Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1974 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 0, Minnesota Twins 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Sutherland 2b,ss 4 0 2 0
Northrup rf 4 0 0 0
Kaline dh 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Moses c 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown I. 3b 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 1 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Knox 2b 0 0 0 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hisle lf 4 1 3 1
Carew 2b 5 2 3 0
Oliva dh 5 2 3 3
  Terrell pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 4 1 0 0
  Holt 1b 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 2 2 3
Darwin rf 5 0 1 0
Brye cf 3 0 1 0
Borgmann c 4 1 1 1
Gomez ss 4 1 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 8
Detroit 000 000 000043
Minnesota 010 002 43x10150
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (1-5) 6.0 10 6 4 2 0
  Ray   2.0 5 4 4 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
10
8
2
0
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (3-3) 9.0 4 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
6

  E–Sutherland (3), Brinkman (1), Knox (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Detroit Moses (1,off Blyleven), Minnesota Brye (2,off Lolich); Oliva (3,off Lolich); Hisle (3,off Lolich); Borgmann (1,off Ray).  3B–Minnesota Oliva (2,off Lolich).  HR–Minnesota Soderholm 2 (3,2nd inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Ray 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Hisle (3,off Ray).  HBP–Soderholm (1,by Ray).  IBB–Brye (1,by Lolich).  HBP–Ray (1,Soderholm).  IBB–Lolich (3,Brye).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:09.  A–4,540.
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