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The Athletics, after winning the first game of a doubleheader, 4-2, slipped 4½ lengths behind the Royals in the West Division race by losing the second game to the Twins, 4-3. Vida Blue was the winner of the opener with batting help from Gene Tenace, who drove in three runs with a single and homer. Dan Ford rapped a round-tripper for the Twins. Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 14, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 1
Twins 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 2
A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
North cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .274 Terrell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .244
Washington rf 3 1 0 0 2 3 .252 Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Baylor dh 5 0 0 0 0 3 .246 Hisle lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .268
Rudi lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .286 Kusick 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254
Bando 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Ford rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .263
Tenace 1b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .259 Brye cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Wynegar dh 4 0 0 1 0 1 .270
Sandt ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .245
Newman c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .203 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200
Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 4 9 4 5 7 Totals 33 2 8 2 2 3
Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: A's 9, Twins 6
DP: A's 1, Twins 1
Errors: Sandt, Borgmann, Luebber
Doubles: Newman (4)
Triples: Ford (6)
Home Runs: Tenace (20), Ford (17)
Stolen Bases: Washington (33), Bando (16), North (69)
Caught Stealing: Hisle (15), Brye (2)
GIDP: Randall (6)
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blue W(15-12) 9 8 2 2 2 3 1 35 2.45
Totals 9 8 2 2 2 3 1 35
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Luebber L(4-5) 8 7 4 4 5 4 1 35 4.07
Campbell 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 3.18
Totals 9 9 4 4 5 7 1 40
Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan
ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (first unassisted); Washington
struck out; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics
0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Terrell singled; Randall was called out on strikes;
Hisle flied out to center; Kusick made an out to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi popped to first in foul territory; Bando
made an out to third; Tenace singled; Garner flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Ford tripled to right; Brye made an out to first;
Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Ford scored]; Borgmann
walked; Gomez singled [Borgmann to second]; Terrell lined to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Sandt singled; Newman flied out to right; North
lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Sandt out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 1.
TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to left; Hisle walked; Hisle was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Kusick
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Washington walked; Washington stole second
[Washington to third (error by Borgmann)]; Baylor flied out to
center; Rudi singled [Washington scored]; Bando grounded out
(first unassisted) [Rudi to second]; Tenace singled to left
[Rudi scored]; Garner walked [Tenace to second]; Sandt forced
Garner (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics
2, Twins 1.
TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye reached
on an error by Sandt; Brye was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Wynegar lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman flied out to center; North singled; North
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Luebber [North
to second]; Washington walked; Baylor flied out to center; Rudi
forced North (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Gomez
lined to second; Terrell made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando made an out to shortstop; Tenace grounded
out (pitcher to first); Garner grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: Randall flied out to center; Hisle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kusick singled; Ford singled [Kusick to
second]; Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Sandt grounded out (third to first); Newman
singled; North walked [Newman to second]; Washington struck out;
Baylor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Borgmann was called out on
strikes; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi grounded out (second to first); Bando
walked; Bando stole second; Tenace homered [Bando scored];
Garner flied out to center; Sandt lined to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: Terrell singled; Randall grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Terrell out at second]; Hisle singled;
Kusick forced Hisle (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Twins 1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Newman
doubled to left; On a bunt North singled [Newman to third];
North stole second; Washington struck out; Baylor struck out;
Rudi struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 1.
TWINS 9TH: Ford homered; Brye flied out to right; Wynegar struck
out; Borgmann grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 2.
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