Larry Hisle hit for the cycle, capping his performance with a two-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Twins to an 8-6 victory over the Orioles. Hisle previously had doubled in the fourth, tripled for two RBIs in the fifth and singled in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 6
Game Played on Friday, June      4, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        0  0  1    1  3  0    0  0  1    2  -   8 14  2
Orioles      3  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   6 15  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock cf            4   2   1   0     0   0   .341      Bumbry lf             1   2   1   0     1   0   .248
  Brye ph,cf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .200        Blair ph,cf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .180
Smalley ss            4   1   0   0     1   2   .226      Belanger ss           4   2   2   1     2   0   .308
Carew 1b              5   1   3   2     0   0   .308      Grich 2b              5   0   3   1     1   0   .277
Wynegar c             5   1   1   0     0   0   .292      R. Jackson cf,rf      5   1   0   0     1   0   .225
Hisle lf              5   2   4   4     0   0   .261      L. May dh             1   0   1   2     0   0   .222
Braun 3b              3   0   2   1     1   1   .236        Mora ph,dh          4   0   2   0     0   0   .265
  McKay ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Muser 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .257
Ford rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .240        Harper ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Cubbage dh            2   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Stillman ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Kusick ph,dh        2   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Singleton rf,lf       3   0   1   0     2   1   .188
  Terrell pr,dh       1   1   0   0     0   0   .162      DeCinces 3b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Duncan c              5   1   1   0     0   1   .255
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Flanagan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   8  14   8     2   5             Totals               42   6  15   5     7   2

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance: 35,111
Left on Base: Twins 6, Orioles 13
DP: Twins 4, Orioles 2
Errors: Hisle, Braun
Doubles: Hisle (8), Kusick (5), Brye (2), Duncan (2), Mora (3)
Triples: Carew (3), Hisle (1)
Home Runs: Hisle (4)
Stolen Bases: DeCinces (3)
GIDP: Cubbage (2), Ford (6), DeCinces 2 (3), R. Jackson 2 (6)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz                   1.2   8   6   6   3   0   0  14   4.63
Burgmeier               6.2   6   0   0   2   2   0  27   0.60
Campbell W(6-2)         1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   8   2.45
Totals                 10    15   6   6   7   2   0  49

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               4.2   9   5   5   1   1   0  23   2.30
Flanagan L(0-1)         5.1   5   3   3   1   4   1  21   3.78
Totals                 10    14   8   8   2   5   1  44

Wild Pitches: Goltz (6)
Balks: Burgmeier (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Bill Haller


TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
grounded out (first unassisted); Carew singled; Wynegar grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Belanger singled to left [Bumbry to
second]; Grich grounded out (first unassisted) [Bumbry to third,
Belanger to second]; R. Jackson was walked intentionally; L. May
singled [Bumbry scored, Belanger scored, R. Jackson to second];
Muser singled to left [R. Jackson scored, L. May to third (error
by Hisle), Muser to second (on throw)]; Singleton was walked
intentionally; DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Singleton out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 3.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Braun singled to
right; Ford was called out on strikes; Cubbage grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Duncan doubled to right; Bumbry singled to left
[Duncan to third]; Belanger singled to right [Duncan scored,
Bumbry to second]; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Bumbry to third,
Belanger to second]; Grich singled to shortstop [Bumbry scored,
Belanger to third]; R. Jackson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Belanger scored (no RBI), Grich out at
second]; MORA BATTED FOR L. MAY; Mora singled to center; Lee
May ejected by HP umpire Ron Luciano; BURGMEIER REPLACED
GOLTZ (PITCHING); Muser singled to right [Mora to second];
Singleton flied to left in foul territory; 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 0, Orioles 6.

TWINS 3RD: MORA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Randall singled;
Bostock forced Randall (third to second); Smalley flied out to
left; Carew tripled [Bostock scored]; Wynegar flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces flied out to left; Duncan grounded out
(catcher to first); BLAIR BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Blair singled to
center; Burgmeier balked [Blair to second]; Belanger walked;
Grich walked [Blair to third, Belanger to second]; R. Jackson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 1,
Orioles 6.

TWINS 4TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); R. JACKSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SINGLETON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Hisle doubled; Braun singled to center [Hisle scored]; Ford
forced Braun (shortstop to second); Cubbage grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ford out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 4TH: Mora grounded out (third to first); Muser grounded
out (second to first); Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 6.

TWINS 5TH: Randall flied out to center; Bostock singled; Smalley
walked [Bostock to second]; Carew singled to left [Bostock
scored, Smalley to second]; Wynegar flied out to center; Hisle
tripled [Smalley scored, Carew scored]; FLANAGAN REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Braun walked; Ford forced Braun (shortstop
to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces singled to left; DeCinces stole second;
Duncan struck out; Blair flied out to left; Belanger flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

TWINS 6TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Kusick flied out to
center; Randall lined to shortstop; Bostock grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich singled to left; R. Jackson grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Grich out at second];
Mora doubled to left; Muser grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley struck out; Carew grounded out (first to
pitcher); Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton singled; DeCinces grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second];
Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Orioles 6.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle singled; Braun struck out; Ford grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Hisle out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Blair grounded out (pitcher to first); Belanger
made an out to first; Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Orioles 6.

TWINS 9TH: Kusick doubled; TERRELL RAN FOR KUSICK; Randall
struck out; BRYE BATTED FOR BOSTOCK; Brye doubled [Terrell
scored]; Smalley struck out; Carew popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); R. Jackson made
an out to shortstop; Mora reached on an error by Braun [Mora to
second]; HARPER BATTED FOR MUSER; CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER
(PITCHING); STILLMAN BATTED FOR HARPER; Stillman flied out to
right; Singleton was walked intentionally; DeCinces made an out
to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Orioles 6.

TWINS 10TH: STILLMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Wynegar
singled to third; Hisle homered [Wynegar scored]; MCKAY BATTED
FOR BRAUN; McKay popped to second; Ford flied out to left;
Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 8, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 10TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Duncan flied
out to right; Blair grounded out (third to first); Belanger
walked; Grich singled [Belanger to second]; R. Jackson grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 8, Orioles
6.