The Twins, who batted out 12 hits to win the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 11-1, got 11 more hits in the second game, but lost to the Yankees, 4-3. In the opener, Tony Oliva homered for the Twins with a man on base in the first inning. The Twins added three runs in the second, one coming on a homer by Johnny Briggs for his 1,000th major league hit. Briggs also doubled for an RBI in the third when the Twins put three more runs on the scoreboard. Bert Blyleven limited the Yankees to six hits.

In the nightcap, Dan Ford homered in the fifth inning to put the Twins ahead, 3-2, but the Yankees came back with the tying and winning runs in their half on singles by Jim Mason and Sandy Alomar, a pass to Bobby Bonds, sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella and single by Roy White. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 11, New York Yankees 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, July      11, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Twins        2  3  3    0  0  0    3  0  0  -  11 12  1
Yankees      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  4


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock rf            5   1   1   1     0   2   .196      Bonds cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .241
Ford cf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .276        Alomar 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .199
Carew 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .370      White lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .295
  Kelly 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .181      Blomberg dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Oliva dh              3   1   1   2     0   0   .283      Munson c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .325
  Thompson pr,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .262        Dempsey c           2   0   0   0     0   0   .328
Soderholm 3b          5   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Chambliss 1b          3   1   2   0     0   0   .292
Braun lf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .298      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .289
Briggs 1b             3   3   2   2     1   0   .270      Whitfield rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .254
  Terrell 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Mason ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .150
Borgmann c            2   3   1   1     2   1   .214      Stanley 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Roof c              1   0   1   0     0   0   .182        Coggins ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .203
Gomez ss              4   0   1   1     1   1   .147      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pagan p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40  11  12   8     4   5             Totals               31   1   6   0     0   6

Time of Game: 2:08
Left on Base: Twins 7, Yankees 3
DP: Twins 2, Yankees 1
Errors: Roof, White, Mason, Stanley, Pagan
Doubles: Soderholm (12), Briggs (4), Braun (8), Chambliss (18)
Home Runs: Oliva (9), Briggs (8)
GIDP: Soderholm (14), Whitfield (1), Blomberg (3)
Hit by Pitch: Oliva (11,by Pagan)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(7-4)         9     6   1   1   0   6   0  31   3.47
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0   6   0  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(7-11)          1.2   4   5   3   2   2   2  12   3.92
Pagan                   5.1   7   6   4   2   2   0  26   4.28
Tidrow                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.11
Totals                  9    12  11   7   4   5   2  45

Hit by Pitch: Pagan (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Merle Anthony


TWINS 1ST: Bostock was called out on strikes; Ford struck out;
Carew singled to right; Oliva homered [Carew scored]; Soderholm
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); White
singled; Blomberg grounded out (first to pitcher) [White to
second]; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun flied out to left; Briggs homered; Borgmann
walked; Gomez walked [Borgmann to second]; Bostock forced Gomez
(shortstop to second) [Borgmann to third]; Ford reached on an
error by Mason [Borgmann scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bostock to
second]; Carew singled to center [Bostock scored (unearned),
Ford to second]; PAGAN REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Oliva lined
to left; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to right; Nettles singled to
right [Chambliss to third]; Whitfield grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop) [Chambliss scored, Nettles out at
second]; Mason grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 1.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm doubled to right; Braun grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Soderholm to third]; Briggs doubled to right
[Soderholm scored]; Borgmann walked; Gomez reached on an error
by Pagan [Briggs scored (unearned) (no RBI), Borgmann scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Gomez to second]; Bostock grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Gomez to third]; Ford grounded out (third to
first); 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds
singled to right; White grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bonds
to second]; Blomberg popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 8, Yankees 1.

TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Oliva grounded out (first to
pitcher); Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson flied out to left; Chambliss grounded out
(first to pitcher); Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 8, Yankees 1.

TWINS 5TH: Braun doubled to right; Briggs grounded out (second
to second to first) [Braun to third]; Borgmann struck out; Gomez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Whitfield was called out on strikes; Mason grounded
out (second to pitcher); Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 8, Yankees 1.

TWINS 6TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Bostock was
called out on strikes; Ford flied out to center; Carew grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Yankees
1.

YANKEES 6TH: Bonds struck out; White flied out to center;
Blomberg popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 8, Yankees 1.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva was hit by a pitch; THOMPSON RAN FOR OLIVA;
Soderholm popped to shortstop; Braun singled to left [Thompson
out at third (left to third), Braun to second (on throw to 3b)];
Briggs was walked intentionally; Borgmann singled [Braun scored,
Briggs to third]; Gomez singled to right [Briggs scored,
Borgmann to second]; Bostock singled to left [Borgmann scored,
Gomez to third, Bostock to second (error by White)]; Ford popped
to second; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 11, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); KELLY
REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 1B); TERRELL REPLACED BRIGGS (PLAYING
2B); Dempsey flied out to right; Chambliss doubled; Nettles
flied out to center; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 11, Yankees 1.

TWINS 8TH: TIDROW REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Kelly popped to
third in foul territory; Thompson reached on an error by
Stanley; Soderholm grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
11, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: ROOF REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING C ); Mason struck
out; COGGINS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Coggins struck out; Bonds flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 11, Yankees 1.

TWINS 9TH: COGGINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ALOMAR REPLACED
BONDS (PLAYING 2B); Braun flied out to right; Terrell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Roof singled; Gomez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 11, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: White singled to left; Roof dropped a foul fly hit
by Blomberg for an error; Blomberg grounded into a double play
(second to first) [White out at second]; Dempsey popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 11, Yankees 1.