Led by Johnny Briggs and Bob Coluccio, who collected three hits apiece, the Brewers defeated the Twins, 5-4. Coluccio singled and Briggs homered for the Brewers' initial two runs in the first inning. A triple by Don Money, singles by Coluccio and Briggs and sacrifice fly by George Scott added a pair in the third before the Brewers scored what proved to be the deciding tally on a walk to Mike Hegan, a wild pitch and single by Pedro Garcia in the sixth.

Coluccio was hit on the batting helmet by a pitch in the seventh, precipitating a melee in which several punches were thrown. No players were ejected but Coluccio was forced to leave the game. Craig Kusick hit a homer for the Twins in the fourth and also scored after rapping a double in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      16, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      2  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Twins        0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   4  9  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Money 3b              5   1   1   0     0   3   .291      Brye cf               4   0   0   1     0   0   .284
Coluccio cf           3   2   3   1     0   0   .260      Carew 2b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .378
  Mitchell pr,rf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Hisle rf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .293
Briggs lf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .278      Killebrew dh          4   0   1   0     0   0   .215
Scott 1b              3   0   2   1     0   0   .298      Soderholm 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .283
Hegan dh              3   1   0   0     1   1   .236      Braun lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .309
Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .264      Terrell ss            4   1   2   1     0   0   .244
May rf                3   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Kusick 1b             2   2   2   1     1   0   .250
  Berry cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Oliva ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Garcia 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .219      Borgmann c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .263        Gomez pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .199
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     1  10             Totals               33   4   9   4     5   1

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 10,897
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Twins 8
DP: Brewers 2, Twins 2
Errors: Terrell
Doubles: Kusick (1)
Triples: Money (1), Terrell (3), Soderholm (1)
Home Runs: Briggs (16), Kusick (2)
Stolen Bases: Coluccio (11), Briggs (5), Carew (21)
Sacrifice Flies: Scott (5), Brye (1)
GIDP: Hegan (3), Berry (3), Killebrew (9), Brye (8)
Hit by Pitch: Coluccio (3,by Corbin)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(8-11)          8     7   4   4   5   0   1  34   3.95
Murphy SV(10)           1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.92
Totals                  9     9   4   4   5   1   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(2-5)            6     9   5   5   1   5   1  26   3.76
Corbin                  3     1   0   0   0   5   0  11   4.63
Totals                  9    10   5   5   1  10   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Corbin (3)
Wild Pitches: Goltz (3)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Armando Rodriguez


BREWERS 1ST: Money struck out; Coluccio singled to left;
Coluccio stole second; Briggs homered [Coluccio scored]; Scott
singled to center; Hegan grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Scott out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye flied out to right; Carew walked; Carew stole
second; Hisle walked; Killebrew grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hisle out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Twins 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Porter struck out; May grounded out (second to
first); Garcia flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm walked; Braun lined to center; Terrell
tripled to left [Soderholm scored]; Kusick walked; Borgmann
walked [Kusick to second]; Brye grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Borgmann out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Twins 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Yount struck out; Money tripled to right; Coluccio
singled to left [Money scored]; Briggs singled to left [Coluccio
to third]; Briggs stole second; Scott hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Coluccio scored]; Hegan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Carew lined to center; Hisle flied out to right;
Killebrew singled to left; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter flied out to center; May struck out; Garcia
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (second to first); Terrell flied
out to right; Kusick homered; Borgmann flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount grounded out (third to first); Money popped
to second; Coluccio singled to center; Briggs singled to left
[Coluccio to third]; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to center; Carew singled to center;
Hisle grounded out (second to first) [Carew to second];
Killebrew grounded out (third to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Twins 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Hegan walked; Porter lined to center; May popped to
second; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Hegan to second]; Garcia
singled to left [Hegan scored, Garcia out at third (left to
catcher to second to shortstop)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
5, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); Braun
grounded out (second to first); Terrell grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 2.

BREWERS 7TH: CORBIN REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Yount struck out;
Money struck out; Coluccio was hit by a pitch; MITCHELL RAN FOR
COLUCCIO; Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: MITCHELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BERRY REPLACED
MAY (PLAYING CF); Kusick doubled; Borgmann grounded out (first
unassisted) [Kusick to third]; Brye hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kusick scored]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Scott singled to left; Hegan reached on an error by
Terrell [Scott to third, Hegan to first]; Porter struck out;
Berry grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hegan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle popped to first; Killebrew flied out to right;
Soderholm tripled to right; Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Garcia struck out; Yount grounded out (shortstop to
first); Money struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5,
Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: Terrell singled to left; MURPHY REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); OLIVA BATTED FOR KUSICK; Oliva flied out to right;
Borgmann singled to right [Terrell to second]; GOMEZ RAN FOR
BORGMANN; Brye forced Gomez (second to shortstop) [Terrell to
third]; Carew singled to left [Terrell scored, Brye to second];
Hisle struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Twins 4.