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.