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A loser of six straight decisions with the Twins since September 24, 1975, including five this year, Jim Hughes gained his first victory of the season, defeating the Rangers, 5-1. Hughes pitched 6 2/3 innings before allowing a double by Tom Grieve for the first of the Rangers' three hits. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 1Game Played on Saturday, May 29, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 0 Twins 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 x - 5 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Bostock cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .342 Fregosi dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Hisle lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .247 Hargrove 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .324 Carew 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .293 Harrah ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .304 Braun 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .241 Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Howell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289 Ford rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .256 Grieve lf 1 0 1 0 2 0 .277 Kusick dh 4 2 2 0 0 0 .265 Smalley 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Randall 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Gomez ss 3 0 2 2 1 0 .261 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fahey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terpko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 0 3 6 Totals 31 5 11 5 4 3 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 6,112 Left on Base: Rangers 5, Twins 7 DP: Rangers 0, Twins 2 Errors: Carew Doubles: Grieve (7), Hargrove (8), Randall (2), Gomez (1) Stolen Bases: Grieve (2), Carew 2 (18), Gomez (1) Caught Stealing: Bostock (2) Sacrifice Hits: Randall (4) GIDP: Smalley (4), Burroughs (8) Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (4,by Hughes) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hargan L(1-2) 6.2 7 3 3 4 3 0 29 2.33 Hoerner 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.24 Terpko 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.00 Totals 8 11 5 5 4 3 0 36 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hughes W(1-5) 9 3 1 1 3 6 0 33 5.45 Totals 9 3 1 1 3 6 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Hughes (5) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Russ Goetz RANGERS 1ST: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to center; Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Bostock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Carew walked; Carew stole second; Braun singled to left [Carew scored]; Wynegar flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah lined to third; Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. TWINS 2ND: Ford was called out on strikes; Kusick grounded out (third to first); Randall doubled to center; Gomez lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. RANGERS 3RD: Grieve walked; Smalley flied out to left; Grieve stole second; Sundberg struck out; Beniquez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Hisle flied out to center; Carew singled to left; Carew stole second; Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. RANGERS 4TH: Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove was hit by a pitch; Harrah grounded out (second to first) [Hargrove to second]; Burroughs flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Wynegar popped to first in foul territory; Ford walked; Ford was picked off first (pitcher to first); Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. RANGERS 5TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Grieve walked; Smalley grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Grieve out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Randall grounded out (pitcher to first); Gomez singled to right; Gomez stole second; Bostock flied out to left; Hisle walked; Carew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg reached on an error by Carew; Beniquez lined to right; Fregosi grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Sundberg to second]; Hargrove walked; Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Wynegar flied out to center; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Howell grounded out (second to first); Grieve doubled to right; Smalley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Kusick singled to center; Randall out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kusick to second]; Gomez walked; Bostock forced Gomez (second to shortstop) [Kusick to third]; Hisle singled to left [Kusick scored, Bostock to third]; HOERNER REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); On a bunt Carew singled [Bostock scored, Hisle to second]; Braun flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 3. RANGERS 8TH: CUBBAGE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Cubbage struck out; Beniquez flied out to left; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: FAHEY REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING C ); TERPKO REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Wynegar flied out to left; Ford singled to center; Kusick singled to shortstop [Ford to second]; Randall flied out to left; Gomez doubled to right [Ford scored, Kusick scored, Gomez out at third (right to second to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 5. RANGERS 9TH: Hargrove doubled to center; Harrah singled [Hargrove to third]; Burroughs grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hargrove scored (no RBI), Harrah out at second]; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 5. |
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