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Friday August 20, 1976
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Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, August 20, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Twins        0  2  2    0  0  0    2  0  2  -   8 11  0
Tigers       2  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun dh              2   1   1   0     0   0   .279      LeFlore cf            5   1   2   1     0   0   .333
  Kusick ph,dh        2   1   0   0     1   0   .259      Meyer lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .262
Smalley ss            4   2   2   0     1   0   .258      Oglivie rf            5   2   2   4     0   0   .266
Carew 1b              5   1   3   3     0   1   .323      Staub dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .309
Wynegar c             2   0   0   0     3   1   .264      Thompson 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .230
Bostock cf            5   0   2   3     0   0   .314      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Cubbage 3b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .248      Wockenfuss c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Terrell ph,3b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .248        Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Hisle lf              5   1   1   2     0   0   .269        Wagner ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
Ford rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .252      Scrivener ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Randall 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .265        Horton ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .265
Luebber p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kimm pr,c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .197
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
                                                            Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                          Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   8  11   8     7   2             Totals               37   5  11   5     2   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 17,385
Left on Base: Twins 8, Tigers 7
DP: Twins 0, Tigers 2
Doubles: Carew (21), Thompson (12)
Triples: LeFlore (8), Meyer (3)
Home Runs: Hisle (11), Oglivie 2 (9)
Stolen Bases: Ford (14)
GIDP: Bostock (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber                 1.1   5   4   4   1   0   1  10   4.53
Burgmeier W(6-0)        5.2   6   1   1   0   2   1  22   2.62
Campbell SV(16)         2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   3.24
Totals                  9    11   5   5   2   4   2  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk               2     5   4   4   2   1   1  12   6.10
Laxton L(0-5)           4.1   2   2   2   2   1   0  16   4.27
Hiller                  2     4   2   2   3   0   0  13   2.50
Grilli                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.37
Totals                  9    11   8   8   7   2   1  43

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


TWINS 1ST: Braun flied out to right; Smalley grounded out (first
unassisted); Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Meyer
singled; Oglivie homered [Meyer scored]; Staub singled; Thompson
walked [Staub to second]; Rodriguez flied out to center;
Wockenfuss forced Thompson (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 2.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar walked; Bostock grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at second]; Cubbage
singled; Hisle homered [Cubbage scored]; Ford walked; Ford stole
second; Randall grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Scrivener flied out to left; Garcia singled; LeFlore
tripled to right [Garcia scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED LUEBBER
(PITCHING); Meyer struck out; Oglivie homered [LeFlore scored];
Staub flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers
5.

TWINS 3RD: Braun singled; Smalley singled [Braun to second];
Carew singled to left [Braun scored, Smalley to second]; LAXTON
REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Wynegar struck out; Bostock
singled to center [Smalley scored, Carew to third]; Cubbage hit
into a double play to left [Carew out at home (left to
catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
singled; Wockenfuss popped to third in foul territory; Scrivener
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Ford flied out
to left; Randall lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Garcia flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out
(third to first); Meyer tripled to right; Oglivie grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TWINS 5TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR BRAUN; Kusick grounded out (third
to first); Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Staub struck out; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar made an out to first; Bostock popped to third
in foul territory; Cubbage walked; Hisle forced Cubbage
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Wockenfuss grounded out (pitcher to first);
Scrivener grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia singled;
LeFlore singled [Garcia out at third (first to shortstop)]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 5.

TWINS 7TH: Ford flied out to center; Randall singled; Kusick
walked [Randall to second]; HILLER REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING);
Smalley walked [Randall to third, Kusick to second]; Carew
doubled to right [Randall scored, Kusick scored, Smalley to
third]; Wynegar was walked intentionally; Bostock made an out to
shortstop; TERRELL BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Terrell forced Wynegar
(second unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Meyer flied out
to right; Oglivie flied out to right; Staub grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 5.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle flied out to left; Ford lined to shortstop;
Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 6, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Thompson doubled to right; CAMPBELL REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck out; JOHNSON BATTED FOR
WOCKENFUSS; Johnson flied out to right [Thompson to third];
HORTON BATTED FOR SCRIVENER; Horton was walked intentionally;
KIMM RAN FOR HORTON; STANLEY BATTED FOR GARCIA; Stanley struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Tigers 5.

TWINS 9TH: WAGNER REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); KIMM STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); MANUEL REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING 2B); Kusick
popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley singled; Carew
singled [Smalley to second]; Wynegar walked [Smalley to third,
Carew to second]; Bostock singled to center [Smalley scored,
Carew scored, Wynegar to second]; GRILLI REPLACED HILLER
(PITCHING); Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wynegar to
third, Bostock to second]; Hisle popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 8, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Meyer
grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Tigers 5.



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