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Wednesday August 7, 1974
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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 7, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 13  0
Royals       2  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .275      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .228
  Oliva ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Wohlford rf,lf        4   1   1   1     0   1   .293
Carew 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .366      Otis cf               3   1   2   1     0   0   .294
Hisle lf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .292      McRae lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .314
Killebrew dh          4   0   1   1     0   0   .234        Cowens rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Darwin rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .277      Cepeda dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Bevacqua 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .191
Kusick 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Healy c               3   1   0   0     1   1   .264
Terrell ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .250      Brett 3b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .251
Roof c                1   0   0   0     0   1   .212      White 2b              3   0   1   1     1   1   .235
  Borgmann c          3   0   2   0     0   0   .260      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Butler p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   1  13   1     0   7             Totals               31   5  10   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 16,575
Left on Base: Twins 10, Royals 7
DP: Twins 1, Royals 3
Errors: White
Doubles: Darwin (10), McRae 2 (23)
Triples: Wohlford (7), Brett 2 (3), White (2), Otis (8)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (8)
Caught Stealing: White (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (8)
GIDP: Darwin (6), Healy (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Butler L(4-5)           3.1   5   4   4   3   2   0  18   4.18
Burgmeier               4.2   5   1   1   1   3   0  18   4.90
Totals                  8    10   5   5   4   5   0  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(11-12)     8    10   1   1   0   7   0  33   3.68
Bird                    1     3   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.83
Totals                  9    13   1   1   0   7   0  38

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


TWINS 1ST: Brye struck out; Carew flied out to center; Hisle
singled to right; Hisle stole second; Killebrew singled to left
[Hisle scored]; Darwin singled to center [Killebrew to second];
Soderholm struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Wohlford tripled to left [Patek
scored]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wohlford scored];
McRae doubled to right; Cepeda lined to right; Bevacqua walked;
Healy popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 2.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick singled to center; Terrell forced Kusick
(shortstop to second); Roof was called out on strikes; Phil
Roof ejected by 3B umpire Nestor Chylak; Brye singled to
right [Terrell to third]; Carew forced Brye (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: BORGMANN REPLACED ROOF (PLAYING C ); Brett struck
out; White flied out to center; Patek singled to third; Wohlford
forced Patek (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Royals 2.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
popped to first; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis lined to right; McRae popped to second; Cepeda
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm lined to right; Kusick flied out to center;
Terrell singled to left; Borgmann singled to right [Terrell to
second]; Brye was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Bevacqua flied out to right; Healy walked; Brett
tripled to left [Healy scored]; White tripled [Brett scored];
BURGMEIER REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Patek reached on a
fielder's choice [White out at home (third to catcher)];
Wohlford was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Royals 4.

TWINS 5TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Hisle singled to
left; Killebrew reached on an error by White [Hisle to second];
Darwin grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis tripled to right; McRae doubled to left [Otis
scored]; Cepeda flied out to left; Bevacqua grounded out (third
to first) [McRae to third]; Healy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 5.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm singled to left; Kusick lined into a double
play (second to first) [Soderholm out at first]; Terrell flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); White walked;
White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Patek
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 5.

TWINS 7TH: Borgmann popped to third; Brye popped to second;
Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford lined to center; Otis singled to left;
McRae popped to second; Cepeda grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 5.

TWINS 8TH: COWENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); WOHLFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hisle was called out on strikes;
Killebrew lined to left; Darwin doubled; Soderholm grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua singled to center; Healy grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bevacqua out at second];
Brett tripled to center; White was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 5.

TWINS 9TH: BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Kusick flied out
to left; Terrell singled to second; Borgmann singled to catcher
[Terrell to second]; OLIVA BATTED FOR BRYE; Oliva singled to
right [Terrell to third, Borgmann to second]; Carew lined into a
double play (pitcher to third) [Terrell out at third]; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 5.



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