Minnesota shaded Oakland, 5-4, when Steve Brye singled, scoring Bob Randall from second, in the 11th inning. Randall had walked and advanced to second on Dave McKay's sacrifice. The Twins scored in the first when Rod Carew singled, stole second, reached third on an infield out and stole home for the 14th time in his career. Carew had two other stolen bases, but his basepath exploits were overshadowed by the A's, who had nine thefts, four by Don Baylor. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Monday, May       17, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  2    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  -   4 10  1
Twins        1  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   5  9  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   0   0     1   1   .291      Hisle cf,lf           5   1   0   0     1   1   .230
Washington rf         6   1   1   1     0   1   .231      Carew 1b              4   1   3   1     2   0   .327
Rudi lf               6   0   1   0     0   1   .313      Braun lf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .203
Baylor 1b             5   1   3   0     1   0   .170        Brye ph,cf          4   1   1   1     0   2   .121
Bando 3b              2   0   1   0     3   0   .195      Wynegar dh            5   0   2   0     0   1   .279
  Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Terrell pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  McMullen 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Ford rf               4   1   2   2     1   1   .268
Williams dh           3   2   2   2     3   0   .220      Roof c                5   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Campaneris ss         6   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Garner 2b             4   0   1   1     2   0   .220        Oliva ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Haney c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .237        Gomez ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Tovar ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .154      Randall 2b            3   1   0   0     2   1   .258
  Hosley c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      McKay 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Luebber p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43   4  10   4    10   5             Totals               40   5   9   4     7   7

Time of Game: 3:36   Attendance:  8,034
Left on Base: A's 16, Twins 11
DP: A's 0, Twins 1
Errors: Washington, Ford, Randall, McKay
Doubles: Baylor (2), Wynegar (2)
Triples: Rudi (2), Carew (2)
Home Runs: Washington (1), Williams (3), Ford (6)
Stolen Bases: Baylor 4 (13), Garner 2 (5), North 2 (16), Lintz (8), Carew 3 (14)
Caught Stealing: Carew (4)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris                  4     4   4   4   3   1   1  20   7.20
Lindblad                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.88
Fingers                 4.2   2   0   0   2   5   0  17   3.81
Todd L(2-3)             1.2   2   1   1   2   1   0   9   3.42
Totals                 10.2   9   5   5   7   7   1  48

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker                  3.2   7   3   3   6   4   1  24   6.06
Luebber                 4.1   1   1   1   1   1   1  15   5.82
Campbell W(5-1)         3     2   0   0   3   0   0  14   2.73
Totals                 11    10   4   4  10   5   2  53

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi tripled; Baylor walked;
Baylor stole second; Bando walked; Williams lined to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
singled to center; Carew stole second; Braun grounded out
(second to first) [Carew to third]; Carew stole home; Wynegar
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Campaneris flied to left; Garner walked; Garner
stole second; Haney struck out; North walked; Garner stole third
and North stole second; Washington flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (third to first); Roof lined to
left; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi popped to shortstop; Baylor singled to left;
Baylor stole second; Bando singled to left [Baylor to third];
Williams singled to right [Baylor scored, Bando to third];
Campaneris reached on a fielder's choice [Bando out at home
(pitcher to catcher), Williams to second]; Garner singled to
right [Williams scored, Campaneris to third, Garner to second
(error by Ford)]; Haney struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Randall lined to right; McKay singled to center;
Hisle reached on an error by Washington [McKay to second]; Carew
flied to center; Braun walked [McKay to third, Hisle to second];
Wynegar popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North was called out on strikes; Washington
homered; Rudi was called out on strikes; Baylor singled to left;
Baylor stole second; Bando walked; Williams walked [Baylor to
third, Bando to second]; LUEBBER REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING);
Campaneris flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics
3, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Ford homered; Roof popped to second; Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall walked; McKay
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner walked; Haney popped to shortstop; North
forced Garner (second unassisted) [North to second (error by
Randall)]; North stole third; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle walked; Carew tripled to right [Hisle scored];
LINDBLAD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); BRYE BATTED FOR BRAUN; Brye
reached on a fielder's choice [Carew out at home (shortstop to
catcher)]; Wynegar singled [Brye to second]; FINGERS REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Ford singled to right [Brye scored, Wynegar
to third]; Roof reached on a fielder's choice [Wynegar out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Ford to second]; Thompson popped to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRYE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Rudi flied to right; Baylor popped to
second; Bando popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Randall grounded out (pitcher to first); McKay
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Williams homered; Campaneris flied to right;
Garner flied to center; Haney grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Carew singled to left; Carew stole second; Brye
struck out; Wynegar struck out; Ford walked; Roof flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington grounded out (second to first); Rudi grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: OLIVA BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Oliva grounded out
(shortstop to first); Randall struck out; McKay flied to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GOMEZ REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING SS); CAMPBELL
REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Baylor grounded out (third to
first); Bando walked; LINTZ RAN FOR BANDO; Lintz stole second;
Williams was walked intentionally; Campaneris lined into a
double play (shortstop to second) [Lintz out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 9TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING 3B); Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Carew was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Brye struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Garner lined to left; TOVAR BATTED FOR HANEY;
Tovar singled; North grounded out (first unassisted) [Tovar to
second]; Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 10TH: HOSLEY REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING C ); TODD REPLACED
FINGERS (PITCHING); Wynegar doubled to right; TERRELL RAN FOR
WYNEGAR; Ford struck out; Roof grounded out (third to first)
[Terrell to third]; Gomez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Rudi flied
to right; Baylor doubled to left; Baylor stole third; McMullen
reached on a fielder's choice [Baylor out at home (third to
catcher to shortstop), McMullen to second]; Williams was walked
intentionally; Campaneris reached on an error by McKay [McMullen
to third, Williams to second]; Garner popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, Twins 4.

TWINS 11TH: Randall walked; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Randall to second]; Hisle popped to first;
Carew was walked intentionally; Brye singled to right [Randall
scored, Carew to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Twins 5.