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Twins 3 @ Royals 2
Royals Stadium
August 8, 1974

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 8, 1974 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 8, 1974 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 2 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 15
Runs: 2
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 15
Winning PitcherBill Campbell  
Losing PitcherMarty Pattin  
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Game Winning RBITony Oliva 

Game Info

DateAugust 8, 1974 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Decker  
Home Starting PitcherAl Fitzmorris  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance12,749 
Time of Game3 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Brinkman
1B: Nick Bremigan
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Larry McCoy

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Steve Braun  Left Fielder 
Larry Hisle  Center Fielder 
Tony Oliva  DH 
Bobby Darwin  Right Fielder 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Jim Holt  First Baseman 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Glenn Borgmann  Catcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Hal McRae  Left Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  DH 
Tony Solaita  First Baseman 
Vada Pinson  Right Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Fran Healy  Catcher 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Royals 2
Royals Stadium
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         Game of 8/8/1974 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Carew R, 2b           6  1  1  0   Patek F, ss           6  1  2  0   
Braun S, lf           3  0  0  0   Rojas C, 2b           7  0  2  1   
Killebrew H, ph       1  0  1  1   Otis A, cf            7  1  2  0   
Gomez L, pr-ss        2  0  1  0   McRae H, lf           4  0  1  0   
Hisle L, cf-rf        6  0  1  0   Wohlford J, lf        2  0  1  0   
Oliva T, dh           5  0  0  1   Cepeda O, dh          6  0  1  1   
Darwin B, rf          3  1  1  1   Solaita T, 1b         4  0  2  0   
Brye S, cf            3  0  1  0   Bevacqua K, pr-1b     1  0  0  0   
Soderholm E, 3b       4  0  0  0   Pinson V, rf          4  0  0  0   
Holt J, 1b            5  0  1  0   Cowens A, rf          2  0  0  0   
Thompson D, ss        3  0  1  0   Brett G, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Terrell J, pr-lf      2  1  0  0   Healy F, c            5  0  0  0   
Borgmann G, c         4  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  3  9  3                        52  2 12  2

Minnesota        010 000 001 000 01 --  3
Kansas City      000 100 010 000 00 --  2

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Decker J              7.0  7  1  1  1  6
Campbell B (W)        7.0  5  1  0  6  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris A          8.1  2  2  2  0  3
Mingori S             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Bird D                4.1  5  0  0  1  3
Pattin M (L)          0.1  2  1  1  0  0
Hoerner J             0.2  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Braun S, Gomez L
DP -- Minnesota 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Minnesota 5, Kansas City 15
2B -- Patek F, Rojas C, McRae H, Solaita T, Killebrew H, Brye S
HR -- Darwin B
SB -- Cepeda O, Patek F
CS -- Wohlford J
SH -- Borgmann G
SF -- Oliva T
T -- 3:55
A -- 12749

    

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