Wednesday August 7, 1974
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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 7, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 13 0 Royals 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 5 10 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brye cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .275 Patek ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .228 Oliva ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Wohlford rf,lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .293 Carew 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .366 Otis cf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .294 Hisle lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .292 McRae lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .314 Killebrew dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .234 Cowens rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Darwin rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .277 Cepeda dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Bevacqua 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .191 Kusick 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Healy c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .264 Terrell ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Brett 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .251 Roof c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212 White 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .235 Borgmann c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .260 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Butler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 1 13 1 0 7 Totals 31 5 10 5 4 5 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 16,575 Left on Base: Twins 10, Royals 7 DP: Twins 1, Royals 3 Errors: White Doubles: Darwin (10), McRae 2 (23) Triples: Wohlford (7), Brett 2 (3), White (2), Otis (8) Stolen Bases: Hisle (8) Caught Stealing: White (3) Sacrifice Flies: Otis (8) GIDP: Darwin (6), Healy (9) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler L(4-5) 3.1 5 4 4 3 2 0 18 4.18 Burgmeier 4.2 5 1 1 1 3 0 18 4.90 Totals 8 10 5 5 4 5 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(11-12) 8 10 1 1 0 7 0 33 3.68 Bird 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.83 Totals 9 13 1 1 0 7 0 38 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Nestor Chylak TWINS 1ST: Brye struck out; Carew flied out to center; Hisle singled to right; Hisle stole second; Killebrew singled to left [Hisle scored]; Darwin singled to center [Killebrew to second]; Soderholm struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Wohlford tripled to left [Patek scored]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wohlford scored]; McRae doubled to right; Cepeda lined to right; Bevacqua walked; Healy popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 2ND: Kusick singled to center; Terrell forced Kusick (shortstop to second); Roof was called out on strikes; Phil Roof ejected by 3B umpire Nestor Chylak; Brye singled to right [Terrell to third]; Carew forced Brye (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 2ND: BORGMANN REPLACED ROOF (PLAYING C ); Brett struck out; White flied out to center; Patek singled to third; Wohlford forced Patek (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 3RD: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew popped to first; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Otis lined to right; McRae popped to second; Cepeda struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 4TH: Soderholm lined to right; Kusick flied out to center; Terrell singled to left; Borgmann singled to right [Terrell to second]; Brye was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Bevacqua flied out to right; Healy walked; Brett tripled to left [Healy scored]; White tripled [Brett scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Patek reached on a fielder's choice [White out at home (third to catcher)]; Wohlford was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 4. TWINS 5TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Hisle singled to left; Killebrew reached on an error by White [Hisle to second]; Darwin grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis tripled to right; McRae doubled to left [Otis scored]; Cepeda flied out to left; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first) [McRae to third]; Healy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. TWINS 6TH: Soderholm singled to left; Kusick lined into a double play (second to first) [Soderholm out at first]; Terrell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 6TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); White walked; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. TWINS 7TH: Borgmann popped to third; Brye popped to second; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford lined to center; Otis singled to left; McRae popped to second; Cepeda grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. TWINS 8TH: COWENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); WOHLFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hisle was called out on strikes; Killebrew lined to left; Darwin doubled; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua singled to center; Healy grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bevacqua out at second]; Brett tripled to center; White was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. TWINS 9TH: BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Kusick flied out to left; Terrell singled to second; Borgmann singled to catcher [Terrell to second]; OLIVA BATTED FOR BRYE; Oliva singled to right [Terrell to third, Borgmann to second]; Carew lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [Terrell out at third]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5.

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