After the A's had won the doubleheader opener, 2-1, on Reggie Jackson's tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning, the Twins salvaged a split, 4-3, when Craig Kusick singled home Harmon Killebrew, who had doubled, with the deciding run in the fifth frame of the nightcap. Minnesota scored three in the fourth on a walk and singles by Steve Braun, Jerry Terrell and Rod Carew, plus Eric Soderholm's sacrifice fly. Winner Bill Hands worked six innings and gave up the final two A's runs in the sixth when Sal Bando homered with a mate aboard.

In the first game, Jackson snapped a 1-1 tie with his 20th homer in the eighth to break up a pitching duel between winner Ken Holtzman and loser Bert Blyleven. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, August    5, 1974 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  5  2
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .259      xSoderholm 3b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .000
C. Washington dh      4   0   1   1     0   3   .287      Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .368
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .272      Darwin rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .280
Jackson rf            4   1   3   1     0   1   .320      Killebrew dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Rudi 1b,lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .301      Brye cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Tenace c,1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .221        Oliva ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Mangual lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .240        Terrell pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .147      Braun lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .302
Green 2b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .256      Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Maxvill ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .179        Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thompson ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .272
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
                                                          Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   2     4   9             Totals               31   1   6   0     1   5

Time of Game: 2:12
Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 6
DP: A's 1, Twins 0
Errors: Tenace, Mangual, Soderholm, Blyleven
Doubles: Jackson (21)
Home Runs: Jackson (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Carew (10)
GIDP: Borgmann (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(12-12)       8     5   1   0   1   4   0  30   3.66
Fingers SV(12)          1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.68
Totals                  9     6   1   0   1   5   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(10-13)       9     5   2   2   4   9   1  36   3.14
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   9   1  36

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled [North to third (error by
Blyleven)]; C. Washington singled [North scored]; Bando popped
to shortstop; Jackson singled to center [C. Washington out at
third (center to third to second)]; Rudi grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Carew
grounded out (second to first); Darwin lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace struck out; Mangual flied out to right;
Green walked; Maxvill forced Green (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew flied out to center; Brye grounded out
(third to first); Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington struck out; Bando walked; Jackson doubled to center
[Bando to third]; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Kusick popped to shortstop; Thompson singled to
center; Borgmann popped to first in foul territory; Soderholm
forced Thompson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace reached on an error by Soderholm [Tenace
to second]; Mangual lined to right; Green popped to first in
foul territory; Maxvill flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to center; Darwin singled to left;
Killebrew struck out; Brye singled to left [Darwin scored (error
by Mangual) (unearned), Brye to second]; Braun grounded out
(second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: North struck out; C. Washington struck out; Bando
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick walked; Thompson forced Kusick (pitcher to
shortstop); Borgmann grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 1, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson struck out; Rudi struck out; Tenace
walked; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm reached on catcher's interference by
Tenace; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Soderholm to second]; Darwin popped to first in foul territory;
Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Green flied out to center; Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Brye grounded out (third to first); Braun flied out
to center; Kusick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: C. Washington struck out; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson homered; Rudi flied out to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Thompson struck out [Thompson out at first (catcher
to first)]; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Soderholm
singled; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace flied out to center; Mangual grounded out
(shortstop to first); Green walked; Maxvill struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: HANEY REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); RUDI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Darwin singled to left; FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING);
Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; OLIVA BATTED FOR
BRYE; Oliva singled to left [Darwin to second]; TERRELL RAN FOR
OLIVA; Braun was called out on strikes; HOLT BATTED FOR KUSICK;
Holt flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 1.