A streak of wildness by Fritz Peterson, who hit two batters with pitched balls in the seventh inning, led to the Twins' run in a 1-0 victory over the Indians. Bobby Darwin opened the inning with a single and Eric Soderholm sacrificed. Peterson then plunked both Craig Kusick and Danny Thompson to load the bases and Glenn Borgmann drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Joe Decker, who was the Twins' winner, yielded only four hits but was removed with a man on base in the ninth and Bill Campbell retired the side to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 1, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    14, 1974 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Lowenstein 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .366      Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .237
  Terrell 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Lee lf                2   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Hisle lf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .299      Spikes rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .290
Killebrew dh          1   0   0   0     3   0   .245      Ellis 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .298
  Gomez pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Torres pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .157
Darwin rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .282        McCraw 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .272      Gamble dh             2   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Kusick 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Smith cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Duncan c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .192
Borgmann c            2   0   1   1     0   1   .264      Alvarado 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crosby ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   1   6   1     3   3             Totals               27   0   4   0     3   5

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  9,685
Left on Base: Twins 7, Indians 5
DP: Twins 1, Indians 2
Doubles: Ellis (15)
Caught Stealing: Hisle (3), Lowenstein (14), Gamble (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Soderholm (4), Hisle (4), Lee (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Borgmann (7)
GIDP: Brye (11), Darwin (8), McCraw (6)
Hit by Pitch: Kusick (1,by Peterson), Thompson (1,by Peterson), Gamble (4,by Decker)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker W(12-10)         8     4   0   0   2   5   0  29   3.20
Campbell SV(17)         1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.77
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   5   0  32

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson L(8-7)         7     6   1   1   2   2   0  29   4.17
Buskey                  2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.30
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   3   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Decker (1), Peterson 2 (3)

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


TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle singled to left; Hisle
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Duffy grounded out (third to first); Lee grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Darwin lined to second; Soderholm
forced Killebrew (third to second); Kusick grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Ellis
grounded out (second to first); Gamble was hit by a pitch; Smith
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Borgmann
singled to third; Brye grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Borgmann out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first); Alvarado
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein singled to right;
Lowenstein was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Hisle flied
out to right; Killebrew walked; Darwin flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Lee walked;
Spikes forced Lee (third to second); Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm struck out; Kusick made an out to third;
Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Gamble singled to left; Smith singled to right
[Gamble to third, Smith to second (on throw to 3b)]; Gamble was
picked off and caught stealing home (catcher to third); Duncan
struck out; Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 6TH: Borgmann was called out on strikes; Brye singled to
left; Carew forced Brye (second to shortstop); Hisle singled to
third [Carew to second]; Killebrew lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: TERRELL REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); Lowenstein
flied out to left; Duffy lined to shortstop; Lee struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 7TH: Darwin singled to left; Soderholm out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Darwin to second]; Kusick was hit by a
pitch; Thompson was hit by a pitch [Darwin to third, Kusick to
second]; Borgmann hit a sacrifice fly to left [Darwin scored];
Brye lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Spikes made an out to third; Ellis doubled to
right; TORRES RAN FOR ELLIS; Gamble struck out; Smith made an
out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

TWINS 8TH: MCCRAW REPLACED TORRES (PLAYING 1B); Terrell singled
to center; BUSKEY REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); Hisle out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Terrell to second];
Killebrew walked; GOMEZ RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Gomez out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: GOMEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Duncan struck
out; CROSBY BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Crosby grounded out (second to
first); Lowenstein flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Indians 0.

TWINS 9TH: CROSBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Soderholm was
called out on strikes; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first);
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Duffy walked; CAMPBELL REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING);
Lee out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Duffy to
second]; Spikes walked; McCraw grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Spikes out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.