Six-hit hurling by Dave Goltz, plus the productive bats of Dan Ford and Johnny Briggs, lifted the Twins to a 6-1 victory over Baltimore, dropping the Orioles seven games behind idle Boston in the A. L. East race. Ford singled home two runs in the third to snap a 1-1 tie. Briggs accounted for the winners' final two markers in the fourth with a bases-loaded single. The only run off Goltz came in the third on a single by Tommy Davis, a hit batsman and base hit by Don Baylor. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Monday, August    18, 1975 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Twins        1  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     1   0   .310      Bostock rf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .201      Terrell ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .298
Davis dh              4   1   2   0     0   1   .285      Carew 2b              3   2   3   0     2   0   .370
May 1b                2   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Oliva dh              4   2   1   1     1   0   .291
  Muser 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Soderholm 3b          2   1   0   0     2   0   .289
Baylor lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .284      Briggs 1b             4   0   1   2     0   1   .265
Grich 2b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .268      Braun lf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .302
Hendricks c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Ford cf               3   0   2   2     0   0   .264
Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Roof c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
  Shopay ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Bumbry ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mitchell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     4   4             Totals               32   6   9   5     7   4

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  8,405
Left on Base: Orioles 9, Twins 10
DP: Orioles 0, Twins 2
Errors: Terrell, Braun
Stolen Bases: Baylor (20), Carew 2 (27)
GIDP: Grich (6), Singleton (6)
Hit by Pitch: May (4,by Goltz), Ford (4,by Torrez)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(14-7)          2.2   5   4   3   4   0   0  17   3.27
Mitchell                4.1   3   2   2   3   3   0  19   5.40
Jackson                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.12
Totals                  8     9   6   5   7   4   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(11-10)          9     6   1   1   4   4   0  37   3.71
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   4   0  37

Passed Balls: Hendricks (2)
Hit by Pitch: Torrez (5), Goltz (6)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead


ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton walked; Blair popped to third; Davis
singled to left [Singleton to third, Davis to second (error by
Braun)]; May popped to first in foul territory; Baylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to left [Bostock out at second (left
to second)]; Terrell singled to right; Carew singled to left
[Terrell to second]; Oliva forced Carew (first to shortstop)
[Terrell to third]; Hendricks allowed a passed ball [Terrell
scored (unearned)]; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich walked; Hendricks flied out to center;
Robinson flied out to center; Belanger forced Grich (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Briggs flied out to right; Braun walked; Ford was hit
by a pitch [Braun to second]; Roof forced Ford (shortstop to
second) [Braun to third]; Bostock grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Blair
flied out to center; Davis singled to left; May was hit by a
pitch [Davis to second]; Baylor singled to center [Davis scored,
May to third]; Baylor stole second; Grich walked; Hendricks
lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell popped to second; Carew walked; Carew stole
second; Oliva singled to right [Carew scored]; Soderholm walked
[Oliva to second]; Briggs popped to first; Braun walked [Oliva
to third, Soderholm to second]; Ford singled to left [Oliva
scored, Soderholm scored, Braun to second]; MITCHELL REPLACED
TORREZ (PITCHING); Roof struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Robinson flied out to center; Belanger grounded out
(pitcher to first); Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Bostock popped to third in foul territory; Terrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Carew stole
second; Oliva was walked intentionally; Soderholm walked [Carew
to third, Oliva to second]; Briggs singled to right [Carew
scored, Oliva scored, Soderholm to third]; Braun struck out; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 6.

ORIOLES 5TH: Blair was called out on strikes; Davis struck out;
May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Ford singled; Roof flied out to left; Bostock
grounded out (third to first) [Ford to second]; Terrell popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Twins 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Grich
grounded out (third to first); Hendricks was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to left; Oliva grounded out (first
unassisted) [Carew to second]; Soderholm grounded out (third to
first); Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Twins 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson lined to center; Belanger reached on an
error by Terrell; Singleton singled to right [Belanger to
second]; Blair flied out to left; Davis forced Singleton
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins
6.

TWINS 7TH: MUSER REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 1B); Braun flied out to
left; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Muser grounded out (third to first); Baylor singled
to right; Grich grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Baylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Bostock was
called out on strikes; Terrell popped to shortstop; Carew
singled to center; Oliva forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: Hendricks grounded out (first to pitcher); SHOPAY
BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Shopay walked; BUMBRY BATTED FOR BELANGER;
Bumbry singled to right [Shopay to second]; Singleton grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bumbry out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 6.