After being held hitless for five innings, the Twins took advantage of Ross Grimsley's wildness and scored five runs on only three hits to defeat the Orioles, 5-1. Bert Blyleven pitched a four-hitter for the Twins with the Orioles' run coming on a homer by Tommy Davis in fourth. Minnesota Twins 5, Baltimore Orioles 1Game Played on Sunday, August 25, 1974 (Day game) at Memorial StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 5 5 0 Orioles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brye cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 Coggins rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Carew 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .361 Blair cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .254 Hisle lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .297 Davis dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .284 Killebrew dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .239 Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Darwin rf 3 0 1 2 1 0 .285 Baylor lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .270 Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Kusick 1b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .243 Powell 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Thompson ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Williams c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Gomez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .199 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .234 Borgmann c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .256 Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 5 5 5 8 3 Totals 30 1 4 1 0 6 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 10,951 Left on Base: Twins 7, Orioles 2 DP: Twins 1, Orioles 2 Errors: Grimsley Doubles: Hisle (17) Home Runs: Davis (9) Sacrifice Hits: Brye (2) GIDP: Thompson (10), Carew (15), Williams (8) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(12-15) 9 4 1 1 0 6 1 30 2.92 Totals 9 4 1 1 0 6 1 30 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Grimsley L(14-12) 5.1 3 5 4 5 2 0 25 3.32 Alexander 3.2 2 0 0 3 1 0 14 3.99 Totals 9 5 5 4 8 3 0 39 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Dave Phillips TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (second to first); Carew walked; Hisle was called out on strikes; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); Blair grounded out (second to first); Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. TWINS 2ND: Darwin popped to catcher in foul territory; Soderholm flied out to center; Kusick lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Grich grounded out (second to first); Baylor struck out; Robinson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. TWINS 3RD: Thompson made an out to second; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Brye grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Powell flied out to center; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Hisle grounded out (third to first); Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Coggins made an out to second; Blair was called out on strikes; Davis homered; Grich struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. TWINS 5TH: Darwin lined to right; Soderholm struck out; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Baylor popped to third in foul territory; Robinson grounded out (second to first); Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. TWINS 6TH: Thompson walked; Borgmann walked [Thompson to second]; Brye reached on an error by Grimsley on a sacrifice bunt [Thompson to third, Borgmann to second]; Carew forced Thompson (third to catcher) [Borgmann to third, Brye to second]; Hisle doubled to left [Borgmann scored, Brye scored (unearned), Carew to third]; Killebrew was walked intentionally; Darwin singled to center [Carew scored, Hisle scored, Killebrew to second]; Soderholm singled to right [Killebrew to third, Darwin to second]; Kusick walked [Killebrew scored, Darwin to third, Soderholm to second]; ALEXANDER REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Thompson grounded into a double play (first to catcher to first) [Darwin out at home]; 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Williams flied out to center; Belanger singled to second; Coggins flied out to left; Blair struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. TWINS 7TH: Borgmann popped to third in foul territory; Brye singled to right; Carew grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brye out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Davis singled to left; Grich grounded out (third to first) [Davis to second]; Baylor flied out to right; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. TWINS 8TH: Hisle flied out to right; Killebrew singled to right; Darwin walked [Killebrew to second]; Soderholm walked [Killebrew to third, Darwin to second]; Kusick struck out; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 8TH: GOMEZ REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); Powell singled to right; Williams grounded into a double play (second to first to shortstop) [Powell out at second]; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. TWINS 9TH: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Hisle popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Coggins grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair was called out on strikes; Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Orioles 1. |
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