Lyman Bostock's two-run triple in the sixth inning and the seven-hit pitching of Dave Goltz sent the Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Royals, who suffered just their fourth loss in 20 games. With two outs in the sixth, Craig Kusick and Bob Randall singled before Bostock tripled. Larry Hisle added an RBI single to cap the three-run burst. The final Twins' run came in the seventh on Danny Thompson's double and Bostock's single. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       22, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  3  0    1  0  x  -   5  9  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .321      Bostock cf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .353
Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .308      Hisle lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .223
Brett 3b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .352      Carew 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Mayberry 1b           2   1   0   1     1   0   .269      Braun 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .219
McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .306      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .231      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Stinson c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .281      Thompson ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .241
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .343      Kusick dh             3   1   1   0     0   0   .250
White 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .256
  Solaita ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .409      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rojas pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   7   3     2   3             Totals               32   5   9   5     0   1

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance:  6,812
Left on Base: Royals 4, Twins 4
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Doubles: McRae (9), Hisle (5), Thompson (4)
Triples: Brett (3), Bostock (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Carew (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Mayberry (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris L(5-1)       6     7   5   5   0   1   0  25   3.42
Littell                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.89
Gura                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     9   5   5   0   1   0  33

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(3-2)            9     7   3   3   2   3   0  34   4.80
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   3   0  34

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry Barnett


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette was called out on strikes; Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
flied out to right; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; McRae doubled to right [Mayberry to
third]; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); Stinson singled
to center [Mayberry scored, McRae to third]; Patek lined into a
double play (second to second to first) [Stinson out at first];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun flied out to center; Wynegar singled to center;
Ford forced Wynegar (shortstop to second); Thompson made an out
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White made an out to second; Poquette grounded out
(second to first); Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Randall struck
out; Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett walked; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Brett to second]; McRae flied out to center; Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle doubled; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Hisle to third]; Braun grounded out (second to first)
[Hisle scored]; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Stinson grounded out (second to first); Patek was
called out on strikes; White lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Thompson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kusick singled to center; Randall
singled to right [Kusick to second]; Bostock tripled to right
[Kusick scored, Randall scored]; Hisle singled to left [Bostock
scored]; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Poquette flied out to left; Otis flied out to right;
Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar
grounded out (second to first); Ford popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to center; McRae flied out to
right; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins
4.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson doubled to left; LITTELL REPLACED FITZMORRIS
(PITCHING); Kusick flied out to right; Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Thompson to third]; Bostock singled to
right [Thompson scored]; Hisle forced Bostock (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Stinson grounded out (second to first); Patek
grounded out (pitcher to first); SOLAITA BATTED FOR WHITE;
Solaita singled to left; ROJAS RAN FOR SOLAITA; Poquette flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GURA REPLACED
LITTELL (PITCHING); Carew lined to center; Braun singled to
center; Wynegar flied out to left; Ford forced Braun (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis singled to left; Brett tripled to left [Otis
scored]; Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly to left [Brett scored];
McRae singled to right; Cowens singled to center [McRae to
third, Cowens out at second (center to shortstop to first)];
Stinson flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Twins 5.