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Saturday September 7, 1974
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The Royals scored without benefit of a hit in the first inning and Al Fitzmorris made the run stand up for a 1-0 victory over the Twins. Vada Pinson walked and on a run-and-hit play raced to third on an infield out by Cookie Rojas. When John Mayberry bounced out, Pinson scored the run that enabled the Royals to end their eight-game losing streak. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Saturday, September 7, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  2  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .294      Pinson rf             2   1   0   0     1   0   .258
Carew 2b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .365      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Hisle cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .291      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   1     0   1   .249
Darwin rf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .281      McRae dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .307
Oliva dh              3   0   2   0     2   0   .295      Wohlford lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .282      Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .261
  Bourque ph,1b       2   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Cowens cf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .222
  Terrell pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .227
  Roof c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .256
  Killebrew ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   0   8   0     5   7             Totals               25   1   2   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 14,131
Left on Base: Twins 14, Royals 2
DP: Twins 1, Royals 0
Doubles: Carew 2 (28)
Stolen Bases: Brett (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (5)
GIDP: Pinson (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(14-12)         8     2   1   1   2   5   0  27   3.27
Totals                  8     2   1   1   2   5   0  27

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(11-4)      9     8   0   0   5   7   0  41   2.90
Totals                  9     8   0   0   5   7   0  41

Wild Pitches: Fitzmorris (9)

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


TWINS 1ST: Braun singled to right; Carew struck out; Hisle
singled to left [Braun to second]; Darwin was called out on
strikes; Oliva singled to third [Braun to third, Hisle to
second]; Soderholm forced Oliva (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Pinson walked; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Pinson to third]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted)
[Pinson scored]; McRae struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 1.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick popped to third; Thompson flied out to right;
Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
flied out to center; Healy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 3RD: Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew doubled
to left; Hisle grounded out (third to first); Darwin grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Cowens walked; On a bunt Patek singled to catcher
[Cowens to second]; Pinson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cowens to third, Patek out at
second]; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 1.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva singled to right; On a bunt Soderholm singled
to pitcher [Oliva to second]; Kusick struck out; Thompson walked
[Oliva to third, Soderholm to second]; Borgmann struck out;
Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals
1.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry struck out; McRae grounded out (third to
first); Wohlford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 5TH: Carew flied out to left; Hisle struck out but
advanced to first on a wild pitch; Darwin grounded out (third to
first) [Hisle to second]; Oliva was walked intentionally;
Soderholm walked [Hisle to third, Oliva to second]; BOURQUE
BATTED FOR KUSICK; Bourque flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: BOURQUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Brett singled
to right; Brett stole second; On a bunt Healy reached on a
fielder's choice [Brett out at third (first to third to
shortstop to third)]; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Healy to second]; Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 6TH: Thompson flied out to center; Borgmann grounded out
(shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 7TH: Carew doubled to left; Hisle flied out to right
[Carew to third]; Darwin flied out to center; Oliva was walked
intentionally; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae flied out to center; Wohlford flied out to
left; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 8TH: Bourque singled to center; TERRELL RAN FOR BOURQUE;
Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Terrell to
second]; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Killebrew struck out;
Braun walked; Carew forced Braun (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: ROOF REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING C ); KILLEBREW STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Healy struck out; Cowens struck out; Patek
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 9TH: Hisle flied out to center; Darwin struck out; Oliva
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 1.



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