The Twins received a lucky break from the weather and posted a 4-0 victory over the Tigers in a game that was stopped by rain in the bottom half of the sixth inning. Mike Cubbage batted in three runs for the Twins. In the Tigers' sixth, Aurelio Rodriguez homered with a man on base and two more runs scored with the aid of a triple by Dan Meyer, but rain stopped play while the Twins were at bat in their half, causing the score to revert to five full innings. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  -   0  3  2
Twins        0  0  2    0  2  -   4  7  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .341      Bostock rf            2   1   0   0     1   0   .326
Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Smalley ss            3   2   1   0     0   0   .224
Meyer lf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Carew 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .311
Staub rf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Wynegar c             1   0   1   0     2   0   .294
Thompson 1b           1   0   0   0     1   1   .222      Cubbage 3b            2   0   1   3     0   1   .265
Johnson dh            2   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Hisle lf              2   0   0   1     0   0   .238
Freehan c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Braun dh              3   0   3   0     0   0   .252
Rodriguez 3b          2   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Brye cf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Veryzer ss            1   0   0   0     1   1   .191      Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               18   0   3   0     2   5             Totals               20   4   7   4     3   1

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance:  5,361
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Twins 7
DP: Tigers 0, Twins 0
Errors: Thompson, Veryzer
Doubles: Wynegar (5), Cubbage (2), Smalley (4)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (20)
Caught Stealing: Carew (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Brye (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cubbage (2), Hisle (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle L(5-3)            4     6   4   2   3   1   0  22   4.58
Crawford                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.11
Totals                  5     7   4   2   3   1   0  26

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(7-3)            5     3   0   0   2   5   0  20   4.21
Totals                  5     3   0   0   2   5   0  20

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Garcia flied out to center;
Meyer singled to center; Staub forced Meyer (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
reached on an error by Thompson; Carew forced Smalley (second to
shortstop); Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson walked; Johnson lined to second; Freehan
struck out; Rodriguez singled to center [Thompson to second];
Veryzer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar doubled to right; Cubbage was called out on
strikes; Hisle flied out to center; Braun singled to center
[Wynegar to third]; Brye forced Braun (third to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore struck out; Garcia popped to shortstop;
Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall grounded out (third to first); Bostock
walked; Smalley reached on a fielder's choice [Bostock to second
(error by Veryzer)]; Carew grounded out (second to first)
[Bostock to third, Smalley to second]; Wynegar was walked
intentionally; Cubbage doubled to right [Bostock scored
(unearned), Smalley scored (unearned), Wynegar to third]; Hisle
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson was
called out on strikes; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Braun singled to center; Brye out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Braun to second]; Randall grounded out
(third to first); Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
singled to left; Veryzer walked [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore
forced Veryzer (shortstop to second) [Rodriguez to third];
LeFlore stole second; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley doubled to left; Carew singled to center
[Smalley to third]; Wynegar walked [Carew to second]; CRAWFORD
REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Cubbage hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Smalley scored, Carew to third]; Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Carew scored]; Braun singled to pitcher [Wynegar to
second]; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Game
cancelled due to rain; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 4.