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 4
Game Played on Monday, August    23, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        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.