Frank Tanana outdueled Bert Blyleven in pitching the Angels to a 3-2 triumph over the Twins. The lefthander had 12 strikeouts, did not issue a walk and retired 15 batters in succession in the middle innings to post his sixth straight victory. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Monday, May       31, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Angels       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   3  6  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  7  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               3   1   0   0     1   1   .281      Brye cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .184
Jones cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .120      Carew 1b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .304
  Stanton lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Hisle lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .241
Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     1   3   .305      Ford rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Bochte 1b             3   1   2   1     0   0   .282      Kusick dh             4   1   1   1     0   3   .267
Melton dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .208      Roof c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Lahoud lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .176      McKay 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .217
  Torres cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Randall 2b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .262
Jackson 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .205      Gomez ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Etchebarren c         4   0   2   1     0   1   .236        Terrell ph,ss       1   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Chalk ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   6   3     3   9             Totals               33   2   7   2     0  12

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  8,379
Left on Base: Angels 5, Twins 5
DP: Angels 0, Twins 1
Doubles: Bochte (6)
Triples: Etchebarren (1), Randall (2)
Home Runs: Kusick (4)
Stolen Bases: Remy (15)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (8), Etchebarren (1), Randall (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bochte (2), Jones (2)
GIDP: Melton (3)
Hit by Pitch: Chalk (4,by Blyleven), Ford (6,by Tanana)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(7-3)           9     7   2   2   0  12   1  34   2.76
Totals                  9     7   2   2   0  12   1  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(4-5)         9     6   3   3   3   9   0  35   3.12
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   9   0  35

Passed Balls: Etchebarren (3)
Hit by Pitch: Tanana (5), Blyleven (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Bill Deegan


ANGELS 1ST: Remy struck out; Jones grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye singled to center; Carew singled to third [Brye
to second]; Etchebarren allowed a passed ball [Brye to third,
Carew to second]; Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Ford
was hit by a pitch; Kusick struck out; Roof grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Bochte doubled to left; Melton singled to center
[Bochte scored]; Lahoud walked [Melton to second]; Jackson
struck out; Etchebarren singled to center [Melton to third,
Lahoud to second]; Chalk popped to third in foul territory; Remy
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: McKay flied out to center; Randall singled to left;
Randall was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop to first); Gomez singled to left; Brye struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Jones flied out to left; Bonds was called out on
strikes; Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew grounded out (second to first); Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Melton lined to third; Lahoud grounded out (first to
pitcher); Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Kusick struck out; Roof flied out to center; McKay
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
Twins 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Etchebarren was called out on strikes; Chalk was hit
by a pitch; Remy flied out to left; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Randall flied out to right; Gomez popped to first;
Brye grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Bonds walked; Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Bonds to second]; Bonds was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Melton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Hisle was called out
on strikes; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Lahoud struck out; Jackson singled to left;
Etchebarren tripled to center [Jackson scored]; Etchebarren was
picked off and caught stealing home (catcher to third to catcher
to shortstop to first); Chalk grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick struck out; Roof grounded out (third to
first); McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins
0.

ANGELS 8TH: Remy walked; Remy stole second; Jones reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Remy to third]; Bonds
struck out; Bochte singled to right [Remy scored, Jones to
second]; Melton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Bochte out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
3, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Randall tripled to center; TERRELL BATTED FOR GOMEZ;
Terrell struck out; Brye popped to first; Carew singled to
center [Randall scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 3, Twins 1.

ANGELS 9TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Lahoud popped
to shortstop; Jackson flied out to center; Etchebarren grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins
1.

TWINS 9TH: STANTON REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); TORRES REPLACED
LAHOUD (PLAYING CF); Ford grounded out (second to first); Kusick
homered; Roof struck out; McKay was called out on strikes; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 2.