Friday July 26, 1974
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The A's scored four runs in the fourth inning, and it was all they needed to score their eighth win without a loss over the Twins this season. The final score was 5-3. The Twins built up a 3-0 lead on the strength of a two-run homer by Larry Hisle in the second and sacrifice fly by Hisle in the sixth.

The A's broke Blyleven's service in the sixth on singles by Joe Rudi, Angel Mangual and Dick Green, walk to pinch-hitter Pat Bourque and two-run single by Bert Campaneris, the last blow coming off reliever Bill Campbell. A walk and singles by Rudi and Claudell Washington produced the final marker in the seventh. The win stretched the A's first-place margin in the A. L. West to seven games, their biggest bulge of the season. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, July 26, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Twins 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 x - 5 15 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brye cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 North cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .249 Carew 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .381 Campaneris ss 5 0 3 2 0 1 .282 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Bando 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Oliva dh 2 1 1 0 2 0 .292 Jackson rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .315 Terrell pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Rudi 1b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .305 Hisle rf 3 1 2 3 0 1 .294 C. Washington dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .293 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277 H. Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Killebrew ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Mangual lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Gomez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Green 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .268 Holt 1b 2 0 2 0 0 0 .268 Haney c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .145 Kusick ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Bourque ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Darwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Hosley pr,c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 2 3 Totals 36 5 15 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 9,059 Left on Base: Twins 5, A's 10 DP: Twins 1, A's 1 Doubles: Hisle (14), Holt (10) Home Runs: Hisle (15) Stolen Bases: Carew (24) Caught Stealing: North (19), Campaneris (13) Sacrifice Flies: Hisle (6) GIDP: Thompson (7), Bando (6) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(10-11) 5.2 10 4 4 2 3 0 27 3.21 Campbell 0.1 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 3.26 Burgmeier 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.52 Totals 8 15 5 5 3 4 0 39 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott W(3-1) 6 6 3 2 1 1 1 24 3.00 Lindblad 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1.17 Fingers SV(10) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.91 Totals 9 7 3 2 2 3 1 35 Passed Balls: Haney 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Bill Haller TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; North was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Campaneris singled to right; Campaneris was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bando popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 2ND: Oliva singled; Hisle homered [Oliva scored]; Soderholm flied out to center; Holt singled; Thompson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Holt out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Rudi struck out; C. Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. TWINS 3RD: Roof grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual grounded out (first to pitcher); Green flied out to right; Haney singled to center; North flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. TWINS 4TH: Braun popped to pitcher; Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); Hisle doubled to right; Haney allowed a passed ball [Hisle to third]; Soderholm lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris flied out to center; Bando singled to left; Jackson struck out; Rudi walked [Bando to second]; C. Washington singled to left [Bando to third, Rudi to second]; Mangual forced C. Washington (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. TWINS 5TH: Holt doubled to left; Thompson lined to second; Roof struck out; Brye flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Green singled to right; Haney grounded out (pitcher to third to first) [Green to second]; North singled to left [Green to third]; Campaneris struck out; Bando popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to center; Carew stole second; Haney allowed a passed ball [Carew to third]; Braun popped to third in foul territory; Oliva walked; Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carew scored (unearned)]; Soderholm flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson flied out to left; Rudi singled; C. Washington grounded out (second to first) [Rudi to second]; Mangual singled to center [Rudi scored]; Green singled to right [Mangual to second]; BOURQUE BATTED FOR HANEY; Bourque walked [Mangual to third, Green to second]; HOSLEY RAN FOR BOURQUE; CAMPBELL REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); North singled to left [Mangual scored, Green to third, Hosley to second]; Campaneris singled to right [North to third, Hosley scored, Green scored]; Bando popped to third; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 4. TWINS 7TH: HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LINDBLAD REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); KUSICK BATTED FOR HOLT; Kusick grounded out (second to first); Thompson lined to left; Roof grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Jackson walked; Rudi singled to right [Jackson to third]; C. Washington singled to right [Rudi to second, Jackson scored]; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR C. WASHINGTON; BURGMEIER REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Mangual flied out to right; Green struck out; Hosley popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 5. TWINS 8TH: H. WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Brye flied out to center; Carew grounded out (catcher to first); Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris singled to left; Bando grounded into a double play (second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 5. TWINS 9TH: Oliva walked; TERRELL RAN FOR OLIVA; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Hisle struck out; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Killebrew singled to center [Terrell to second]; GOMEZ RAN FOR KILLEBREW; DARWIN BATTED FOR KUSICK; Darwin flied out to center; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 5.

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