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Twins 6 @ Royals 23
Royals Stadium
April 6, 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 April 6, 1974 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Twins with a score of 23 to 6.

Game Summary

DateApril 6, 1974 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 6 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 23 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 23
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherSteve Busby  
Losing PitcherBill Hands  
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Game Winning RBIJohn Mayberry 

Game Info

DateApril 6, 1974 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Hands  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Busby  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance11,228 
Time of Game3 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Odom
1B: Dave Phillips
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Lou DiMuro

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Sergio Ferrer  Shortstop 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Larry Hisle  Center Fielder 
Jim Holt  First Baseman 
Bobby Darwin  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  DH 
Steve Braun  Left Fielder 
Randy Hundley  Catcher 
Jerry Terrell  Third Baseman 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Jim Wohlford  Left Fielder 
Vada Pinson  Right Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Fran Healy  Catcher 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

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Twins 6 @ Royals 23
Royals Stadium
April 6, 1974

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         Game of 4/6/1974 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Ferrer S, ss          4  0  1  0   Patek F, ss           4  4  3  3   
Thompson D, ss        0  0  0  0   Wohlford J, lf        4  2  1  0   
Carew R, 2b           4  0  0  0   Pinson V, rf          4  1  1  2   
Soderholm E, 3b       0  0  0  0   Cowens A, ph-rf       2  2  1  2   
Hisle L, cf           5  1  2  1   Mayberry J, 1b        5  4  3  5   
Holt J, 1b            4  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            5  1  1  1   
Lis J, 1b             1  0  0  0   Rojas C, 2b           3  1  1  2   
Darwin B, rf          4  2  2  2   White F, ph-2b        3  1  1  1   
Brye S, rf            1  0  1  0   McRae H, dh           4  3  3  4   
Killebrew H, dh       4  1  2  0   Solaita T, ph         1  0  0  0   
Oliva T, ph           1  0  0  0   Schaal P, 3b          0  1  0  0   
Braun S, lf           4  1  2  3   Gonzalez F, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Hundley R, c          3  0  1  0   Healy F, c            3  3  1  1   
Borgmann G, c         0  0  0  0                                      
Terrell J, 3b-2b      4  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 12  6                        42 23 16 21

Minnesota        001 320 000 --  6
Kansas City      730 063 13x -- 23

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hands B (L)           0.2  7  7  7  0  2
Corbin R              1.1  1  3  3  2  1
Fife D                2.1  2  4  4  3  1
Albury V*             0.2  2  4  2  3  1
Burgmeier T           2.0  2  2  2  0  0
Woodson D             1.0  2  3  2  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Busby S (W)           5.0 10  6  6  2  4
Fitzmorris A          2.0  1  0  0  1  0
Dal Canton B          1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Hoerner J             1.0  1  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Ferrer S, Thompson D
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Kansas City 5
2B -- Rojas C, Terrell J, McRae H, Mayberry J 2, Cowens A
HR -- McRae H, Braun S, Darwin B, White F
SB -- Ferrer S, Patek F 2
HBP -- by Hands B (Schaal P)
WP -- Albury V, Burgmeier T
PB -- Healy F
T -- 3:02
A -- 11228

    

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