Three consecutive singles off Jim Todd in the 11th inning brought the Twins a 4-3 victory over the Athletics. With none out, Craig Kusick led off with a single, Phil Roof followed with another hit and Dan Ford then singled to drive in pinch-runner Steve Brye. The Twins' three other runs came on a homer by Butch Wynegar in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Tuesday, May       18, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  -   3  7  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  -   4  9  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Bostock cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .330
Washington rf         4   1   2   0     1   1   .240      Hisle lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .231
Rudi lf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .308      Carew 1b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Baylor 1b             4   0   2   1     1   0   .181      Braun dh              3   1   1   0     0   0   .207
Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .188        Kusick ph,dh        2   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Williams dh           2   0   1   0     1   0   .226        Brye pr,dh          0   1   0   0     0   0   .121
  Alexander pr,dh     0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Wynegar c             3   1   3   3     1   0   .303
  Tovar ph,dh         2   0   0   0     0   2   .143        Terrell pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     0   1   .191        Roof c              1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Garner 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Ford rf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .265
  Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
  Hosley c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Haney c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .230      McKay 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .240
  McMullen ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .200        Oliva ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Sandt 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Gomez pr,3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   3   7   3     3   7             Totals               39   4   9   4     2   3

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance:  6,600
Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 8
DP: A's 0, Twins 0
Errors: Washington, Randall, McKay
Doubles: Baylor (3)
Home Runs: Wynegar (5)
Stolen Bases: Washington 2 (10), Alexander (5), Lintz (9), Baylor (14), Terrell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (2)
Sacrifice Flies: McMullen (1)
Hit by Pitch: Oliva (1,by Todd)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen                 6     5   3   3   2   2   1  25   3.20
Lindblad                2.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   1.72
Todd L(2-4)             1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   3.60
Totals                 10     9   4   4   2   3   1  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(2-2)           11     7   3   3   3   7   0  43   5.12
Totals                 11     7   3   3   3   7   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Todd (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington walked; Washington stole second; Rudi grounded out
(second to first) [Washington to third]; Baylor grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock lined to shortstop; Hisle flied to right;
Carew lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied to right; Williams walked; Campaneris
forced Williams (shortstop to second); Garner forced Campaneris
(second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar
singled to right [Wynegar to third (error by Washington)]; Ford
lined to third; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney flied out to right; North struck out;
Washington singled; Washington stole second; Rudi singled to
center [Washington scored]; Baylor doubled to left [Rudi scored,
Baylor to third (error by Randall)]; Bando struck out; 2 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall grounded out (third to first); McKay grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bostock was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams lined to right; Campaneris struck out;
Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle walked; Carew grounded out (first unassisted)
[Hisle to second]; Braun grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hisle
to third]; Wynegar walked; Ford grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Haney struck out; North grounded out (shortstop
to first); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Thompson lined to second; Randall flied to right;
McKay singled to left; Bostock flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Baylor flied
to left; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle singled; Carew flied to center; Braun singled
to left [Hisle to second]; Wynegar homered [Hisle scored, Braun
scored]; Ford lined to center; Thompson lined to left; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Williams singled to right; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
WILLIAMS; Alexander stole second; Campaneris grounded out (first
to second); Garner singled [Alexander to third]; LINTZ RAN FOR
GARNER; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR HANEY; McMullen hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Alexander scored]; Lintz stole second; North grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins
3.

TWINS 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HOSLEY
REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING C ); SANDT REPLACED MCMULLEN (PLAYING
2B); LINDBLAD REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Randall grounded out
(pitcher to first); McKay grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bostock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Rudi
grounded out (pitcher to first); Baylor walked; Baylor stole
second; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Carew flied to
center; KUSICK BATTED FOR BRAUN; Kusick grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: TOVAR BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Tovar struck out;
Campaneris flied to left; Hosley reached on an error by McKay;
Sandt flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins
3.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar singled to right; TERRELL RAN FOR WYNEGAR;
Terrell stole second; Ford lined to center; Thompson lined to
center; TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Randall grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: ROOF REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING C ); North
grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington singled to center;
Washington was picked off first (pitcher to first); Rudi lined
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 10TH: OLIVA BATTED FOR MCKAY; Oliva was hit by a pitch;
GOMEZ RAN FOR OLIVA; Bostock forced Gomez (pitcher to
shortstop); Hisle struck out; Carew grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 11TH: GOMEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Baylor
singled to left; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Baylor to second]; Tovar was called out on strikes; Campaneris
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 11TH: Kusick singled to center; BRYE RAN FOR KUSICK; Roof
singled to right [Brye to third]; Ford singled to left [Brye
scored, Roof to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Twins 4.