Although Frank Tanana, who is second in the A. L. in strikeouts, fanned only one, the Angels won the opener of a doubleheader, 5-3, before the Twins came back to take the nightcap, 9-5, in a slugfest that produced a pair of grand-slam homers. Ron Jackson made Tanana's victory possible by getting three hits including a homer, and driving in four runs. Craig Kusick had a three-run shot for the Twins.

In the nightcap, the Twins took a 5-0 lead before the Angels erupted to tie the score in the seventh inning on a walk with the bases loaded and a grand slam by Jackson. However in the eighth, two hit batsmen and a walk filled the sacks for the Twins and Rod Carew clouted his second slam of the season to give the Twins their victory and a split of the twin-bill. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 4, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels       0  0  0    1  0  3    1  0  0  -   5 11  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  9  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Guerrero 2b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .284      Brye rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Briggs cf,1b          5   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .249
Bonds rf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .268      Carew 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .319
Davis dh              5   2   3   0     0   0   .262      Hisle lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .240
Melton 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .205      Kusick dh             4   1   3   3     0   0   .289
  Torres cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .287
Bochte lf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .268      Bostock cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .326
Jackson 3b            4   1   3   4     0   0   .227      Terrell 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Chalk ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Gomez ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Etchebarren c         4   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  11   5     1   3             Totals               35   3   9   3     1   1

Time of Game: 2:07
Left on Base: Angels 8, Twins 6
DP: Angels 1, Twins 0
Errors: Jackson, Hisle, Goltz
Doubles: Davis (3), Bonds (5), Kusick (9)
Home Runs: Jackson (4), Kusick (7)
Stolen Bases: Kusick (2)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Chalk (2)
GIDP: Wynegar (7)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana W(10-5)          9     9   3   3   1   1   1  36   2.90
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   1   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(7-7)            6     9   5   4   1   3   1  30   3.76
Campbell                3     2   0   0   0   0   0  10   3.24
Totals                  9    11   5   4   1   3   1  40

Wild Pitches: Tanana (4)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Guerrero struck out; Briggs made an out to second;
Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); Randall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Davis singled to center; Melton singled to center
[Davis to second]; Bochte reached on an error by Hisle [Davis to
third, Melton to second]; Jackson made an out to second; Chalk
forced Davis (third to catcher) [Melton to third, Bochte to
second]; Etchebarren made an out to third; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
 Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle lined to shortstop; Kusick doubled to center;
Wynegar walked; Bostock struck out; Tanana threw a wild pitch
[Kusick to third, Wynegar to second]; Terrell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Briggs
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Gomez made an out to shortstop; Brye flied out to
right; Randall lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Twins 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Davis singled to left; Melton struck out; Bochte
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Davis to second]; Jackson
singled to left [Davis scored, Jackson to second (on throw to
home)]; Chalk lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Hisle grounded
out (third to first); Kusick singled to center; Kusick stole
second; Wynegar made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Etchebarren grounded out (third to first); Guerrero
grounded out (second to first); Briggs singled to center; Bonds
lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Bostock flied out to center; Terrell singled to left;
Gomez grounded out (third to first) [Terrell to second]; Brye
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Davis doubled to center; Melton grounded out (third
to first); Bochte was walked intentionally; Jackson homered
[Davis scored, Bochte scored]; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to
first); Etchebarren popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Randall singled to left; Carew forced Randall
(pitcher to shortstop); Hisle singled to center [Carew to
second]; Kusick homered [Carew scored, Hisle scored]; Wynegar
grounded out (third to first); Bostock singled to right; Terrell
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4,
Twins 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Guerrero singled; Briggs reached on a fielder's
choice [Guerrero to second (error by Goltz)]; Bonds doubled to
right [Guerrero scored (unearned), Briggs to third]; CAMPBELL
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Davis grounded out (shortstop to
first); Melton flied out to right; Bochte grounded out (second
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Gomez singled to center; Brye flied out to right;
Randall forced Gomez (second to shortstop); Carew singled to
center [Randall out at third (center to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Jackson singled to left; Chalk out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Jackson to second]; Etchebarren lined
to center; Guerrero flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle flied out to left; Kusick reached on an error
by Jackson; Wynegar grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Kusick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 5, Twins 3.

ANGELS 9TH: Briggs flied out to center; Bonds singled to left;
Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Davis
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: TORRES REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING CF); BRIGGS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first);
Terrell flied out to center; Gomez grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 3.

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