New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
May 31, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1974 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, Minnesota Twins 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
White lf 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 2 1
Murcer rf 3 1 0 0
Blomberg dh 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 0 0 0 1
  Deidel c 0 0 0 0
Mason ss 3 1 2 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Michael ss 0 0 0 0
Stanley 2b 0 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Carew 2b 3 1 2 1
Braun lf 3 1 1 0
  Hisle ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Oliva dh 4 1 4 0
Darwin rf 4 0 0 0
Holt 1b 4 1 2 2
Brye cf 3 1 2 2
Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Decker p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 15 5
New York 000 010 010261
Minnesota 300 100 10x5151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  L (4-5) 4.0 10 4 4 1 1
  Wallace   2.1 3 1 1 2 2
  Upshaw   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
5
5
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Decker  W (6-4) 7.2 6 2 1 6 4
  Burgmeier   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Campbell  SV (9) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
7
4

  E–Upshaw (2), Carew (9).  DP–New York 2, Minnesota 4.  PB–Hundley (2).  2B–New York Nettles (8,off Decker), Minnesota Brye (6,off Tidrow).  3B–New York Mason (2,off Decker).  IBB–Carew (3,by Tidrow).  SB–Gomez (2,2nd base off Tidrow/Dempsey).  CS–Carew (8,2nd base by Tidrow/Dempsey); Brye (2,2nd base by Wallace/Dempsey).  WP–Wallace (1).  IBB–Tidrow (4,Carew).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:51.  A–7,241.
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