Turning in the finest performance of his two-year major league career, Dave Goltz yielded only two hits and pitched the Twins to a 6-0 victory over the Rangers. Toby Harrah singled with one out in the first inning for the Rangers' initial hit. Goltz then pitched hitless ball until Pete Mackanin tripled with two out in the ninth.

Danny Thompson and Steve Brye each drove in two runs for the Twins, but the game marked a more momentous milestone for Rod Carew, who observed his 29th birthday with two singles to bring his season hit total to 218, setting a Minnesota club record. The former mark was 217 hits in one season by Tony Oliva in 1964. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, October   1, 1974 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  2
Twins        2  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brye cf               5   0   2   2     0   0   .283
Harrah ss             1   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Carew 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .364
  Mackanin ss         3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Darwin rf             3   1   1   0     2   0   .264
Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Killebrew dh          4   1   0   0     1   0   .223
  Robson 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Soderholm 3b          2   1   1   1     2   0   .276
Hargrove dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .324      Kusick 1b             3   1   2   1     1   1   .239
Jones lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Braun lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Grieve rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .255      Thompson ss           3   1   3   2     1   0   .249
Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .275      Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .252
Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .248
  Fahey c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terpko p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   2   0     1   5             Totals               32   6  11   6     8   2

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance:  2,274
Left on Base: Rangers 3, Twins 10
DP: Rangers 3, Twins 0
Errors: Lovitto, Clyde
Triples: Mackanin (1)
GIDP: Borgmann 2 (9), Killebrew (12)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(3-9)            2.1   7   5   5   4   1   0  17   4.38
Terpko                  5.2   4   1   1   4   1   0  23   1.29
Totals                  8    11   6   6   8   2   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(10-10)          9     2   0   0   1   5   0  30   3.25
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   5   0  30

Wild Pitches: Clyde 2 (8)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Lou DiMuro


RANGERS 1ST: Cubbage flied out to left; Harrah singled to third;
Spencer forced Harrah (first to shortstop); Hargrove grounded
out (first to second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye flied out to right; Carew singled to center;
Carew was picked off first but was safe on an error by Clyde
[Carew to second]; Darwin walked; Killebrew flied out to left;
Soderholm singled to center [Darwin to second, Carew scored];
Kusick singled to left [Soderholm to second, Darwin scored];
Clyde threw a wild pitch [Kusick to second, Soderholm to third];
Braun struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut
game for Bob Jones; Grieve lined to first; Howell struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: MACKANIN REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING SS); Thompson
walked; Borgmann grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second]; Brye singled to
right; Carew singled to center [Brye to second]; Darwin walked
[Brye to third, Carew to second]; Killebrew forced Darwin
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto flied out to center; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cubbage flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm walked; Kusick singled to left [Soderholm
to second]; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Kusick to second,
Soderholm to third]; Braun grounded out (first unassisted);
Thompson singled to right [Kusick to third, Soderholm scored];
TERPKO REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Borgmann walked [Thompson to
second]; Brye singled to left [Borgmann to second, Thompson
scored, Kusick scored]; Carew flied to left in foul territory;
Darwin forced Brye (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Mackanin grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
popped to third in foul territory; Hargrove flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew walked; Soderholm flied out to center;
Kusick walked [Killebrew to second]; Braun made an out to third;
Thompson singled to center [Kusick to third, Thompson to second
(error by Lovitto), Killebrew scored]; Borgmann flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Jones flied out to left; Grieve struck out; Howell
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to right; Carew lined to shortstop;
Darwin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Lovitto struck out; Sundberg struck out; Cubbage
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: FAHEY REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); Killebrew flied
out to right; Soderholm walked; Kusick struck out; Braun flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Mackanin grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson singled to right; Borgmann grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thompson out at
second]; Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Jones popped to third in foul territory; Grieve
walked; Howell was called out on strikes; Lovitto flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: ROBSON REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 1B); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Darwin singled to left; Killebrew
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Darwin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins
6.

RANGERS 9TH: Fahey flied out to center; Cubbage grounded out
(second to first); Mackanin tripled to center; Robson grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 6.