After pitching seven shutout innings in his debut with the Angels, Sid Monge was the victim of two homers and lost to the Twins, 4-3. The Angels staked their rookie lefthander from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast) to a 3-0 lead before Steve Brye homered in the eighth inning for the Twins' first run. Then in the ninth, Craig Kusick batted for Jerry Terrell with two men on base and homered to beat Monge. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 16, 1975 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 4 8 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Meoli 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .218 Terrell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Chalk 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .269 Kusick ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .221 Rivers cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Brye lf 2 1 1 1 1 1 .280 Garrett dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .226 Carew 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .359 Bochte 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .295 Ford cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Stanton rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .261 Hisle dh 3 0 2 0 1 1 .326 Jackson lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .429 McKay 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .245 Thompson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Miley ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188 Bostock pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Poepping rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .167 Roof c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Briggs pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 10 1 4 8 Totals 33 4 8 4 3 7 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 2,880 Left on Base: Angels 9, Twins 8 DP: Angels 0, Twins 1 Errors: Meoli, Thompson, Poepping Doubles: Meoli (2) Home Runs: Brye (9), Kusick (5) Stolen Bases: Rivers (66) Caught Stealing: Rivers (13) GIDP: Etchebarren (3) Hit by Pitch: Brye (2,by Monge) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Monge L(0-1) 8.1 8 4 4 3 7 2 37 4.26 Totals 8.1 8 4 4 3 7 2 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hughes W(15-13) 9 10 3 2 4 8 0 39 3.81 Totals 9 10 3 2 4 8 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Monge (1) Wild Pitches: Hughes (10) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Dale Ford ANGELS 1ST: Meoli grounded out (pitcher to first); Chalk walked; Rivers singled to right [Chalk to third]; Rivers stole second; Hughes threw a wild pitch [Chalk scored, Rivers to third]; Garrett struck out; Bochte walked; Rivers was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Terrell flied out to right; Brye struck out; Carew singled to left [Carew out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0. ANGELS 2ND: Stanton singled to left; Jackson singled to left [Stanton to third]; Etchebarren struck out; Miley struck out; Meoli doubled to right [Stanton scored, Jackson out at home (right to first to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (third to first); Hisle walked; McKay was called out on strikes; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. ANGELS 3RD: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Rivers lined to left; Garrett singled to left; Bochte singled to right [Garrett to third (error by Poepping)]; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Poepping walked; Roof popped to first in foul territory; Terrell forced Poepping (shortstop to second); Brye walked [Terrell to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. ANGELS 4TH: Jackson popped to first in foul territory; Etchebarren struck out; Miley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Hisle struck out; McKay singled; Thompson reached on an error by Meoli [McKay to third]; Poepping struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. ANGELS 5TH: Meoli flied out to right; Chalk walked; Rivers flied out to right; Garrett walked [Chalk to second]; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Roof struck out; Terrell flied out to right; Brye was hit by a pitch; Carew forced Brye (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. ANGELS 6TH: Stanton grounded out (third to first); Jackson struck out; Etchebarren grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Ford lined to right; Hisle singled; McKay flied out to center; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. ANGELS 7TH: Miley grounded out (second to first); Meoli singled to center; Chalk singled to center [Meoli to second]; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted) [Meoli to third, Chalk to second]; Garrett flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Poepping flied out to right; Roof flied out to right; Terrell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0. ANGELS 8TH: Bochte reached on an error by Thompson; Stanton singled to center [Bochte to second]; On a bunt Jackson singled [Bochte to third, Stanton to second]; Etchebarren grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bochte scored (unearned), Stanton to third, Jackson out at second]; Miley was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: Brye homered; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Ford struck out; Hisle singled to left; McKay lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1. ANGELS 9TH: Meoli flied out to right; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Thompson singled to center; BOSTOCK RAN FOR THOMPSON; Poepping struck out; Roof singled [Bostock to second]; BRIGGS RAN FOR ROOF; KUSICK BATTED FOR TERRELL; Kusick homered [Bostock scored, Briggs scored]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 4.

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