Rod Carew smashed a grand-slam homer to back up the three-hit pitching of Dave Goltz as the Twins defeated the Rangers, 6-0, for their fifth straight victory. Steve Foucault, pitching for the Rangers in relief of Jim Umbarger, issued three passes to load the bases in the seventh inning.

Carew was summoned as a pinch-hitter for Bob Randall and, after Steve Hargan replaced Foucault, Carew hit the reliever's second pitch over the center field wall. The grand slam was the third of the season for Carew, who had never hit one in any previous year in his major league career. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 9, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    4  1  0  -   6  6  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .270      Moates cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .252
  Carew ph            1   1   1   4     0   0   .330      Clines lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
  Gomez 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Brye cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Ford rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Ault dh               3   0   1   0     0   2   .333
Hisle lf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .265      Grieve rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .248
Kusick 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .255      Pape 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Wynegar dh            3   1   1   0     1   1   .269      Thompson 2b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Terrell 3b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Cubbage ph,3b       1   0   1   1     0   0   .255      Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            1   1   0   0     3   0   .244        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Smalley ss            2   1   1   0     1   0   .263        Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Terpko p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   6   6   6     7   5             Totals               29   0   3   0     1   8

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  3,603
Left on Base: Twins 6, Rangers 3
DP: Twins 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Goltz
Doubles: Smalley (17)
Home Runs: Carew (7)
Caught Stealing: Pape (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (20), Brye (4), Terrell (4)
GIDP: Pape (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(12-13)          9     3   0   0   1   8   0  30   3.38
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   8   0  30

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger L(9-12)        6     4   1   1   2   3   0  23   3.31
Foucault                0.1   0   3   3   3   0   0   4   3.28
Hargan                  1.2   2   2   2   2   2   1   9   3.30
Terpko                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.34
Totals                  9     6   6   6   7   5   1  39

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


TWINS 1ST: Randall grounded out (second to first); Brye flied
out to right; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Moates grounded out (second to first); Clines
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick
grounded out (third to first); Wynegar singled to center;
Terrell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault
struck out; Debut game for Doug Ault; Grieve grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Borgmann to second]; Randall grounded out
(second to first) [Borgmann to third]; Brye struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Pape struck out; Thompson grounded out (third to
first); Sundberg grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle lined
to shortstop; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Moates made an out to shortstop; Clines was called
out on strikes; Hargrove singled to center; Harrah struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Terrell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Borgmann walked; Smalley doubled to center
[Borgmann out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Ault singled to left; Grieve walked [Ault to
second]; Pape grounded into a double play (third to second)
[Ault out at third, Grieve out at second]; Pape was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Randall singled to center; Brye out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Randall to second]; Ford flied out to
right; Hisle singled to left [Randall scored, Hisle to second
(on throw to home)]; Kusick flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Thompson struck out; Sundberg flied out to center;
Moates flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Rangers 0.

TWINS 7TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Wynegar
walked; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Wynegar to second]; Borgmann walked; Smalley walked [Wynegar to
third, Borgmann to second]; HARGAN REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING);
CAREW BATTED FOR RANDALL; Carew homered [Wynegar scored,
Borgmann scored, Smalley scored]; Brye struck out; Ford grounded
out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: GOMEZ REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); Clines made an
out to first; Hargrove flied out to left; Harrah flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 0.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle walked; Kusick walked [Hisle to second];
Wynegar struck out; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Cubbage singled
to left [Hisle scored, Kusick to second]; Borgmann lined to
right; Smalley lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Ault struck
out; Grieve struck out; Pape grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Rangers 0.

TWINS 9TH: TERPKO REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Gomez flied out to
center; Brye flied out to left; Ford grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Thompson singled to left; Sundberg reached on a
fielder's choice [Thompson to second (error by Goltz)]; Moates
flied out to center; Clines flied out to center; Hargrove
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6,
Rangers 0.