Although the Twins numbered three homers among their nine hits, the Red Sox pounded their way to a 12-8 victory with 17 hits, including only one round-tripper. Larry Hisle and Rod Carew each hit for the circuit with two men on base and Steve Braun added a solo swat in the Twins' scoring. Boston Red Sox 12, Minnesota Twins 8Game Played on Saturday, May 31, 1975 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRed Sox 0 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 - 12 17 1 Twins 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 8 9 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carbo lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .311 Braun lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .313 Conigliaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .120 Carew 2b 4 3 3 3 1 0 .379 Miller lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Brye rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Burleson ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .265 Oliva dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .244 Yastrzemski 1b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .236 Kusick pr,dh,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Lynn cf 4 3 3 1 0 0 .350 Walton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Rice dh 4 2 2 4 1 1 .282 Hisle cf 3 1 1 3 1 0 .305 Evans rf 5 1 2 3 0 0 .231 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Beniquez 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .300 Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Blackwell c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Darwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Griffin 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .246 Gomez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelly 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .162 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson ss,3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .326 Borgmann c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .184 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 12 17 11 1 4 Totals 37 8 9 8 3 3 Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 10,873 Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Twins 5 DP: Red Sox 0, Twins 1 Errors: Griffin Doubles: Lynn (9), Evans 2 (9), Blackwell (2), Carew (10) Triples: Carbo (1) Home Runs: Rice (7), Hisle (9), Braun (5), Carew (2) Stolen Bases: Lynn (2), Rice (2), Carew 2 (8) Sacrifice Hits: Lynn (3) Sacrifice Flies: Griffin (1) GIDP: Conigliaro (2) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise 3.2 6 7 7 3 2 3 20 4.71 Moret W(2-0) 5.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 20 4.32 Totals 9 9 8 8 3 3 3 40 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 4.2 9 6 6 0 4 0 23 3.81 Corbin 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.31 Burgmeier L(2-2) 3 6 5 5 1 0 1 15 3.93 Totals 9 17 12 12 1 4 1 43 Wild Pitches: Moret (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nick Bremigan RED SOX 1ST: Carbo struck out; Burleson grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Braun lined to right; Carew singled; Carew stole second; Brye grounded out (second to first) [Carew to third]; Oliva walked; Hisle homered [Carew scored, Oliva scored]; Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. RED SOX 2ND: Lynn doubled to left; Rice was called out on strikes; Evans doubled to left [Lynn scored]; Beniquez singled to left [Evans to third]; Blackwell doubled to right [Evans scored, Beniquez to third]; Griffin hit a sacrifice fly to right [Beniquez scored, Blackwell to third]; Carbo flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 3. TWINS 2ND: Kelly was called out on strikes; Thompson grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 3. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson singled to center; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first) [Burleson to second]; Lynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 3. TWINS 3RD: Braun homered; Carew walked; Carew stole second; Brye popped to first in foul territory; Oliva popped to second; Hisle walked; Soderholm struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 4. RED SOX 4TH: Evans lined to center; Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); Blackwell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 4. TWINS 4TH: Kelly grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson singled to left; Borgmann singled to right [Thompson to third]; Braun flied out to center; Carew homered [Thompson scored, Borgmann scored]; MORET REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Brye flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 7. RED SOX 5TH: Griffin singled to left; Carbo was called out on strikes; Burleson forced Griffin (shortstop to second); Yastrzemski singled to right [Burleson to second]; Lynn singled to right [Burleson scored, Yastrzemski to third]; Rice singled to center [Yastrzemski scored, Lynn to third]; CORBIN REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Lynn stole home and Rice stole second; Evans grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Twins 7. TWINS 5TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Hisle lined to second; Soderholm reached on an error by Griffin; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Twins 7. RED SOX 6TH: FERRER REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING SS); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Beniquez singled; Blackwell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Beniquez to second]; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo tripled [Beniquez scored]; Carbo was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Twins 7. TWINS 6TH: Thompson flied out to right; Borgmann lined to left; Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Twins 7. RED SOX 7TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Burleson singled to left; Yastrzemski singled to right [Burleson to second]; Lynn out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Burleson to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Rice homered [Burleson scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 10, Twins 7. TWINS 7TH: Carew doubled; Brye flied out to right [Carew to third]; Oliva singled to right [Carew scored]; KUSICK RAN FOR OLIVA; Hisle forced Kusick (shortstop to second); DARWIN BATTED FOR FERRER; Darwin popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 10, Twins 8. RED SOX 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GOMEZ REPLACED DARWIN (PLAYING SS); Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Griffin singled to right; CONIGLIARO BATTED FOR CARBO; Conigliaro grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Griffin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 10, Twins 8. TWINS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED CONIGLIARO (PLAYING LF); FORD BATTED FOR KELLY; Ford struck out; Thompson flied out to center; Borgmann flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 10, Twins 8. RED SOX 9TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED FORD (PITCHING); KUSICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Burleson lined to left; Yastrzemski popped to third; Lynn singled to right; Rice walked [Lynn to second]; Evans doubled to right [Lynn scored, Rice scored]; Beniquez flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 12, Twins 8. TWINS 9TH: Braun singled to center; Moret threw a wild pitch [Braun to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first) [Braun to third]; Brye grounded out (third to first); WALTON BATTED FOR KUSICK; Walton popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 12, Twins 8. |
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