Twins @ Rangers
September 2, 1974

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 9 13 1
Rangers 3 6 2
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Twins 9 13 1
Rangers 3 6 2

Dave Nelson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .256
OBP .000 .303
At Bats 4 395
Hits 0 101
• Singles 0 87
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 41

Joe Decker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 11 0
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Arlington Stadium - September 2, 1974
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Out
Joe Decker
Glenn Borgmann
Craig Kusick
Rod Carew
Eric Soderholm
Luis Gomez
Steve Braun
Larry Hisle
Bobby Darwin
Dave Nelson
Duke Sims
Joe Lovitto

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 9 13 1 8
Texas Rangers 3 6 2 7
Winning Pitcher Joe Decker
Losing Pitcher Jim Bibby
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Oliva
Attendance 5,472
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randle scores. Lovitto moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lovitto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randle moves to second.
Bottom 9 Harrah hits a line drive into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Randle takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Gomez is called out on strikes.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Kusick moves to second.
Top 9 Kusick takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Don Stanhouse now pitching. Oliva hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Decker covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 8 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Luis Gomez now playing shortstop. Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Hisle strikes out.
Top 8 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Borgmann moves to second.
Top 8 Darwin hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Borgmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Steve Foucault now pitching. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kusick hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Duke Sims now catching. Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove juggles the ball. That's an error on Hargrove. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tovar 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 7 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Duke Sims pinch hits for Jim Sundberg. Sims is hit by the pitch. Lovitto moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lovitto takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Harrah hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Randle hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pete Broberg now pitching. Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hargrove hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson strikes out.
Top 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Darwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Borgmann moves to second.
Top 6 Borgmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sundberg is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Lovitto hits a line drive into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bobby Darwin now playing right field. Larry Hisle now playing center field. Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stan Thomas now pitching. Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Oliva hits a line drive into right field. Burroughs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Burroughs. Brye scores. Hisle goes all the way around to score. Oliva moves to second.
Top 5 Hisle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye moves to second.
Top 5 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brye is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Borgmann hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hargrove strikes out.
Bottom 4 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Bibby covering, for the out.
Top 4 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Oliva scores. Soderholm moves to third.
Top 4 Braun takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to third. Soderholm moves to second.
Top 4 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliva moves to second.
Top 4 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lovitto hits a fly ball towards center. Brye settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Brye. Lovitto moves to second.
Top 3 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Carew. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Carew steals second.
Top 3 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Harrah strikes out.
Bottom 2 Randle strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrove for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards second. Nelson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Burroughs. The throw from Borgmann and he is out, Thompson applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Tovar 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 1 Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Lovitto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brye tags and scores. Hisle tags and moves to second.
Top 1 Hisle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye moves to third.
Top 1 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brye is hit by the pitch.