Harmon Killebrew homered with Tony Oliva on base in the 10th inning to power the Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Athletics. Sal Bando and Joe Rudi homered for the A's in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie, but the Twins knotted the count in their half when Steve Brye singled, Rod Carew was safe on an error, Bobby Darwin walked and Eric Soderholm doubled. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 11, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  -   3  7  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0    2  -   5 10  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   0   0     1   2   .259      Brye cf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .281
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   0     0   1   .297      Carew 2b              4   2   1   1     1   0   .360
Bando 3b              4   1   2   1     1   0   .253      Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .275
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     1   3   .294      Oliva dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Rudi lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .295        Killebrew ph,dh     2   1   1   2     0   0   .234
Tenace 1b,c           3   0   1   0     1   0   .216      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   2     0   1   .282
C. Washington dh      2   0   1   0     2   0   .295      Braun lf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .293
  H. Washington pr,dh 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hisle ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Fosse c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .202      Bourque 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  Holt ph,1b          2   0   0   0     0   1   .239        Kusick ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Thompson ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Borgmann c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
  Garner 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .056      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   7   2     6  10             Totals               38   5  10   5     2   5

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance:  3,982
Left on Base: A's 8, Twins 7
DP: A's 1, Twins 1
Errors: Campaneris, Bourque
Doubles: Tenace (16), C. Washington (9), Brye (27), Soderholm (16)
Home Runs: Bando (21), Rudi (19), Killebrew (13)
Stolen Bases: North (50), H. Washington (25)
GIDP: Rudi (10), Thompson (12)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott                  7     6   1   1   0   3   0  26   3.12
Fingers                 0.1   1   2   0   1   1   0   4   2.65
Lindblad                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.16
Odom                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.45
Knowles L(3-3)          1.2   2   2   2   1   1   1   8   4.66
Totals                  9.1  10   5   3   2   5   1  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker                  8     7   3   3   4   7   2  33   3.27
Campbell W(8-7)         2     0   0   0   2   3   0   8   2.71
Totals                 10     7   3   3   6  10   2  41

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to left; Campaneris popped to
third in foul territory; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye popped to first in foul territory; Carew
grounded out (third to first); Darwin lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson struck out; Rudi singled to left; Tenace
doubled to left [Rudi out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; C. Washington walked; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Soderholm
singled to center; Braun flied out to center; Bourque was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Green made an out to shortstop; North struck out;
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson struck out; Borgmann singled to left; Brye
flied out to center; Carew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando singled to left; Jackson struck out; Rudi
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin flied out to left; Oliva flied out to center;
Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington doubled to left; Fosse flied out to center; Green
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Braun singled to right; Bourque forced Braun
(shortstop to second); Thompson grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Bourque out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: North walked; North stole second; Campaneris
singled [Campaneris to second (error by Bourque), North scored
(no RBI)]; Bando reached on a fielder's choice [Campaneris out
at third (shortstop to third)]; Jackson walked [Bando to
second]; Rudi flied out to right; Tenace walked [Bando to third,
Jackson to second]; C. Washington grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Borgmann made an out to shortstop; Brye doubled to
right; Carew singled to center [Brye scored]; Darwin popped to
first in foul territory; Oliva grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HOLT BATTED FOR FOSSE; Holt struck out; Green
struck out; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Soderholm flied out to center; Braun
singled to center; Bourque flied out to center; Thompson forced
Braun (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris popped to first in foul territory;
Bando homered; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
homered; Tenace flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Borgmann struck
out; Brye singled to left; Carew reached on an error by
Campaneris [Brye to second]; Darwin walked [Brye to third, Carew
to second]; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR OLIVA; LINDBLAD REPLACED
FINGERS (PITCHING); Killebrew made an out to shortstop; ODOM
REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Soderholm doubled to left [Darwin
to third, Carew scored (unearned), Brye scored (unearned)];
HISLE BATTED FOR BRAUN; KNOWLES REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Hisle
lined to shortstop; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: KILLEBREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HISLE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CAMPBELL REPLACED DECKER
(PITCHING); C. Washington walked; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR C.
WASHINGTON; H. Washington stole second; Holt lined to left; ALOU
BATTED FOR GREEN; Alou struck out; North grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GARNER
REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 2B); KUSICK BATTED FOR BOURQUE; Kusick
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson singled to left;
Borgmann flied out to center; Brye forced Thompson (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Campaneris
struck out; Bando walked; Jackson struck out; Rudi lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 10TH: Carew walked; Darwin struck out; Killebrew homered
[Carew scored]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 5.