Lyman Bostock hit for the cycle and Steve Braun and Dan Ford each smashed three-run homers as the Twins overwhelmed the White Sox, 17-2. Bostock, who had a sacrifice fly and walk to go with his homer, triple, double and single, drove in four runs. Braun also accounted for four RBIs with a single in addition to his homer. Ralph Garr collected four hits for the White Sox. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 17, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      24, 1976 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        3  3  0    1  0  1    3  4  2  -  17 17  2
White Sox    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              4   3   2   4     3   2   .265      Nordhagen dh          4   1   1   0     1   1   .231
Smalley ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .230      Garr cf               5   0   4   0     0   0   .304
  Kusick 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Orta lf               4   1   0   0     0   1   .276
Carew 1b              3   2   1   0     2   0   .317      L. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .325
  Gomez ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Stein 2b              3   0   2   1     1   0   .282
Bostock cf            4   4   4   4     1   0   .342      Bell 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .268
  Brye cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Bradford rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .219
Hisle rf              6   1   1   2     0   2   .251      Dent ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .251
Cubbage 3b            5   2   3   1     1   0   .227        Bannister ss        1   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Oliva dh              3   0   0   1     0   0   .212      Essian c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Ford ph,dh          2   2   2   3     0   0   .246      Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            3   1   1   0     3   0   .357        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Terrell 2b            6   1   2   0     0   2   .223        Knapp p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bane p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  17  17  15    11   6             Totals               36   2  10   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 14,997
Left on Base: Twins 12, White Sox 9
DP: Twins 3, White Sox 0
Errors: Smalley, Cubbage, Bannister, Odom
Doubles: Borgmann (2), Bostock (9), Ford (11), Garr (14)
Triples: Bostock (5)
Home Runs: Bostock (3), Braun (3), Ford (11)
Caught Stealing: Hisle (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliva (1), Bostock (3)
GIDP: L. Johnson (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bane W(3-2)             9    10   2   2   2   6   0  38   2.57
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   6   0  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(2-4)        0.1   0   3   3   3   0   0   4   7.31
Vuckovich               1.2   4   3   3   2   1   0  10   4.28
Knapp                   5.1  11   9   8   4   4   3  32   5.28
Odom                    1.2   2   2   0   2   1   0  10   4.76
Totals                  9    17  17  14  11   6   3  56

Wild Pitches: Bane (3)

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


TWINS 1ST: Braun walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Braun to second]; Carew walked; Bostock
walked [Braun to third, Carew to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED
JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Hisle singled to left [Braun scored, Carew
scored, Bostock to second]; Cubbage walked [Bostock to third,
Hisle to second]; Oliva hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bostock
scored]; Hisle was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 3
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
singled to left; Orta flied out to right; L. Johnson made an out
to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Borgmann doubled to right; Terrell struck out; Braun
singled to center [Borgmann scored]; Smalley grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Braun to second]; Carew walked; Bostock
tripled to center [Braun scored, Carew scored]; Hisle popped to
third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Stein flied out to right; Bell singled to center;
Bradford struck out; On a bunt Dent singled [Bell to second];
Essian forced Bell (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 6, White Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: KNAPP REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Cubbage flied
out to center; Oliva flied out to center; Borgmann walked;
Terrell singled to left [Borgmann to second]; Braun struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen struck out; Garr doubled to left; Orta
struck out; L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
6, White Sox 0.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew flied
out to right; Bostock homered; Hisle grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Stein walked; Bell reached on an error by Cubbage
[Stein to second]; Bradford struck out; Dent grounded out (third
to first) [Stein to third, Bell to second]; Essian made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage singled to center; Oliva flied out to center;
Borgmann flied to left in foul territory; Terrell forced Cubbage
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordhagen singled to right; Garr singled to left
[Nordhagen to second]; Orta forced Garr (first to shortstop)
[Nordhagen to third]; Bane threw a wild pitch [Nordhagen scored,
Orta to second]; L. Johnson reached on an error by Smalley;
Stein singled to right [Orta scored, L. Johnson to second]; Bell
lined into a double play (third to second) [L. Johnson out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 2.

TWINS 6TH: Braun struck out; Smalley singled to right; Carew
singled to right [Smalley to third]; Bostock hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Smalley scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 8, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bradford grounded out (third to first); Dent
grounded out (third to first); Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, White Sox 2.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage singled to center; Oliva flied out to left;
Borgmann flied out to center; Terrell singled to left [Cubbage
to second]; Braun homered [Cubbage scored, Terrell scored];
Smalley walked; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 11, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: KUSICK REPLACED SMALLEY (PLAYING 1B); GOMEZ
REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING SS); Nordhagen walked; On a bunt Garr
singled [Nordhagen to second]; Orta forced Garr (second to
shortstop) [Nordhagen to third]; L. Johnson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Orta out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 11, White Sox 2.

TWINS 8TH: BANNISTER REPLACED DENT (PLAYING SS); Bostock doubled
to right; Hisle reached on an error by Bannister; Cubbage
singled to center [Bostock scored, Hisle to second]; FORD BATTED
FOR OLIVA; Ford homered [Hisle scored (unearned), Cubbage
scored]; Borgmann walked; Terrell struck out; Braun walked
[Borgmann to second]; ODOM REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Kusick
flied out to center; Gomez flied out to right; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 15, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Stein singled
to left; Bell singled to center [Stein to third]; Bradford lined
into a double play (second to first) [Bell out at first];
Bannister struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 15, White Sox
2.

TWINS 9TH: Bostock singled to right; Hisle struck out; Cubbage
popped to catcher in foul territory; Ford doubled to center
[Bostock to third]; Borgmann walked; Terrell reached on an error
by Odom [Bostock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Ford scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Borgmann to second]; Braun walked [Borgmann
to third, Terrell to second]; Kusick popped to third in foul
territory; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 17, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BRYE REPLACED BOSTOCK (PLAYING CF); Essian flied
out to center; Nordhagen lined to left; Garr flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 17, White Sox 2.