The Twins reeled off four double plays to help Bert Blyleven turn back the Royals, 3-1, for his fourth win. Tom Burgmeier and Bill Campbell came on in the eighth to shut off a Kansas City rally. Dan Ford and Craig Kusick socked run-scoring doubles for the Twins in the third. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       23, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Twins        0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette rf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .317      Brye cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .139
Otis cf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .315      Hisle lf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .227
Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .351      Wynegar dh            3   1   1   1     0   0   .290
  D. Nelson pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Ford rf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .250
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Kusick 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .269
McRae lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Thompson ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Solaita dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .346      Roof c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
  Wohlford pr,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      McKay 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Rojas 2b,3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Randall 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Stinson c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .265      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White ss              3   1   2   0     0   0   .250        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   8   1     2   6             Totals               29   3   8   3     3   2

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 24,716
Left on Base: Royals 7, Twins 7
DP: Royals 0, Twins 4
Errors: Kusick
Doubles: White (4), Otis (8), Wynegar (3), Ford (6), Kusick (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Hisle (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Wynegar (1)
GIDP: McRae (3), Mayberry (4), Stinson (2), Quirk (1)
Hit by Pitch: Brett (1,by Blyleven)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(3-4)       8     8   3   3   3   2   0  34   4.45
Totals                  8     8   3   3   3   2   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(4-3)         7.1   8   1   1   2   6   0  30   3.10
Burgmeier               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.82
Campbell SV(4)          1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.62
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   6   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (3)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette made an out to shortstop; Otis lined to
left; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar doubled to left; Ford
walked; Kusick flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to left; Solaita grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson singled to left; Roof forced Thompson
(shortstop to second); McKay made an out to shortstop; Randall
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas made an out to shortstop; Stinson walked;
White singled to left [Stinson to second]; Poquette struck out;
Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 3RD: Brye grounded out (third to first); Hisle walked;
Wynegar forced Hisle (shortstop to second); Ford doubled to left
[Wynegar scored]; Kusick doubled to left [Ford scored]; Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett lined to left; Mayberry walked; McRae grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Mayberry out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay lined
to left; Randall was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Solaita struck out; Rojas was called out on strikes;
Stinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Brye singled to left; Hisle out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Brye to second]; Wynegar grounded out (second
to first) [Brye to third]; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 6TH: White doubled to left; Poquette was called out on
strikes; Otis doubled to right [White scored]; Brett singled to
left [Otis to third]; Mayberry grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Brett out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Kusick singled to left [Kusick out at second (left to
second)]; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Roof singled
to left; McKay grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae singled to right; Solaita grounded out (second
to first) [McRae to second]; Rojas singled [McRae to third];
Stinson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Randall lined to pitcher; Brye walked; Hisle singled
to left [Brye to third]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Brye scored]; Ford flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 3.

ROYALS 8TH: White made an out to first; Poquette singled to
right; Otis singled to center [Poquette to second]; Brett was
hit by a pitch [Poquette to third, Otis to second]; D. NELSON
RAN FOR BRETT; BURGMEIER REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Mayberry
made an out to second; CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING);
McRae grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: D. NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ROJAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Kusick grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Solaita reached on an error by Kusick; WOHLFORD RAN
FOR SOLAITA; Rojas flied out to right; QUIRK BATTED FOR STINSON;
Quirk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Wohlford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins
3.