Although collecting 14 hits, the Royals lost the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-5, but they came back with 17 hits in the second game and trounced the Twins, 13-3. The Twins, who had 11 hits in the lidlifter, broke a 2-2 tie with four runs off Paul Splittorff on two walks and four singles in the fifth inning. Eric Soderholm knocked in two runs and Craig Kusick and Danny Thompson accounted for one apiece.

In the nightcap, the Royals had two big innings, scoring six runs in the second and seven in the third. Buck Martinez had the biggest blow in the second, socking a homer with two men on base. The Royals had four other hits during the stanza and also benefited from two errors. In the third, the Royals put together a homer by Tony Solaita, five singles and two walks, making it easy for Nelson Briles to coast to victory. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, September 14, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       1  0  1    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   5 14  0
Twins        0  2  0    0  4  1    0  0  x  -   7 11  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson lf             2   1   0   0     1   0   .256      Brye cf               5   1   2   1     0   1   .279
  Cepeda ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Hisle lf              3   1   3   1     2   0   .292
  Paepke c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Darwin rf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Brett 3b              5   0   3   0     0   0   .275      Killebrew dh          3   1   0   0     2   1   .231
Otis cf               3   2   1   1     1   0   .287      Soderholm 3b          3   1   2   2     1   0   .282
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   0     1   0   .243      Kusick 1b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .226
McRae dh              5   0   2   2     0   1   .315      Terrell 2b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .252
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .268      Thompson ss           3   0   2   1     0   1   .258
Cowens rf             4   1   2   0     0   2   .239      Borgmann c            2   0   0   1     1   1   .250
White ss              3   1   2   0     1   0   .224      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Martinez c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .187        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Solaita ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wohlford ph,lf      2   0   1   1     0   0   .279
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  14   4     4   4             Totals               30   7  11   7     8   4

Time of Game: 2:43
Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 9
DP: Royals 2, Twins 3
Doubles: White (5), Hisle (19)
Stolen Bases: Brye (1)
Caught Stealing: Soderholm (3), Borgmann (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (12), Borgmann (8)
GIDP: McRae (8), Cepeda (5), Paepke (1), Darwin (11)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(13-17)     4.1   6   6   6   6   2   0  24   3.93
McDaniel                1.2   3   1   1   1   0   0   9   3.48
Lopez                   2     2   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.25
Totals                  8    11   7   7   8   4   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(9-8)            5     8   2   2   4   4   0  26   3.56
Burgmeier               2     5   3   3   0   0   0  10   4.62
Johnson SV(1)           2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9    14   5   5   4   4   0  42

Passed Balls: Borgmann (3)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: Pinson walked; Brett singled to center [Pinson to
third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Pinson scored];
Mayberry singled to right [Brett to third]; McRae was called out
on strikes; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle walked;
Darwin forced Hisle (shortstop to second); Killebrew walked
[Darwin to second]; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens was called out on strikes; White grounded out
(shortstop to first); Martinez popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick walked; Terrell walked [Kusick to second];
Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kusick to
third, Terrell to second]; Borgmann hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kusick scored, Terrell to third]; Brye singled to
shortstop [Terrell scored]; Hisle singled to pitcher [Brye to
second]; Darwin flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Brett
grounded out (second to first); Otis walked; Mayberry singled to
right [Otis to second]; McRae singled to right [Otis scored,
Mayberry to third, McRae to second (on throw to home)]; Rojas
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Soderholm singled to right; Soderholm was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens was called out on strikes; White singled to
left; Martinez flied out to right; Borgmann allowed a passed
ball [White to second]; Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Thompson was
called out on strikes; Borgmann was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett lined to left; Otis singled to shortstop;
Mayberry walked [Otis to second]; McRae grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle walked;
Darwin singled to left [Hisle to third, Darwin to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Killebrew was walked intentionally; Soderholm
singled to left [Hisle scored, Darwin scored, Killebrew to
second]; Kusick singled to center [Killebrew scored, Soderholm
to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Terrell
forced Kusick (shortstop to second) [Soderholm to third];
Thompson singled to right [Soderholm scored, Terrell to third];
Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas singled to right; Cowens singled to center
[Rojas to second]; White walked [Rojas to third, Cowens to
second]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ
(PITCHING); WOHLFORD BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Wohlford lined to
right; CEPEDA BATTED FOR PINSON; Cepeda grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PAEPKE REPLACED
CEPEDA (PLAYING C ); Brye singled to right; Brye stole second;
Hisle doubled to left [Brye scored]; Darwin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Killebrew flied out to center; Soderholm
walked; Kusick grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 7.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett singled to center; Otis forced Brett (pitcher
to shortstop); Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first) [Otis
to second]; McRae singled to left [Otis scored]; Rojas grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: LOPEZ REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Terrell grounded
out (second to first); Thompson singled to right; Borgmann
walked [Thompson to second]; Brye struck out while Borgmann was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Cowens singled to center; White doubled to left
[Cowens to third]; Wohlford singled to right [Cowens scored,
White to third]; JOHNSON REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Paepke
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[White scored (no RBI), Wohlford out at second]; Brett singled
to center; Otis lined to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5,
Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle singled to shortstop; Darwin grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hisle out at
second]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 7.

ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry flied out to left; McRae grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 7.