Ending his personal three-game losing streak, Bert Blyleven allowed only five hits and pitched a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. Mike Cuellar suffered his third straight defeat. The Twins rapped Cuellar for a run in the first inning on singles by Steve Brye, Rod Carew and Larry Hisle.

An error by Carew led to the Orioles' tally in the sixth, but the Twins broke away with two runs in their half on a single by Carew, pass to Hisle and singles by Harmon Killebrew and Bobby Darwin. The final pair registered in the seventh on consecutive two-out singles by Brye, Carew, Killebrew and Hisle. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    10, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  x  -   5 13  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Brye cf               4   2   2   0     0   0   .280
Coggins cf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .252      Carew 2b              4   2   3   0     0   0   .368
Davis dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .276        Terrell 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Grich 2b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .287      Hisle lf              3   1   2   2     1   0   .294
Powell 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .274      Killebrew dh          4   0   2   2     0   0   .241
Baylor rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Darwin rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .277
Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Hendricks c           4   0   0   0     0   3   .221      Kusick 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Thompson ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            2   0   1   0     1   0   .262
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   5   1     1   8             Totals               33   5  13   5     2   1

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 15,493
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Twins 6
DP: Orioles 4, Twins 1
Errors: Carew, Soderholm
Doubles: Baylor (11), Kusick (5)
Stolen Bases: Coggins (20)
GIDP: Powell (13), Darwin (7), Carew (14), Soderholm (11)
Hit by Pitch: Coggins (4,by Blyleven)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(13-9)         6.2  11   5   5   2   1   0  29   3.54
Reynolds                1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.04
Totals                  8    13   5   5   2   1   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(11-13)       9     5   1   0   1   8   0  35   3.00
Totals                  9     5   1   0   1   8   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (6)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Coggins
singled to center; Coggins stole second; Davis struck out; Grich
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye singled to center; Carew singled to right [Brye
to third]; Hisle singled to left [Brye scored, Carew to third];
Killebrew made an out to second; Darwin grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Hisle out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell flied out to left; Baylor doubled; Robinson
popped to third in foul territory; Hendricks struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm flied out to left; Kusick doubled to right;
Thompson lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Kusick
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger popped to first in foul territory; Bumbry
struck out; Coggins was hit by a pitch; Davis made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann singled to center; Brye forced Borgmann
(second to shortstop); Carew grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brye out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich walked; Powell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Grich out at second]; Baylor
reached on an error by Soderholm [Baylor to first]; Robinson
forced Baylor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Darwin grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Hendricks struck out; Belanger was called out on
strikes; Bumbry grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm popped to first in foul territory; Kusick
struck out; Thompson singled; Borgmann walked [Thompson to
second]; Brye forced Borgmann (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Coggins reached on an error by Carew; Davis singled
to right [Coggins to third]; Grich struck out; Powell singled
[Coggins scored (unearned), Davis to second]; Baylor popped to
first in foul territory; Robinson flied out to right; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to center; Hisle walked [Carew to
second]; Killebrew singled to center [Carew scored, Hisle to
second]; Darwin singled to center [Hisle scored, Killebrew to
second]; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Killebrew to third, Darwin out at second];
Kusick flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Twins 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: On a bunt Hendricks grounded out (second to first);
Belanger flied out to left; On a bunt Bumbry grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann
grounded out (third to first); Brye singled to center; Carew
singled to center [Brye to second]; REYNOLDS REPLACED CUELLAR
(PITCHING); Hisle singled to right [Brye scored, Carew to
third]; Killebrew singled to center [Carew scored, Hisle to
second]; Darwin forced Killebrew (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); Coggins flied
out to right; Davis lined to shortstop; Grich singled to left;
Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Kusick lined
to first; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: Baylor struck out; Robinson made an out to
shortstop; Hendricks was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 5.