California Angels vs Minnesota Twins
April 16, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1975 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
Nettles cf 5 1 3 2
Rivers lf 5 0 0 1
Harper dh 5 0 1 1
Bochte 1b 5 0 1 0
Chalk 3b 1 0 1 0
  Egan c 1 0 0 0
Lahoud rf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 2 0 0 0
  Meoli 3b 2 1 1 0
Remy 2b 4 1 2 0
Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith ss 3 1 0 0
Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Blateric p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ferrer 2b 5 2 1 0
Ford cf 5 2 2 0
Hisle lf 3 2 1 2
  Brye ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Darwin rf 4 1 1 3
Oliva dh 4 1 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 1 2 1
Thompson ss 3 0 1 1
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Kusick 1b 5 0 1 2
Borgmann c 3 1 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 12 9
California 001 100 0204103
Minnesota 402 004 00x10121
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler  L (1-1) 2.1 5 6 5 1 1
  Blateric   2.2 5 4 2 1 4
  Pena   3.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
7
4
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (2-0) 9.0 10 4 4 6 5
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
6
5

  E–Nettles (1), Bochte (1), Smith (1), Hisle (2).  2B–California Nettles (1,off Blyleven), Minnesota Ferrer (2,off Hassler); Darwin (3,off Hassler); Borgmann (3,off Hassler); Kusick (1,off Blateric); Hisle (2,off Blateric).  3B–California Harper (1,off Blyleven).  SF–Darwin (1,off Blateric); Thompson (1,off Pena).  HBP–Oliva (4,by Hassler).  SB–Nettles (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Borgmann).  WP–Blateric (1).  HBP–Hassler (1,Oliva).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:45.  A–2,262.
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