The first wild pitch of the season by Steve Foucault proved disastrous for the Rangers, who lost to the Twins, 4-3. Jeff Burroughs hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to put the Rangers ahead, 3-1, but the Twins came back with a tally in their half on a double by Rod Carew and single by Butch Wynegar.

Then in the seventh, Lyman Bostock drove in Bob Randall with a triple and scored the deciding run on Foucault's wild pitch. Dave Goltz recorded his fifth straight complete-game victory for the Twins. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       30, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  1    2  0  x  -   4 10  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Beniquez cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .245      Bostock cf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .341
Cubbage dh            4   0   1   0     0   2   .219      Hisle lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .247
Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Carew 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .299
Harrah ss             3   2   1   0     1   1   .304      Braun 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Burroughs rf          4   1   1   2     0   1   .252        McKay ph,3b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .224
  Moates pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Wynegar c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .286
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .281      Ford rf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .252
Grieve lf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .283      Kusick dh             3   0   1   0     1   0   .268
Smalley 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Randall 2b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .250
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   2   .162      Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Peterson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     2   9             Totals               29   4  10   3     3   2

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  8,998
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Twins 6
DP: Rangers 2, Twins 2
Errors: McKay
Doubles: Hisle (7), Wynegar (4), Carew (8)
Triples: Bostock (3)
Home Runs: Burroughs (8)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (1), Beniquez 2 (3), Ford (6)
Caught Stealing: Ford (1), Carew (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Gomez (1)
GIDP: Hargrove (2), Howell (3), Bostock (2), Ford (5)
Hit by Pitch: McKay (3,by Foucault)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry                   5     5   1   1   3   1   0  20   3.76
Peterson                0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1   5.74
Foucault L(4-2)         3     4   2   2   0   1   0  13   1.54
Totals                  8    10   4   4   3   2   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(5-2)            9     6   3   3   2   9   1  34   4.04
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   9   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Foucault (1)
Wild Pitches: Perry (1), Foucault (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


RANGERS 1ST: Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); Cubbage
grounded out (second to first); Hargrove lined to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Hisle
grounded out (third to first); Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah singled to center; Harrah stole second;
Burroughs struck out; Howell was called out on strikes; Grieve
singled to right [Harrah scored]; Smalley flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
grounded out (first unassisted); Ford walked; Ford stole second;
Kusick walked; Ford was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Beniquez walked;
Cubbage struck out; Beniquez stole second; Hargrove grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: On a bunt Randall singled; Gomez flied out to right;
Bostock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Randall out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah struck out; Burroughs popped to first;
Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle doubled to center; Carew singled to center
[Hisle scored]; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Braun popped to catcher in foul territory; Wynegar
doubled to right; Ford struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve singled to left; Smalley lined to left;
Sundberg struck out; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick singled to center; Randall popped to first in
foul territory; Perry threw a wild pitch [Kusick to second];
Gomez flied out to center; Bostock walked; Hisle popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Cubbage singled to first; Hargrove grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Cubbage out at second]; Harrah
walked; Burroughs homered [Harrah scored]; Howell struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: PETERSON REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Carew doubled to
left; FOUCAULT REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); MCKAY BATTED FOR
BRAUN; McKay singled to left [Carew to third]; Wynegar singled
to left [Carew scored, McKay to second]; Ford grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [McKay to third,
Wynegar out at second]; Kusick flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

RANGERS 7TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Grieve struck
out; Smalley grounded out (second to first); Sundberg struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Randall singled to center; Gomez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Randall to second]; Bostock tripled to
center [Randall scored]; Foucault threw a wild pitch [Bostock
scored]; Hisle grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 4.

RANGERS 8TH: On a bunt Beniquez singled to third; Cubbage struck
out; Beniquez stole second; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first) [Beniquez to third]; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: McKay was hit by a pitch; Wynegar popped to second;
Ford struck out; Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Burroughs reached on an error by McKay; MOATES RAN
FOR BURROUGHS; Howell grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Moates out at second]; Grieve grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 4.