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The Royals, after winning the previous day's game, 8-6, drubbed the Twins, 16-6, marking the first time that the West Division leaders had posted two victories in succession since August 25-26. The Twins committed six errors. The Royals turned the game into a rout by scoring nine runs after two were out in the sixth inning. Frank White tripled with the bases loaded and Amos Otis and Hal McRae each knocked in two runs with a double. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 16, Minnesota Twins 6Game Played on Sunday, September 12, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 0 2 0 2 0 9 2 0 1 - 16 14 1 Twins 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 - 6 9 6 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wohlford lf 6 1 2 2 0 3 .238 Braun dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .285 Otis cf 6 2 1 2 0 1 .289 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Wilson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Carew 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .333 Brett 3b 5 1 2 0 1 0 .338 Bostock cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Mayberry 1b 5 2 1 3 1 1 .238 Wynegar c 4 2 2 1 0 0 .272 Quirk 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Cubbage 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .257 McRae dh 4 3 3 2 1 0 .341 Hisle lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .268 Cowens rf 5 2 0 0 0 0 .267 Ford rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .259 Jones rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Randall 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Rojas 2b 4 2 1 1 1 2 .222 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White ss 4 1 1 4 0 1 .240 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stinson c 4 2 3 1 0 0 .274 Bane p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 16 14 15 4 8 Totals 36 6 9 6 0 2 Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 8,101 Left on Base: Royals 6, Twins 4 DP: Royals 0, Twins 0 Errors: Brett, Smalley 2, Cubbage 2, Randall 2 Doubles: Rojas (5), Otis (39), Mayberry (22), McRae (31), Stinson (7), Carew (27), Cubbage (15) Triples: White (5), Cubbage (5) Home Runs: Hisle (12) Stolen Bases: Brett (20), Randall (3) Caught Stealing: McRae (12) Sacrifice Flies: White (3), Braun (4) Hit by Pitch: Stinson (1,by Redfern) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin W(7-12) 7 6 4 3 0 1 0 28 2.85 Splittorff 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 9 3.84 Totals 9 9 6 5 0 2 1 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Redfern L(5-8) 5.2 7 8 2 2 8 0 29 4.03 Burgmeier 0.1 3 5 2 2 0 0 7 2.48 Bane 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 13 5.11 Totals 9 14 16 3* 4 8 0 49 Hit by Pitch: Redfern (1) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim McKean ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford struck out; Otis popped to third in foul territory; Brett singled to left; Brett stole second; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Braun grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher); Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: McRae walked; Cowens popped to third; Rojas doubled to left [McRae scored, Rojas to third (on throw to home)]; White hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rojas scored]; Stinson was hit by a pitch; Wohlford was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Bostock lined to second; Wynegar flied to left in foul territory; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Otis flied out to center; Brett flied out to left; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford reached on an error by Brett; Randall singled to center [Ford to third]; Randall stole second; Braun hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ford scored (unearned)]; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae singled to left; Cowens reached on an error by Randall [McRae to second]; McRae was caught stealing third but was safe at home (error by Cubbage; assist by Wynegar) [Cowens to third]; Hal McRae kicked the ball out of Mike Cubbage's glove; Rojas struck out; White struck out; Stinson singled to right [Cowens scored (unearned)]; Wohlford struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Bostock flied out to center; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 1. ROYALS 5TH: Otis struck out; Brett popped to pitcher; Mayberry walked; McRae popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Cubbage tripled to right; Hisle flied out to center; Ford singled to left [Cubbage scored]; Randall lined to second; Braun grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens popped to shortstop; Rojas was called out on strikes; White reached on an error by Smalley; Stinson singled to right [White to third]; Wohlford singled to center [White scored (unearned), Stinson to third, Wohlford to second (on throw to home)]; Otis doubled to left [Stinson scored (unearned), Wohlford scored (unearned)]; BURGMEIER REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Brett walked; Mayberry doubled to right [Otis scored (unearned), Brett scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; McRae doubled to left [Mayberry scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Cowens reached on an error by Cubbage [McRae to third]; Rojas walked [Cowens to second]; White tripled to right [McRae scored (unearned), Cowens scored (unearned), Rojas scored (unearned)]; Stinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 9 R (2 ER), 6 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 13, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Smalley flied out to left; Carew doubled to right; Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Carew to third]; Wynegar singled to center [Carew scored]; Cubbage doubled to right [Wynegar scored]; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 13, Twins 4. ROYALS 7TH: BANE REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Wohlford popped to first in foul territory; Otis reached on an error by Smalley; Brett singled to right [Otis to third]; Mayberry forced Brett (shortstop to second) [Otis scored (unearned), Mayberry to second (error by Randall)]; McRae singled to left [Mayberry scored (unearned), McRae out at second (left to third to second)]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Royals 15, Twins 4. TWINS 7TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Randall flied out to left; Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 15, Twins 4. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 15, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: SPLITTORFF REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Smalley lined to left; Carew struck out; Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 15, Twins 4. ROYALS 9TH: Stinson doubled to left; Wohlford singled to center [Stinson scored]; Otis popped to shortstop; Brett flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 16, Twins 4. TWINS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); QUIRK REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); JONES REPLACED COWENS (PLAYING RF); Wynegar singled to center; Cubbage flied out to center; Hisle homered [Wynegar scored]; Ford flied out to right; Randall singled to center; Braun forced Randall (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 16, Twins 6. |
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