Orioles @ Twins
August 9, 1974

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Bottom 6	R	H	E
Orioles	2	7	2
Twins	6	11	1

Bottom 6	R	H	E
Orioles	2	7	2
Twins	6	12	1

Rod Carew Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.364
OBP	.500	.418
At Bats	2	442
Hits	1	161
• Singles	1	133
• Doubles	0	23
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	41
RBI’s	0	45

Doyle Alexander Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	8	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Metropolitan Stadium - August 9, 1974

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Single

Doyle Alexander

Earl Williams

Boog Powell

Bobby Grich

Brooks Robinson

Mark Belanger

Don Baylor

Paul Blair

Rich Coggins

Rod Carew

Count: - , 2 Outs

Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 6 Brye strikes out.

Bottom 6 Roof hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Coggins hits a popup towards first. Kusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Williams is hit by the pitch.

Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Braun strikes out.

Bottom 5 Kusick strikes out.

Top 5 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Powell strikes out.

Top 5 Grich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blair scores. Davis moves to second.

Top 5 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coggins scores. Blair moves to second.

Top 5 Blair bunts towards the mound. Hands fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Coggins moves to second.

Top 5 Coggins hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Carew fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 5 Belanger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Killebrew strikes out.

Bottom 4 Hisle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.

Bottom 4 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Coggins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Baylor bunts towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew misplays the ball. That's an error on Carew.

Bottom 3 Roof strikes out.

Bottom 3 Thompson strikes out. Williams drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Thompson out.

Bottom 3 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Kusick hits a line drive to center field. Blair throws towards third. Robinson fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Robinson. Coggins fumbles the ball. That's an error on Coggins. Soderholm goes all the way around to score. Kusick moves all the way to home. Two runs are unearned.

Bottom 3 Soderholm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Grich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Davis 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.

Top 3 Blair is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 2 Killebrew is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Hisle strikes out.

Bottom 2 Carew bunts towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out. Brye moves to third.

Bottom 2 Doyle Alexander now pitching. Brye hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Blair. Brye reaches second base with a double. Roof scores.

Bottom 2 Roof hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baylor. Roof reaches second base with a double. Thompson goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Coggins is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Robinson moves to second.

Top 2 Williams strikes out.

Top 2 Robinson takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Braun hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kusick strikes out.

Bottom 1 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second.

Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hisle scores.

Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on McNally Hisle moves to second.

Bottom 1 Hisle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brye scores.

Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brye moves to third.

Bottom 1 Brye hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Brye reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Powell hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Grich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis moves to third.

Top 1 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Blair hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Coggins hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Orioles @ Twins
August 9, 1974