Graig Nettles hit his third homer in two days and Roy White added a round-tripper for what proved to be the Yankees' deciding run in a 5-4 victory over the Twins. The Yankees' first two runs were unearned before singles by Fred Stanley, Mickey Rivers and Thurman Munson supplied a tally in the fourth inning. Nettles whacked his homer in the fifth and White, who had four hits, connected for the circuit in the sixth. Larry Hisle hit a two-run homer for the Twins. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    14, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      0  1  1    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Twins        0  0  1    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   4  8  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Bostock cf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .329
White lf              5   2   4   1     0   0   .275      Hisle lf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .266
Munson c              4   0   1   1     1   0   .306      Carew 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .323
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .293      Kusick dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .281
C. May dh             5   1   1   0     0   2   .264      Ford rf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .244
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .234      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Terrell 3b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .242
Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Stanley ss            2   1   1   1     2   1   .267      Randall 2b            3   0   0   1     0   2   .256
Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  10   4     5   4             Totals               32   4   8   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 19,005
Left on Base: Yankees 9, Twins 4
DP: Yankees 1, Twins 2
Errors: Holtzman, Terrell, Randall
Doubles: C. May (9), White 2 (23), Ford (14)
Home Runs: Nettles (18), White (10), Hisle (10)
Stolen Bases: Carew 2 (41)
Caught Stealing: Randolph (8), Carew (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Terrell (1)
GIDP: Munson (10), Hisle (8)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman W(10-8)        9     8   4   4   2   5   1  35   3.60
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   5   1  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(9-12)           6     8   5   3   4   2   2  30   3.69
Burgmeier               3     2   0   0   1   2   0  11   2.03
Totals                  9    10   5   3   5   4   2  41

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; White singled to right; Munson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [White
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock struck out; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to
first); On a bunt Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss lined to right; C. May doubled to center;
Nettles walked; Gamble reached on an error by Terrell [C. May to
third, Nettles to second]; Randolph popped to catcher in foul
territory; Stanley walked [C. May scored (unearned), Nettles to
third, Gamble to second]; Rivers lined to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick popped to first in foul territory; Ford struck
out; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: White doubled to right; Munson grounded out (third
to first) [White to third]; Chambliss walked; C. May struck out;
Nettles reached on an error by Randall [White scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Chambliss to second]; Gamble grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell singled to center; Smalley singled to center
[Terrell to second]; Terrell was picked off second but was safe
on an error by Holtzman [Terrell to third, Smalley to second];
Randall grounded out (shortstop to first) [Terrell scored];
Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Smalley to third]; Hisle
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
singled to right; On a bunt Rivers singled to pitcher [Stanley
to second]; White lined to center; Munson singled to left
[Stanley scored, Rivers to second]; Chambliss lined to center; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: On a bunt Carew singled to third; Kusick flied out to
center; Carew stole second; Ford walked; Wynegar flied out to
right; Terrell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 5TH: C. May grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles
homered; Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Randall struck
out; Bostock singled to center; Hisle homered [Bostock scored];
Carew singled to right; Carew stole second; Kusick walked; Carew
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Twins 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Stanley walked; Rivers lined into a double play
(pitcher to first) [Stanley out at first]; White homered; Munson
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Ford doubled to right; Wynegar flied to right in foul
territory [Ford to third]; Terrell hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Ford scored]; Smalley flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Twins 4.

YANKEES 7TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Chambliss
grounded out (second to pitcher); C. May grounded out (shortstop
to first); Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Randall struck out; Bostock singled to center; Hisle
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Bostock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins
4.

YANKEES 8TH: On a bunt Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first);
Randolph singled to third; Randolph was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Stanley was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: On a bunt Carew grounded out (pitcher to first);
Kusick struck out; Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Twins 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); White
doubled to left; Munson was walked intentionally; Chambliss
flied out to left; C. May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Terrell made an out to
second; Smalley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Twins 4.