The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1974 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The ninth was no picnic for (Nolan) Ryan. The first batter he faced was (Tony) Oliva, a former three-time batting champion. He hit an easy fly to (Graig) Nettles in center. Next up was the dangerous (Larry) Hisle, and he struck out. Then came a pinch-hitter, Harmon Killebrew, the powerful but aging home run baser who was headed for a spot in the Hall of Fame. Ryan walked him. Then came Eric Soderholm. He worked Ryan to a 2-2 count, then swung weakly at a fastball for the third out. Ryan had his third no-hitter. It was a glorious end to what had been a glorious season." - Author Rich Westcott in No-Hitters (McFarland, 2000)

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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."