With two out and one man on base, the Twins came to life and scored four runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Indians, 5-2. With the Indians in the lead, 2-1, Eric Soderholm walked in the seventh and was forced by Jim Holt. Glenn Borgmann flied out, but Tony Oliva walked and Rod Carew singled, driving in Holt to tie the score. Steve Braun singled and Jerry Terrell, running for Oliva, crossed the plate to put the Twins ahead. Larry Hisle then applied the finishing touch with a double that produced a pair of clinching tallies. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      11, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    4  0  x  -   5  9  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         4   0   2   1     0   0   .256      Carew 2b              4   2   2   1     0   0   .386
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Braun lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .318
Ellis 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .282      Hisle cf              4   0   2   3     0   0   .294
Spikes rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .279      Killebrew dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Gamble dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .288      Darwin rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .274
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Soderholm 3b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .254      Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Duncan c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .195        Holt ph,1b          1   1   0   0     1   0   .243
  Crosby ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Borgmann c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Duffy ss              2   0   2   0     0   0   .218      Gomez ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .193
Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Oliva ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .303
  Beene p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Terrell pr,ss       1   1   0   0     0   1   .223
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   8   2     1   4             Totals               31   5   9   5     4   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  6,275
Left on Base: Indians 6, Twins 7
DP: Indians 1, Twins 1
Doubles: Ellis (11), Spikes (10), Hisle (11)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (10), Soderholm (1)
GIDP: Soderholm (8)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson                5     5   1   1   1   0   0  20   3.49
Beene L(2-2)            1.2   0   2   2   2   1   0   7   4.02
Hilgendorf              0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   4.91
Buskey                  1.1   2   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.82
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   2   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker W(9-8)           9     8   2   2   1   4   0  35   3.04
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   4   0  35

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein singled; Lowenstein stole second;
Brohamer flied out to right [Lowenstein to third]; Ellis struck
out; Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun
grounded out (second to first); Hisle singled to center;
Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Twins 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Gamble grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
lined to center; Bell made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin walked; Soderholm grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Darwin out at second]; Kusick flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duncan struck out; Duffy singled; Lowenstein
grounded out (third to first) [Duffy to second]; Brohamer
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Gomez singled
to center; Carew forced Gomez (shortstop to second); Braun made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Ellis doubled to right; Spikes doubled to center
[Ellis scored]; Gamble flied out to right [Spikes to third];
Hendrick hit into a double play (center to catcher) [Spikes out
at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle flied to right in foul territory; Killebrew
flied out to center; Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell singled to center; Duncan flied out to center
[Bell to second]; Duffy singled to right [Bell to third];
Lowenstein singled to center [Bell scored, Duffy to second];
Brohamer flied out to right [Duffy to third]; Ellis grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick
flied out to center; Borgmann singled to left; Gomez popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins
0.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
walked; Hendrick popped to first in foul territory; Bell forced
Gamble (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled; Braun singled to right [Carew to
third]; BEENE REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); Hisle forced Braun
(third to second) [Carew scored]; Killebrew struck out; Darwin
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Twins 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Duncan singled to center; Duffy out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Duncan to second]; Lowenstein lined to
right; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Soderholm walked; HOLT BATTED FOR KUSICK; Holt forced
Soderholm (third to second); Borgmann flied out to left; OLIVA
BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Oliva walked [Holt to second]; TERRELL RAN FOR
OLIVA; HILGENDORF REPLACED BEENE (PITCHING); Carew singled to
center [Holt scored, Terrell to third]; Braun singled to left
[Terrell scored, Carew to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED HILGENDORF
(PITCHING); Hisle doubled to left [Carew scored, Braun scored];
Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 5.

INDIANS 8TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TERRELL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Ellis struck out; Spikes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: Darwin singled to center; Soderholm out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Darwin to second]; Holt was
walked intentionally; Borgmann grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Darwin to third, Holt to second]; Terrell struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
flied out to left; CROSBY BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Crosby flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 5.