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September 13, 1974

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Bottom 10 R H E
Royals 5 6 2
Twins 5 9 3
Bottom 10 R H E
Royals 5 6 2
Twins 6 10 3

Rod Carew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .360
OBP .500 .424
At Bats 3 544
Hits 1 196
• Singles 1 161
• Doubles 0 29
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 61
RBI’s 0 51

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 9
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 13, 1974
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
George Brett
Frank White
Jim Wohlford
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Rod Carew

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 5 6 2 9
Minnesota Twins 6 10 3 5
Winning Pitcher Tom Johnson
Losing Pitcher Doug Bird
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rod Carew
Attendance 3,815
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Carew hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Healy hits a popup towards first. Bourque settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Cowens is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Jerry Terrell now playing shortstop. Phil Roof now catching. Tom Johnson now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Brye is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Jerry Terrell pinch runs for Danny Thompson. Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Glenn Borgmann. Killebrew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bourque hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mayberry strikes out.
Top 9 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Otis bunts towards first. Bourque scoops it up and throws to first, with Carew covering, for the out. Brett moves to second.
Top 9 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 8 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brye scores. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hisle bunts towards the mound. Bird settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carew bunts towards the mound. Bird fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jim Wohlford now playing left field. Brye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jim Wohlford pinch hits for Vada Pinson. Wohlford strikes out.
Top 8 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Healy hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bourque hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry juggles the ball. That's an error on Mayberry.
Bottom 7 Braun hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Cowens hits a line drive into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rojas hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Rojas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hisle scores.
Bottom 6 Hisle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Hisle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 The ball gets by Borgmann for a passed ball. Brett moves to second.
Top 6 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Borgmann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bourque hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Braun hits a fly ball into left field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Oliva strikes out.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby juggles the ball. That's an error on Busby.
Bottom 3 Brye strikes out.
Top 3 Pinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Healy hits a line drive towards first. Bourque reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Borgmann hits a popup towards short. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive towards first. Mayberry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bourque hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cowens is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Rojas is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Bill Butler now pitching. Mayberry bunts, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Darwin. McRae reaches second base with a double. White scores. Brett scores. Otis moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Healy scores. White moves to third. Brett moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Brett hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Healy moves to third. White moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Pinson bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Borgmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Cowens scores. Healy moves to second.
Top 2 Healy takes first base on ball four. Rojas moves to third. Cowens moves to second.
Top 2 Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rojas moves to second.
Top 2 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Braun hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Darwin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hisle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brye hits a line drive towards short. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun juggles the ball. That's an error on Braun.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Borgmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.