Although rapped for 10 hits in five innings of pitching, Jackie Brown was able to gain his first victory since June 29 when the Indians defeated the Twins, 7-3. Don Hood, who relieved Brown, loaded the bases with two out in the sixth, but Stan Thomas came in, retired Rod Carew on an infield out and saved the game, allowing only two hits in the last 3 1/3 innings. The Indians did their major scoring in the second, getting four runs, one each on singles by George Hendrick and Buddy Bell and two on a double by Ray Fosse. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Friday, August    27, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3 13  3
Indians      0  4  1    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   7  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .268
  Ford ph,rf          1   0   0   0     1   0   .251      Blanks ss             4   0   0   1     0   1   .286
Smalley ss            4   1   3   0     1   0   .259        Duffy ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Carew 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .322      Lowenstein cf         5   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Bostock cf            4   0   2   2     0   0   .320      Carty dh              3   3   2   0     1   0   .306
Cubbage 3b            5   0   1   1     0   1   .247      Powell 1b             2   1   1   0     2   1   .219
Hisle rf,lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Hendrick lf           2   0   1   1     2   0   .273
Oliva dh              2   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Bell 3b               4   1   2   2     0   0   .290
  Kusick ph,dh        2   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Smith rf              4   2   0   0     0   0   .230
Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Fosse c               4   0   1   2     0   0   .319
Borgmann c            4   1   3   0     0   0   .324      Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  13   3     2   4             Totals               32   7   8   6     6   2

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  7,439
Left on Base: Twins 11, Indians 8
DP: Twins 1, Indians 1
Errors: Cubbage, Randall, Goltz
Doubles: Fosse (8), Carty (27), Powell (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Carew (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Bostock (5), Blanks (3)
GIDP: Bostock (10), Bell (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(10-13)          7     8   7   6   6   2   0  35   3.67
Albury                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.00
Totals                  8     8   7   6   6   2   0  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(8-9)            5    10   3   3   0   3   0  24   3.99
Hood                    0.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   5   4.13
Thomas SV(5)            3.1   2   0   0   0   1   0  12   2.25
Totals                  9    13   3   3   2   4   0  41

Wild Pitches: Hood (8)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Bill Deegan


TWINS 1ST: Braun singled; On a bunt Smalley singled [Braun to
second]; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Braun
to third, Smalley to second]; Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Braun scored, Smalley to third]; Cubbage flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Blanks was
called out on strikes; Lowenstein grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle struck out; Oliva grounded out (second to
first); Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty singled; Powell walked [Carty to second];
Hendrick singled to center [Carty scored, Powell to second];
Bell singled to center [Powell scored, Hendrick to third]; Smith
reached on a fielder's choice [Hendrick out at home (pitcher to
catcher to third), Bell to third, Smith to second]; Fosse
doubled to left [Bell scored, Smith scored]; Kuiper grounded out
(second to first) [Fosse to third]; Blanks grounded out (second
to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 4.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann singled to center; Braun flied out to right;
Smalley singled to left [Borgmann to second]; Carew was called
out on strikes; Bostock singled [Borgmann scored, Smalley to
second]; Cubbage forced Bostock (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein flied out to left; Carty doubled to
center; Powell walked; Hendrick walked [Carty to third, Powell
to second]; Bell grounded out (third to first) [Carty scored,
Powell to third, Hendrick to second]; Smith grounded out (first
to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 5.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva struck
out; Randall singled to center; Borgmann singled to right
[Randall to second]; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
singled to center; Kuiper was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Goltz [Kuiper to second]; Blanks made an out to
second; Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 5.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley singled to right; On a bunt Carew singled
[Smalley to second]; Bostock grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to pitcher) [Smalley to third, Carew out at
second]; Cubbage singled to right [Smalley scored]; Hisle flied
out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Carty popped to first in foul territory; Powell
struck out; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 5.

TWINS 6TH: HOOD REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); KUSICK BATTED FOR
OLIVA; Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; Randall
grounded out (second to first); Borgmann singled to left; FORD
BATTED FOR BRAUN; Hood threw a wild pitch [Borgmann to second];
Ford walked; Smalley walked [Borgmann to third, Ford to second];
THOMAS REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HISLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bell singled to left; Smith forced Bell
(catcher to shortstop); Fosse reached on an error by Cubbage
[Smith to third, Fosse to second]; Kuiper was walked
intentionally; Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to left [Smith scored
(unearned), Fosse to third]; Lowenstein flied out to left; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

TWINS 7TH: Bostock flied out to left; Cubbage was called out on
strikes; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Carty walked; Powell doubled to center [Carty to
third]; Hendrick walked; Bell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Carty scored (no RBI), Powell to
third, Hendrick out at second]; Smith grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

TWINS 8TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

INDIANS 8TH: ALBURY REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Fosse popped to
first in foul territory; Kuiper reached on an error by Randall;
Blanks made an out to first; Lowenstein lined to first; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

TWINS 9TH: DUFFY REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); Ford lined to
third; Smalley lined to second; Carew singled; Bostock singled
to right [Carew to third]; Cubbage forced Bostock (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.