California Angels vs Minnesota Twins
May 18, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1974 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Minnesota Twins 10

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 2 1
Nettles rf 4 1 0 1
  Oliver ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 5 0 1 0
Robinson dh 5 0 1 0
Valentine lf,ss 5 1 4 1
Schaal 3b 5 0 2 1
McCraw 1b,rf 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 2 0 1 0
Chalk ss 2 1 1 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Alomar ss 0 0 0 0
  Sands ph 1 0 0 0
  Llenas lf 0 0 0 0
Singer p 0 0 0 0
  Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Lange p 0 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hisle cf,rf 4 2 2 1
Carew 2b 5 1 2 3
Oliva dh 5 2 2 2
Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 0
  Holt pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Braun lf 4 1 3 2
Darwin rf 4 0 2 2
  Brye cf 0 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0
Borgmann c 5 1 2 0
Gomez ss 4 2 3 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
  Hands p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 17 10
California 010 010 1104132
Minnesota 103 112 11x10172
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Singer  L (5-3) 4.1 10 6 5 1 3
  Figueroa   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  May   0.2 2 1 0 1 0
  Lange   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
  Selma   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
17
10
7
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   1.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Corbin  W (3-0) 5.2 6 2 2 1 5
  Hands   2.1 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
2
8

  E–Chalk (11), Alomar (1), Darwin (4), Gomez (2).  DP–California 1.  PB–Rodriguez (7).  2B–California Valentine (4,off Goltz); Chalk (3,off Corbin); Rivers (4,off Hands), Minnesota Darwin (2,off Selma); Soderholm (1,off Selma).  SH–Rodriguez (3,off Corbin).  HBP–Rivers (1,by Corbin).  SF–Hisle (4,off Singer).  SB–Valentine (3,3rd base off Corbin/Borgmann); Gomez (1,2nd base off Figueroa/Rodriguez).  WP–Singer (4), May (3), Selma (2).  HBP–Corbin (1,Rivers).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Armando Rodriguez.  T–3:02.  A–4,380.
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