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The Twins turned to the home run ball to score their fourth straight victory, a 9-3 rout of the Rangers. Eric Soderholm capped a four-run fifth inning with a two-run homer, Tony Oliva touched off a solo shot among three hits which drove in three runs and Craig Kusick smacked a two-run homer in the eighth. Minnesota Twins 9, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Monday, September 2, 1974 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTwins 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 - 9 13 1
Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 6 2
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Brye cf 1 2 0 0 0 0 .278 Nelson 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Darwin rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Tovar lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Carew 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .368 Burroughs rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .296
Hisle rf,cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .292 Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .340
Oliva dh 4 3 3 3 0 0 .294 Spencer dh 3 1 2 0 1 0 .297
Soderholm 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .281 Randle 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .308
Braun lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .297 Harrah ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 .259
Kusick 1b 4 1 1 2 1 0 .234 Lovitto cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .200
Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .265
Gomez ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Sims ph,c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .171
Borgmann c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Decker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 9 13 7 4 3 Totals 31 3 6 3 5 5
Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 5,472
Left on Base: Twins 8, Rangers 7
DP: Twins 2, Rangers 3
Errors: Brye, Burroughs, Hargrove
Home Runs: Soderholm (9), Kusick (7), Oliva (13), Harrah (19)
Stolen Bases: Carew (31)
Caught Stealing: Burroughs (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliva (4)
GIDP: Kusick 2 (5), Braun (5), Spencer (5), Nelson (14)
Hit by Pitch: Brye 2 (5,by Bibby 2), Sims (3,by Decker)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Decker W(14-11) 9 6 3 3 5 5 1 37 3.35
Totals 9 6 3 3 5 5 1 37
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Bibby L(18-16) 4.2 6 6 6 3 0 1 23 4.77
Thomas 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 7.11
Broberg 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 8.07
Foucault 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.20
Stanhouse 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 4.88
Totals 9 13 9 8 4 3 3 44
Hit by Pitch: Decker (2), Bibby 2 (8)
Wild Pitches: Stanhouse (5)
Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Kunkel
TWINS 1ST: Brye was hit by a pitch; Carew flied out to left;
Hisle singled to left [Brye to third]; Oliva hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Brye scored, Hisle to second (on throw to home)];
Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Nelson flied out to left; Tovar grounded out
(second to first); Burroughs walked; Burroughs was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Rangers 0.
TWINS 2ND: Braun walked; Kusick grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Braun out at second]; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
singled to center; Randle struck out; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Carew stole
second; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto reached on an error by Brye [Lovitto to
second]; Sundberg flied out to center; Nelson flied out to
center; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins
1, Rangers 0.
TWINS 4TH: Oliva singled to shortstop; Soderholm singled to left
[Oliva to second]; Braun walked [Oliva to third, Soderholm to
second]; Kusick grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Soderholm to third, Oliva scored (no RBI), Braun out
at second]; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
struck out; Spencer walked; Randle forced Spencer (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 0.
TWINS 5TH: Borgmann flied out to left; Brye was hit by a pitch;
Carew flied out to left; Hisle singled to left [Brye to second];
Oliva singled to right [Brye scored, Oliva to second, Hisle
scored (error by Burroughs) (no RBI)]; Soderholm homered [Oliva
scored]; THOMAS REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Braun grounded out
(second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 5TH: DARWIN REPLACED BRYE (PLAYING RF); HISLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Harrah flied out to center; Lovitto
lined to center; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 0.
TWINS 6TH: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Thompson was
called out on strikes; Borgmann singled to left; Darwin singled
to center [Borgmann to second]; Carew grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Nelson struck out; Tovar popped to third; Burroughs
walked; Hargrove popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 0.
TWINS 7TH: BROBERG REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Oliva flied out to left; Soderholm
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 7TH: Spencer singled to second; Randle flied out to
right; Harrah homered [Spencer scored]; Lovitto walked; SIMS
BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Sims was hit by a pitch [Lovitto to
second]; Nelson flied out to right; Tovar grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Rangers 2.
TWINS 8TH: SIMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Braun reached on an
error by Hargrove [Braun to second]; Kusick homered [Braun
scored (unearned)]; FOUCAULT REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING);
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann singled to
center; Darwin flied out to center; Carew singled to left
[Borgmann to second]; Hisle struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 8TH: GOMEZ REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); Burroughs
singled to second; Hargrove forced Burroughs (first to
shortstop); Spencer grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 2.
TWINS 9TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Oliva
homered; Soderholm singled to center; Braun grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Soderholm out at
second]; Kusick walked; Stanhouse threw a wild pitch [Kusick to
second]; Gomez was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 9, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 9TH: Randle walked; Harrah lined to left; Lovitto
singled to right [Randle to second]; Sims singled to right
[Lovitto to second, Randle scored]; Nelson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Sims out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Rangers 3.
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