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Rangers
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 24, 1974
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers, played on May 24, 1974 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 24, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 24, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | David Clyde |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 5,172 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Jim Evans 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Larry Barnett |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
| Lenny Randle | Second Baseman |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Jeff Burroughs | Right Fielder |
| Mike Hargrove | DH |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Duke Sims | Catcher |
| Toby Harrah | Shortstop |
| Leo Cardenas | Third Baseman |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Hisle | Left Fielder |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Tony Oliva | DH |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Bobby Darwin | Right Fielder |
| Steve Brye | Center Fielder |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Glenn Borgmann | Catcher |
| Luis Gomez | Shortstop |
| Frank Quilici | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 24, 1974
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Blyleven
Tovar strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Blyleven
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. Randle moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Randle moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Burroughs vs. Blyleven
Burroughs is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Clyde
Hisle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Clyde
Carew takes first base on ball four. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliva vs. Clyde
Oliva bunts towards third. Cardenas fields it and throws to first for the out. Hisle moves to third. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. Clyde
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Darwin vs. Clyde
Darwin hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Blyleven
Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sims vs. Blyleven
Sims hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Blyleven
Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cardenas vs. Blyleven
Cardenas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Clyde
Brye hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Clyde
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Clyde
Borgmann hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Blyleven
Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Blyleven
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Clyde
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Clyde
Hisle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Clyde
Carew hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Clyde scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Clyde
Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Clyde
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Clyde
Darwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brye vs. Allen
Lloyd Allen now pitching.
Brye hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Blyleven
Burroughs is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Blyleven
Hargrove hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Allen
Soderholm hits a line drive towards third. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Allen
Borgmann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sims settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Allen
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hisle vs. Allen
Hisle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carew vs. Allen
Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Carew reaches second base with a double. Gomez scores. Hisle moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliva vs. Merritt
Jim Merritt now pitching.
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hisle scores. Carew moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Merritt
There's a wild pitch. Carew scores. Oliva moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Merritt
Killebrew hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Oliva scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Hargan
Steve Hargan now pitching.
Darwin strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Blyleven
Sims hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Blyleven
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Blyleven
Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Leo Cardenas.
Cubbage is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Hargan
Mike Cubbage now playing third base. Joe Lovitto now playing center field.
Brye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Hargan
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brye moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Borgmann vs. Hargan
Borgmann strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Hargan
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lovitto vs. Blyleven
Lovitto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Blyleven
Randle strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Hargan
Hisle strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Hargan
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Randle fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Hargan
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Hargan covering, for the out. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Hargan
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Darwin vs. Hargan
Jim Holt pinch runs for Harmon Killebrew.
Darwin hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Blyleven
Jim Holt now playing first base.
Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Blyleven
Hargrove strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Blyleven
Spencer is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Shellenback
Jim Shellenback now pitching.
Brye takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Shellenback
Soderholm is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borgmann vs. Shellenback
Borgmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Shellenback
Gomez takes first base on ball four. Brye moves to third. Borgmann moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Terrell vs. Shellenback
Jerry Terrell pinch hits for Larry Hisle.
Terrell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lovitto. Terrell reaches second base with a double. Brye scores. Borgmann scores. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carew vs. Shellenback
Carew is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliva vs. Shellenback
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliva for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Blyleven
Steve Braun now playing left field. Jerry Terrell now playing second base.
Sims hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Blyleven
Larry Brown pinch hits for Toby Harrah.
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cubbage vs. Blyleven
Cubbage strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lovitto vs. Blyleven
Lovitto is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Shellenback
Larry Brown now playing shortstop.
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Shellenback
Darwin hits a popup towards third. Cubbage settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Shellenback
Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Blyleven
Randle bunts towards the right side of the infield. Terrell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Blyleven
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burroughs vs. Blyleven
Burroughs hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Blyleven
Hargrove strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/24/1974 -- Texas at Minnesota (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Tovar C, cf 2 0 0 0 Hisle L, lf 3 2 2 1
Lovitto J, cf 2 0 0 0 Terrell J, ph-2b 1 0 1 2
Randle L, 2b 4 0 1 0 Carew R, 2b 4 1 1 1
Johnson A, lf 4 0 0 0 Braun S, lf 0 0 0 0
Burroughs J, rf 4 0 0 0 Oliva T, dh 4 2 2 1
Hargrove M, dh 4 0 1 0 Killebrew H, 1b 3 1 2 3
Spencer J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Holt J, pr-1b 1 0 0 0
Sims D, c 3 0 0 0 Darwin B, rf 4 0 0 0
Harrah T, ss 2 0 1 0 Brye S, cf 4 1 2 0
Brown L, ph-ss 1 0 1 0 Soderholm E, 3b 4 0 0 0
Cardenas L, 3b 1 0 0 0 Borgmann G, c 4 1 1 0
Cubbage M, ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Gomez L, ss 2 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 0 5 0 34 9 11 8
Texas 000 000 000 -- 0
Minnesota 003 400 20x -- 9
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde D (L) 2.2 4 3 3 3 0
Allen L 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
Merritt J* 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Hargan S 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
Shellenback J 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (W) 9.0 5 0 0 0 11
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Killebrew H
DP -- Texas 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Texas 5, Minnesota 9
2B -- Carew R, Terrell J
HR -- Hisle L, Killebrew H
SH -- Oliva T
WP -- Merritt J, Hargan S
T -- 2:37
A -- 5172
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