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Dan Ford smashed a pair of two-run homers and Bill Singer threw a four-hitter as the Twins gained a 4-0 victory to drop the Athletics 4½ games behind the Royals in the West Division race. Ford's first shot followed a single by Rod Carew in the fourth inning and his second drive came after a single by Lyman Bostock in the sixth. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 0Game Played on Thursday, September 16, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTwins 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 9 0
A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Braun dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 North cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .260 Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Carew 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333 Baylor dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .266 Rudi lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283
Bostock cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .328 Bando 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Ford rf 4 2 2 4 0 2 .268 Tenace c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Hisle lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Fairly 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .267
Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Garner 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259
Randall 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Campaneris ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 .266
Singer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 4 9 4 1 8 Totals 29 0 4 0 2 3
Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 4,587
Left on Base: Twins 4, A's 6
DP: Twins 1, A's 1
Triples: Randall (4)
Home Runs: Ford 2 (19)
Stolen Bases: Braun (11), Carew (46)
Caught Stealing: Hisle (16), North (26)
GIDP: Bostock (13), North (7)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (4,by Singer), Baylor (15,by Singer)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Singer W(11-9) 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 33 3.80
Totals 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 33
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Bahnsen L(8-6) 5.2 6 4 4 1 5 2 24 3.44
Todd 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.87
Fingers 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.51
Totals 9 9 4 4 1 8 2 35
Hit by Pitch: Singer 2 (11)
Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Rich Garcia
TWINS 1ST: Braun singled; Braun stole second; Smalley was called
out on strikes; Carew popped to third in foul territory; Wynegar
walked; Bostock forced Wynegar (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled; Washington grounded out (shortstop
to first) [North to second]; North was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Baylor made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0.
TWINS 2ND: Ford struck out; Hisle flied out to left; Cubbage
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi lined to center; Bando made an out to first;
Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.
TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to left; Braun struck out; Smalley
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Fairly singled; Garner forced Fairly (pitcher to
shortstop); Campaneris flied out to center; North forced Garner
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics
0.
TWINS 4TH: Carew singled; Carew stole second; Wynegar grounded
out (pitcher to second to first) [Carew to third]; Bostock flied
out to left; Ford homered [Carew scored]; Hisle grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Washington struck out; Baylor grounded out (third
to first); Rudi singled; Bando was hit by a pitch [Rudi to
second]; Tenace grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0.
TWINS 5TH: Cubbage flied out to left; Randall tripled to left;
Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Garner
singled; Campaneris walked [Garner to second]; North was called
out on strikes; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0.
TWINS 6TH: Carew lined to second; Wynegar grounded out (first to
pitcher); Bostock singled; Ford homered [Bostock scored]; TODD
REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Hisle struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi
grounded out (third to first); Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0.
TWINS 7TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Randall
lined to pitcher; Braun made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace flied out to center; Fairly struck out;
Garner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Athletics 0.
TWINS 8TH: Smalley flied out to left; Carew singled; Wynegar
singled [Carew to second]; Bostock grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris walked; North grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Campaneris out at second];
Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0.
TWINS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Ford was called out
on strikes; Hisle singled; Hisle was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Cubbage was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Baylor was hit by a pitch; Rudi grounded out
(third to first) [Baylor to second]; Bando made an out to
second; Tenace lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4,
Athletics 0.
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