Catfish Hunter ended a personal four-game losing streak and breezed to his first victory since July 21 when the Yankees trounced the Twins, 12-5. The Yankees piled up 16 hits, including three apiece for Mickey Rivers, Carlos May and Willie Randolph. Chris Chambliss drove in three runs with a double in the fourth inning. The Yankees built up a 12-1 lead before Steve Braun whacked a bases-loaded triple for the Twins in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 12, Minnesota Twins 5

Game Played on Thursday, August 12, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Yankees 0 2 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 - 12 16 0 Twins 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 5 9 5 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .304 Braun dh 5 1 2 3 0 1 .279 Piniella lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .241 White lf,cf 5 1 1 1 1 0 .265 Carew 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .321 Munson c 2 3 1 0 2 0 .309 Kusick 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Hendricks c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .168 Bostock cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .328 Chambliss 1b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .296 Cubbage 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .237 Velez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Wynegar c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .274 C. May dh 4 1 3 2 1 0 .270 Hisle lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .266 Nettles 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .231 Ford rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .246 Gamble rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .246 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Randolph 2b 5 3 3 1 0 1 .264 Oliva ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Stanley ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Terrell 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Albury p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 12 16 10 5 6 Totals 35 5 9 5 2 7 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 20,597 Left on Base: Yankees 10, Twins 5 DP: Yankees 0, Twins 0 Errors: Carew, Wynegar, Ford, Randall, Luebber Doubles: C. May (8), Rivers (26), Chambliss (19), Randolph (11), Hisle (12) Triples: C. May (2), Braun (3) Stolen Bases: Munson (12), Randolph (26), Braun (8), Bostock (8) Hit by Pitch: Munson (8,by Luebber), Rivers (3,by Albury) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(13-12) 9 9 5 5 2 7 0 37 3.64 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 7 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Luebber L(3-3) 3.2 7 7 6 3 1 0 21 3.86 Albury 2 8 5 5 2 2 0 17 4.22 Johnson 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.62 Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5.43 Totals 9 16 12 11 5 6 0 49 Hit by Pitch: Luebber (1), Albury (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Lou DiMuro YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson walked; Munson stole second; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Braun singled to right; Braun stole second; Smalley struck out; Carew singled to right [Braun scored]; Bostock flied out to right; Cubbage flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. YANKEES 2ND: C. May doubled to center; Nettles singled to center [C. May stayed at second]; Gamble walked [C. May to third, Nettles to second]; Randolph forced C. May (third to catcher) [Nettles scored (error by Wynegar) (no RBI), Gamble to third, Randolph to second]; Stanley reached on a fielder's choice [Gamble out at home (second to catcher)]; Rivers singled to left [Randolph scored, Stanley to third, Rivers out at second (left to catcher to first to second to first)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar walked; Hisle flied out to center; Ford forced Wynegar (third to second); Randall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1. YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (first unassisted); Munson singled to third; Chambliss struck out; C. May singled to left [Munson scored (error by Randall) (unearned) (no RBI), C. May to second (on throw)]; Nettles popped to third in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley struck out; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1. YANKEES 4TH: Gamble popped to second; Randolph singled to center; Randolph stole second [Randolph to third (error by Luebber)]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers doubled to right [Randolph scored]; White walked; Munson was hit by a pitch [Rivers to third, White to second]; ALBURY REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Chambliss doubled to center [Rivers scored, White scored, Munson scored]; C. May walked; Nettles struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Bostock singled to right; Bostock stole second; Cubbage struck out; Wynegar lined to right [Bostock to third]; Bostock was picked off third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Twins 1. YANKEES 5TH: Gamble reached on an error by Carew [Gamble to first]; Randolph singled to right [Gamble to third, Randolph out at second (right to shortstop)]; Stanley popped to second; Rivers was hit by a pitch; White popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Hisle flied out to left; Ford was called out on strikes; Randall lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Twins 1. YANKEES 6TH: Munson walked; Chambliss singled to right [Munson to third, Chambliss to second (error by Ford)]; C. May tripled to center [Munson scored, Chambliss scored]; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble struck out; Randolph doubled to center [C. May scored]; Stanley singled to left [Randolph scored]; Rivers singled to pitcher [Stanley to second]; White singled to center [Stanley scored, Rivers to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED ALBURY (PITCHING); Munson popped to shortstop; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: HENDRICKS REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Braun was called out on strikes; Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to left; Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 1. YANKEES 7TH: KUSICK REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 1B); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); C. May grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles singled to left; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: PINIELLA REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING LF); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Cubbage singled to right; Wynegar flied out to right; Hisle doubled to left [Cubbage to third]; Ford walked; OLIVA BATTED FOR RANDALL; Oliva flied out to center; Braun tripled to right [Cubbage scored, Hisle scored, Ford scored]; Smalley struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 4. YANKEES 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING 2B); HUGHES REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Randolph struck out; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: VELEZ REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); Kusick flied out to center; Bostock singled to center; Cubbage grounded out (second to first) [Bostock to second]; Wynegar singled to center [Bostock scored]; Hisle popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 5. YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to right; Hendricks grounded out (first to pitcher); Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 5. TWINS 9TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Terrell flied out to left; Braun lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 12, Twins 5.

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