Bobby Darwin, Craig Kusick and Larry Hisle each hit two-run doubles as the Twins ended their five-game losing streak with a 10-4 victory over the Angels. Darwin doubled in the first inning to help the Twins get off to a four-run lead. Kusick added a pair with his two-bagger in the third. Hisle's double came in the sixth when the Twins capped their scoring. Darwin hit a sacrifice fly during that stanza for his third RBI of the game. Morris Nettles collected three of the Angels' 10 hits off Bert Blyleven and batted in two runs. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 10, California Angels 4
Game Played on Wednesday, April     16, 1975 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Angels       0  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   4 10  3
Twins        4  0  2    0  0  4    0  0  x  -  10 12  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            5   1   3   2     0   0   .237      Ferrer 2b             5   2   1   0     0   0   .308
Rivers lf             5   0   0   1     0   1   .333      Ford cf               5   2   2   0     0   1   .400
Harper dh             5   0   1   1     0   2   .281      Hisle lf              3   2   1   2     1   1   .194
Bochte 1b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .219        Brye ph,lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Chalk 3b              1   0   1   0     3   0   .478      Darwin rf             4   1   1   3     0   1   .125
  Egan c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Oliva dh              4   1   0   0     0   0   .267
Lahoud rf             3   0   1   0     2   1   .313      Soderholm 3b          4   1   2   1     1   1   .310
Rodriguez c           2   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Thompson ss           3   0   1   1     0   1   .320
  Meoli 3b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .500        Gomez ss            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Remy 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .323      Kusick 1b             5   0   1   2     0   1   .200
Ramirez ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Borgmann c            3   1   2   0     1   0   .269
  Sudakis ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith ss            3   1   0   0     0   1   .000
Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blateric p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  10   4     6   5             Totals               37  10  12   9     4   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  2,262
Left on Base: Angels 12, Twins 10
DP: Angels 0, Twins 0
Errors: Nettles, Bochte, Smith, Hisle
Doubles: Nettles (1), Ferrer (2), Darwin (3), Borgmann (3), Kusick (1), Hisle (2)
Triples: Harper (1)
Stolen Bases: Nettles (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Darwin (1), Thompson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Oliva (4,by Hassler)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(1-1)          2.1   5   6   5   1   1   0  15   5.84
Blateric                2.2   5   4   2   1   4   0  16   6.75
Pena                    3     2   0   0   2   1   0  13   0.00
Totals                  8    12  10   7   4   6   0  44

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(2-0)         9    10   4   4   6   5   0  43   3.22
Totals                  9    10   4   4   6   5   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Hassler (1)
Wild Pitches: Blateric (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


ANGELS 1ST: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Rivers
grounded out (first unassisted); Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Ferrer doubled to left; Ford reached on an error by
Bochte [Ferrer scored (no RBI), Ford to second]; Hisle walked;
Darwin doubled [Ford scored (unearned), Hisle scored]; Oliva
grounded out (first unassisted) [Darwin to third]; Soderholm
singled [Darwin scored]; Thompson was called out on strikes;
Kusick grounded out (third to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 4.

ANGELS 2ND: On a bunt Bochte singled to third; Chalk walked
[Bochte to second]; Lahoud singled [Bochte to third, Chalk to
second]; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; Remy
flied out to left; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Sudakis forced
Lahoud (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0,
Twins 4.

TWINS 2ND: SMITH REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING SS); Borgmann doubled
to left; Ferrer grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford grounded
out (second to first) [Borgmann to third]; Hisle grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 4.

ANGELS 3RD: Nettles singled; Nettles stole second; Rivers was
called out on strikes; Harper tripled to right [Nettles scored];
Bochte reached on a fielder's choice [Harper out at home (second
to catcher to third to pitcher to shortstop), Bochte to second];
Chalk walked; Lahoud walked [Bochte to third, Chalk to second];
Rodriguez lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 1,
Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva was
hit by a pitch; Soderholm singled to right [Oliva to second];
BLATERIC REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Thompson grounded out
(catcher to first) [Oliva to third, Soderholm to second]; Kusick
doubled [Oliva scored, Soderholm scored]; Blateric threw a wild
pitch [Kusick to third]; Borgmann walked; Ferrer lined to third;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 6.

ANGELS 4TH: On a bunt Remy singled; Smith grounded out (third to
first) [Remy to second]; Nettles singled to left [Remy scored,
Nettles to second (error by Hisle)]; Rivers flied out to left;
Harper was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
2, Twins 6.

TWINS 4TH: Ford struck out; Hisle struck out; Darwin was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 6.

ANGELS 5TH: Bochte flied out to left; Chalk walked; Lahoud flied
out to right; Rodriguez walked [Chalk to second]; Remy grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva lined to right; Soderholm struck out; Thompson
singled to left; Kusick forced Thompson (third to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 6.

ANGELS 6TH: Smith was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rivers popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Borgmann singled to left; Ferrer reached on an error
by Smith [Borgmann to second]; Ford singled to left [Borgmann to
third, Ferrer to second]; Hisle doubled [Borgmann scored
(unearned), Ferrer scored, Ford to third]; Darwin reached on an
error by Nettles on a sacrifice fly [Ford scored, Hisle to
third, Darwin to second]; PENA REPLACED BLATERIC (PITCHING);
Oliva flied out to right; Soderholm walked; Thompson hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Hisle scored (unearned)]; Kusick struck
out; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 10.

ANGELS 7TH: Harper grounded out (third to first); Bochte flied
out to left; Chalk singled to left; Lahoud was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 10.

TWINS 7TH: EGAN REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING C ); MEOLI REPLACED
RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING 3B); Borgmann flied out to right; Ferrer
grounded out (first unassisted); Ford singled; BRYE BATTED FOR
HISLE; Brye singled to left [Ford to third]; Darwin forced Brye
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 10.

ANGELS 8TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GOMEZ REPLACED
THOMPSON (PLAYING SS); Meoli singled; Remy singled to right
[Meoli to second]; Smith forced Remy (pitcher to shortstop)
[Meoli to third]; Nettles doubled to left [Meoli scored, Smith
to third]; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted) [Smith scored,
Nettles to third]; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 10.

TWINS 8TH: Oliva flied out to left; Soderholm flied out to
right; Gomez walked; Kusick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 10.

ANGELS 9TH: Bochte lined to center; Egan popped to third in foul
territory; Lahoud walked; Meoli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 10.