Although knocked out in the eighth inning, Luis Tiant gained his 19th victory of the season when the Red Sox defeated the Twins, 9-6. The Red Sox built up an 8-0 lead for Tiant before the Twins exploded for six runs in their uprising. Larry Hisle accounted for three runs with a homer and Bobby Darwin drove in two with a single before Diego Segui put a stop to the rally. The Red Sox hit seven doubles during the game, including three by Rick Burleson, two by Dick McAuliffe and one each by Carl Yastrzemski and Tim Blackwell. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Minnesota Twins 6
Game Played on Sunday, August    18, 1974 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  6  0  -   6 11  1
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  5  1    0  1  x  -   9 13  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .281      Beniquez cf           4   0   1   1     1   1   .276
Carew 2b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .361      Cooper dh             4   1   1   0     1   1   .277
Braun 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .299      Evans rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .294
Killebrew 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .246      Yastrzemski 1b        3   2   2   2     1   0   .313
  Terrell pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .256      Carbo lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .260
  Kusick 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Oliva dh              4   1   3   1     0   0   .287      McAuliffe 3b          3   3   2   1     0   0   .219
Darwin rf             3   1   2   2     0   0   .287      Burleson ss           4   1   3   2     0   0   .301
Hisle lf              4   1   1   3     0   1   .294      Blackwell c           4   1   1   1     0   2   .271
Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hundley c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .193        Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .260
  Gomez ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .199
Corbin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  11   6     2   4             Totals               34   9  13   9     3   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 24,384
Left on Base: Twins 6, Red Sox 5
DP: Twins 2, Red Sox 2
Errors: Hundley
Doubles: McAuliffe 2 (11), Burleson 3 (19), Blackwell (1), Yastrzemski (21)
Home Runs: Hisle (17)
Stolen Bases: Carew (30), Beniquez (12)
GIDP: Hisle (11), Darwin (10), Griffin (6), Carbo (7)
Hit by Pitch: Darwin (11,by Tiant), McAuliffe (1,by Albury)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin L(6-5)           5     9   7   7   1   2   0  24   5.06
Albury                  3     4   2   2   2   3   0  14   5.14
Totals                  8    13   9   9   3   5   0  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(19-8)           7.1  11   6   6   2   3   1  34   2.96
Segui                   1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.72
Totals                  9    11   6   6   2   4   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Albury (4), Tiant (3)
Wild Pitches: Corbin (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Ron Luciano


TWINS 1ST: Brye flied out to right; Carew lined to second; Braun
singled to right; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez struck out; Cooper grounded out (first to
pitcher); Evans grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Darwin was hit
by a pitch; Hisle grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Darwin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to center; Carbo singled to
right [Yastrzemski to third]; Griffin grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Yastrzemski stayed at third,
Carbo out at second]; McAuliffe doubled to right [Yastrzemski
scored]; Burleson doubled to left [McAuliffe scored]; Blackwell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Borgmann
singled to left; Brye singled to right [Borgmann to second];
Carew forced Brye (second to shortstop) [Borgmann to third];
Carew stole second; Braun struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Beniquez popped to right; Cooper grounded out
(second to first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
singled to right; Darwin grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Carbo
flied out to center; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
flied out to center; Borgmann popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: McAuliffe doubled to left; Burleson grounded out
(pitcher to first) [McAuliffe to third]; Blackwell doubled to
right [McAuliffe scored]; Beniquez grounded out (third to
first); Cooper walked; Evans singled to center [Blackwell
scored, Cooper to second]; Corbin threw a wild pitch [Cooper to
third, Evans to second]; Yastrzemski doubled to right [Cooper
scored, Evans scored]; Carbo singled to right [Yastrzemski
scored]; Griffin forced Carbo (shortstop to second); 5 R, 5 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 7.

TWINS 6TH: Brye grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Carew
singled; Braun popped to left; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: ALBURY REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); McAuliffe was
hit by a pitch; Burleson doubled to center [McAuliffe scored,
Burleson out at third (center to second to catcher to third)];
Blackwell struck out; Beniquez walked; Cooper singled to left
[Beniquez to second]; Evans popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva singled to center; Darwin singled to left
[Oliva to second]; Hisle struck out; Thompson flied out to
center; Borgmann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: HUNDLEY REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING C ); GOMEZ
REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING SS); Yastrzemski walked; Carbo
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; Griffin grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 8TH: Brye walked; On a bunt Carew singled [Brye to
second]; Braun forced Carew (pitcher to shortstop) [Brye to
third]; Killebrew walked [Braun to second]; TERRELL RAN FOR
KILLEBREW; Oliva singled to left [Brye scored, Braun to third,
Terrell to second]; Darwin singled to left [Braun scored,
Terrell scored, Oliva to second]; Hisle homered [Oliva scored,
Darwin scored]; SEGUI REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Hundley popped
to third in foul territory; Gomez struck out; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 6, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: KUSICK REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING 1B); McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first); Burleson doubled to left;
Blackwell was called out on strikes; Beniquez singled to right
[Burleson scored]; Beniquez stole second [Beniquez to third
(error by Hundley)]; Cooper struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 6, Red Sox 9.

TWINS 9TH: Brye flied out to left; Carew flied out to left;
Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Red
Sox 9.