twins 6 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, August    7, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        1  2  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   6 13  2
Royals       0  0  4    0  0  0    2  1  x  -   7 13  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Carew 2b              5   1   3   3     0   0   .371      Patek ss              4   0   1   0     1   2   .227
Braun lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .305      Rojas 2b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .294
  Killebrew ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Otis cf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .291
  Brye cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .275      McRae lf              4   2   3   2     0   0   .312
Darwin rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .275        Cowens rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Oliva dh              4   1   1   0     1   0   .286        Pinson ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Hisle cf,lf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .289      Cepeda dh             4   0   2   2     0   0   .500
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .279      Solaita 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Holt 1b               2   2   0   0     2   0   .261      Wohlford rf,lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Thompson ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .285      Brett 3b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .247
  Terrell pr,ss       0   1   0   0     0   0   .244      Healy c               4   1   1   0     0   2   .266
Borgmann c            3   0   1   1     1   0   .255      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  13   6     4   5             Totals               38   7  13   6     2   5

Time of Game: 2:54
Left on Base: Twins 9, Royals 9
DP: Twins 0, Royals 2
Errors: Carew, Hisle, Cowens
Doubles: Thompson (4), Carew (23), Brett 2 (11)
Triples: McRae (3)
Stolen Bases: Patek (26), Brett (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Darwin (4)
GIDP: Oliva (11), Carew (13)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz                   6.1  11   6   1   1   4   0  32   3.62
Campbell L(5-6)         1.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   8   3.13
Totals                  8    13   7   2   2   5   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  2.1   6   4   4   3   1   0  15   4.38
McDaniel                4.2   6   2   2   1   3   0  20   3.55
Mingori                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.21
Bird W(6-3)             1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.87
Totals                  9    13   6   6   4   5   0  42

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


TWINS 1ST: Carew singled to right; Braun singled to right [Carew
to third]; Darwin hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carew scored];
Oliva grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Braun out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; Rojas
popped to second; Otis grounded out (third to first) [Patek to
third]; McRae popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle singled to left; Soderholm out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Hisle to second]; Holt walked; Thompson
was called out on strikes; Borgmann walked [Hisle to third, Holt
to second]; Carew singled to right [Hisle scored, Holt scored,
Borgmann to third]; Braun flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cepeda grounded out (shortstop to first); Solaita
grounded out (pitcher to first); Wohlford popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Darwin popped to second; Oliva walked; Hisle singled
to center [Oliva to second]; Soderholm singled to center [Oliva
scored, Hisle to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING);
Holt flied out to center; Thompson lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett reached on an error by Carew; Healy singled to
right [Brett to third]; Patek struck out; Rojas singled to right
[Brett scored (unearned), Healy to second]; Otis popped to
first; McRae tripled [Healy scored (unearned), Rojas scored
(unearned)]; Cepeda singled to right [McRae scored (unearned)];
Solaita forced Cepeda (second to shortstop); 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

TWINS 4TH: Borgmann singled to left; Carew grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Borgmann out at second]; Braun
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Wohlford popped to catcher in foul territory; Brett
doubled to left; Healy struck out; Patek walked; Rojas flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

TWINS 5TH: Darwin singled to center; Oliva flied out to right;
Hisle struck out; Soderholm forced Darwin (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis singled to third; McRae singled to left [Otis
to second]; Cepeda flied out to left; Solaita struck out;
Wohlford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 4, Royals 4.

TWINS 6TH: Holt popped to shortstop; Thompson singled to third;
Borgmann forced Thompson (third to second); Carew forced
Borgmann (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Healy was
called out on strikes; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

TWINS 7TH: Braun singled to center; Darwin struck out; Oliva
singled to left [Braun to second]; Hisle forced Oliva (shortstop
to second) [Braun to third]; Soderholm popped to third; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis singled
to center; McRae singled to center [Otis to second]; Cepeda
singled to center [Otis scored, McRae scored (error by Hisle)
(unearned) (no RBI), Cepeda to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED GOLTZ
(PITCHING); Solaita popped to shortstop; Wohlford popped to
catcher in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
4, Royals 6.

TWINS 8TH: COWENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); WOHLFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Holt walked; Thompson doubled to right
[Holt to third]; MINGORI REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); TERRELL
RAN FOR THOMPSON; Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Holt scored]; Carew doubled to right [Terrell scored, Carew to
third (error by Cowens)]; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING);
KILLEBREW BATTED FOR BRAUN; Killebrew flied out to left; Darwin
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
6, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: BRYE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING CF); HISLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS);
Brett doubled to left; Healy popped to shortstop; Patek struck
out; Brett stole third; Rojas walked; Otis singled to left
[Brett scored, Rojas to second]; PINSON BATTED FOR COWENS;
Pinson popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals
7.

TWINS 9TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Oliva flied out
to center; Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Soderholm
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6,
Royals 7.