Rod Carew's eighth-inning pinch-hit sacrifice fly unlocked the game's third tie, helping the Twins down the Angels, 8-6, in a game protested by California manager Dick Williams, who lodged an objection in the sixth when Minnesota's Luis Gomez was allowed to remain in the game after throwing his batting helmet.

Gomez drew an automatic fine, as did Twins' pitcher Bill Butler, who threw his glove after being removed in the bottom of the same inning, when the Angels scored twice to tie the score at 6-6. Larry Hisle hit a three-run homer in the fourth to produce the game's second deadlock, scored the go-ahead run on Carew's long fly in the eighth and knocked in an insurance run in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, California Angels 6

Game Played on Monday, April 21, 1975 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Twins        0  1  0    3  1  1    0  1  1  -   8 14  1
Angels       1  0  3    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   6 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ford cf               4   0   1   0     1   2   .167      Nettles cf            4   2   1   0     1   0   .192
Ferrer 2b,ss          5   1   1   0     0   1   .233      Rivers lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .354
Brye rf               4   2   2   0     1   1   .467      Harper dh             3   1   1   2     0   0   .262
Darwin dh             5   0   1   1     0   2   .196      Bochte 1b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .273
Soderholm 3b          4   2   1   0     1   1   .271      Chalk 3b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .529
Hisle lf              5   3   4   4     0   0   .264      Stanton rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .160
Kusick 1b             5   0   3   1     0   1   .263      Rodriguez c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Borgmann c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .262      Remy 2b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .300
Gomez ss              2   0   0   1     0   0   .000        Sudakis ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .200
  Carew ph,2b         0   0   0   1     0   0   .464        Doyle pr,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Butler p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ramirez ss            2   0   0   0     1   1   .222
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Blateric p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  14   8     4   8             Totals               34   6  10   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 16,291
Left on Base: Twins 8, Angels 4
DP: Twins 0, Angels 1
Errors: Butler, Nettles
Doubles: Kusick 2 (3), Brye (4), Chalk (6), Rivers (4), Sudakis (1)
Triples: Hisle (1)
Home Runs: Hisle (2)
Stolen Bases: Nettles (5)
Caught Stealing: Soderholm (2), Rivers (1), Ramirez (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Gomez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Carew (1), Harper (1)
GIDP: Soderholm (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Butler                  5.2   9   6   5   2   4   0  26  10.00
Burgmeier W(1-0)        3.1   1   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9    10   6   5   2   4   0  37

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler                 4.1   7   5   4   1   4   1  21   6.48
Blateric                1.2   4   1   1   0   1   0   8   6.23
Pena L(0-1)             1.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   6   1.93
Scott                   0.2   1   1   1   1   0   0   4   2.70
Kirkwood                1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    14   8   7   4   8   1  43

Wild Pitches: Pena (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


TWINS 1ST: Ford struck out; Ferrer struck out; Brye struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: On a bunt Nettles singled to second; Nettles stole
second; Rivers singled to left [Nettles to third]; Harper hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Nettles scored, Rivers to second]; Rivers
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Bochte struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 1.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
reached on an error by Nettles [Soderholm to second]; Hisle
popped to first; Kusick doubled to left [Soderholm scored
(unearned)]; Borgmann flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Chalk doubled to left; Stanton struck out; Rodriguez
grounded out (catcher to first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 1.

TWINS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (third to first); Ford singled to
right [Ford out at second (right to shortstop)]; Ferrer grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Ramirez walked; Ramirez was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Nettles walked; Rivers doubled to center
[Nettles scored, Rivers to third (on throw to home)]; On a bunt
Harper singled to pitcher [Rivers scored, Harper to second
(error by Butler)]; Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Harper to third]; On a bunt Chalk singled [Harper scored
(unearned)]; Stanton grounded out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 4.

TWINS 4TH: Brye walked; Darwin struck out; Soderholm singled to
center [Brye to second]; Hisle homered [Brye scored, Soderholm
scored]; Kusick doubled; Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Kusick to third]; Gomez flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy
was called out on strikes; Ramirez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 4.

TWINS 5TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferrer
singled; Brye singled to left [Ferrer to second]; BLATERIC
REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Darwin singled [Ferrer scored, Brye
to third]; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Darwin out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Angels 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Nettles flied out to left; Rivers flied out to
center; Harper popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Angels 4.

TWINS 6TH: On a bunt Hisle singled to third; Kusick singled to
left [Hisle to second]; On a bunt Borgmann singled to third
[Hisle to third, Kusick to second]; Gomez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Hisle scored, Kusick to third, Borgmann
to second]; Ford struck out; Ferrer flied out to center; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Bochte singled; Chalk lined to second; Stanton
singled [Bochte to second]; Rodriguez flied out to left; SUDAKIS
BATTED FOR REMY; Sudakis doubled to center [Bochte scored,
Stanton scored]; DOYLE RAN FOR SUDAKIS; BURGMEIER REPLACED
BUTLER (PITCHING); Ramirez grounded out (second to first); 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels 6.

TWINS 7TH: DOYLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PENA REPLACED
BLATERIC (PITCHING); Brye popped to second; Darwin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Soderholm walked; Soderholm was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 6, Angels 6.

ANGELS 7TH: Nettles flied out to left; Rivers flied out to left;
Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Angels
6.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle singled; Pena threw a wild pitch [Hisle to
second]; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hisle to
third]; Borgmann walked; SCOTT REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); CAREW
BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hisle
scored, Borgmann to second]; Ford was walked intentionally;
Ferrer popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7,
Angels 6.

ANGELS 8TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FERRER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Bochte singled; Chalk flied out to
right; Stanton popped to second; Rodriguez flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Angels 6.

TWINS 9TH: Brye doubled to left; KIRKWOOD REPLACED SCOTT
(PITCHING); Darwin was called out on strikes; Soderholm struck
out; Hisle tripled to right [Brye scored]; Kusick was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Angels 6.

ANGELS 9TH: Doyle grounded out (second to first); LLENAS BATTED
FOR RAMIREZ; Llenas grounded out (third to first); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
8, Angels 6.

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