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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 1Game Played on Sunday, May 23, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 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. |
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