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Graig Nettles and Thurman Munson provided a punch that enabled the Yankees to snap their three-game string of defeats with a 9-4 conquest of the Twins. Nettles had four hits, including two doubles and his 21st homer, while Munson, ending an 0-for-16 slump, contributed two singles and drove in three runs. [The Sporting News] New York Yankees 9, Minnesota Twins 4Game Played on Monday, August 23, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium ITwins 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 8 2 Yankees 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 x - 9 17 3 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bostock cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .323 Rivers cf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .300 Ford rf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .251 White lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .273 Carew 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .323 Munson c 4 0 2 3 1 0 .303 Hisle lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .267 Chambliss 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .296 Kusick dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 C. May dh 5 0 3 0 0 0 .272 Wynegar c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Nettles 3b 5 3 4 1 0 0 .247 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Gamble rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249 Cubbage 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Piniella rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Randall 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .269 Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .258 Singer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .263 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holtzman 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 34 4 8 2 1 4 Totals 39 9 17 7 4 2 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 17,558 Left on Base: Twins 4, Yankees 10 DP: Twins 2, Yankees 2 Errors: Carew, Singer, Randolph, Stanley, Holtzman Doubles: Ford (18), Randall (11), Nettles 2 (21), Gamble (11) Triples: Carew (9), Randolph (2) Home Runs: Nettles (21) Caught Stealing: Carew (17) GIDP: Smalley (10), Munson (11), Gamble (4) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Singer L(10-9) 3.2 7 4 3 3 1 0 19 4.21 Burgmeier 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.68 Johnson 0.1 5 3 3 0 0 0 6 3.48 Hughes 2.1 4 1 1 1 1 1 12 5.24 Totals 8 17 9 8 4 2 1 43 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman W(11-8) 9 8 4 2 1 4 0 35 3.74 Totals 9 8 4 2 1 4 0 35 Wild Pitches: Holtzman (8) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to right; Ford forced Bostock (pitcher to second); Carew tripled to left [Ford scored]; Hisle struck out; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; White flied out to left; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Smalley walked; Cubbage singled to left [Smalley to third]; Randall lined into a double play (right to first) [Cubbage out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); C. May singled to right; Nettles singled to right [C. May to third]; Gamble grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 0. TWINS 3RD: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to left; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Stanley walked; Rivers singled to center [Stanley to second]; White walked [Stanley to third, Rivers to second]; Munson singled to right [Stanley scored, Rivers scored, White to third]; Munson was picked off first but was safe on an error by Carew [White scored, Munson to second]; Chambliss lined to right; C. May singled to left [Munson out at home (left to catcher)]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 3. TWINS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first); Kusick grounded out (third to first); Wynegar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 4TH: Nettles doubled to right; Gamble struck out; Randolph singled to left [Nettles to third, Randolph to second (on throw to home)]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers reached on a fielder's choice [Nettles scored (error by Singer) (unearned) (no RBI), Randolph to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED SINGER (PITCHING); White flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 4. TWINS 5TH: Smalley struck out; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Randall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss flied out to center; C. May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 4. TWINS 6TH: Bostock singled to right; Ford doubled to left [Bostock to third]; Carew reached on a fielder's choice [Bostock scored (error by Holtzman) (no RBI), Ford to third]; Hisle reached on an error by Stanley [Ford scored (unearned), Carew out at third (shortstop to third), Hisle to first]; Kusick grounded out (first unassisted) [Hisle to second]; Holtzman threw a wild pitch [Hisle to third]; Wynegar flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles doubled to right; Gamble grounded out (second to first) [Nettles to third]; JOHNSON REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Randolph tripled to center [Nettles scored]; Stanley popped to third; Rivers singled to left [Randolph scored]; White singled to right [Rivers to third]; Munson singled to left [Rivers scored, White to second]; Chambliss singled to left [White scored, Munson to third]; HUGHES REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); C. May grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 8. TWINS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage popped to catcher in foul territory; Randall doubled to left; Bostock reached on an error by Randolph [Randall scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bostock to first]; Ford flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Yankees 8. YANKEES 7TH: Nettles homered; Gamble doubled to right; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley singled to left [Gamble to third]; Rivers struck out; White grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Yankees 9. TWINS 8TH: PINIELLA REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); Hisle grounded out (second to first); Kusick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Yankees 9. YANKEES 8TH: Munson walked; Chambliss flied out to left; C. May singled to right [Munson to second]; Nettles flied out to center; Piniella popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Yankees 9. TWINS 9TH: Wynegar singled to center; Smalley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at second]; Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Yankees 9. |
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