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With all three contenders in action, George Brett won the A. L. batting championship with a mark of .333 on his 29th three-hit game of the season, but the Royals lost to the Twins, 5-3. Hal McRae, Brett's teammate, had two hits and finished with a .332 mark, while Rod Carew of the Twins, who also collected two hits, was third in the race with .331. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 3Game Played on Sunday, October 3, 1976 (Day game) at Royals StadiumTwins 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 11 0
Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 6 1
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Kusick dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 .259 Poquette lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302
Ford rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .267 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279
Carew 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .331 Brett 3b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .333
Hisle cf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .272 McRae dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .332
Brye lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .264 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .232
Terrell 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .246 Wilson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Borgmann c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Cowens rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Wohlford pr,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Stinson c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241
White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .229
Quirk ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246
D. Nelson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 5 11 4 2 1 Totals 32 3 6 3 1 5
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 15,665
Left on Base: Twins 8, Royals 3
DP: Twins 0, Royals 0
Errors: Otis
Doubles: Hisle (19), Brye (11), Carew (29), Brett 2 (34)
Home Runs: Brett (7)
Stolen Bases: Terrell (11)
Caught Stealing: Carew (22)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hughes W(9-14) 9 6 3 3 1 5 1 33 4.98
Totals 9 6 3 3 1 5 1 33
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff L(11-8) 4 6 4 4 2 0 0 20 3.97
Fitzmorris 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.06
Gura 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 2.30
Mingori 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.32
Totals 9 11 5 4 2 1 0 40
Wild Pitches: Splittorff (4)
Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan
TWINS 1ST: Kusick grounded out (second to first); Ford walked;
Carew walked [Ford to second]; Splittorff threw a wild pitch
[Ford to third, Carew to second]; Hisle singled to center [Ford
scored, Carew to third]; Brye flied out to right; Terrell forced
Hisle (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals
0.
ROYALS 1ST: Poquette flied out to center; Otis lined to left;
Brett lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals
0.
TWINS 2ND: Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Cubbage
grounded out (second to first); Gomez grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: McRae flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out
(third to first); Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Kusick singled to left; Ford grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Kusick to second]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Kusick to third]; Hisle doubled to left [Kusick scored];
Brye doubled to left [Hisle scored]; Terrell singled to center
[Brye scored]; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Stinson struck out; Patek grounded out (pitcher to
first); White lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4,
Royals 0.
TWINS 4TH: Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Gomez
grounded out (second to first); Kusick singled to left; Ford
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Poquette popped to second; Otis singled to left;
Brett doubled to right [Otis scored, Brett out at third (right
to second to third)]; McRae singled to center; Mayberry grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 1.
TWINS 5TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Carew
grounded out (second to first); Hisle struck out; Brye singled
to center; Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Cowens popped to first in foul territory; Stinson
flied to right in foul territory; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 1.
TWINS 6TH: Borgmann singled to center; Cubbage forced Borgmann
(shortstop to second); Gomez lined to center; Kusick flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: White struck out; Poquette lined to right; Otis
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4,
Royals 1.
TWINS 7TH: GURA REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Ford flied out
to right; Carew doubled to left; Carew was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Hisle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Brett doubled to right; McRae singled to left [Brett
scored]; Mayberry struck out; Cowens forced McRae (shortstop to
second); WOHLFORD RAN FOR COWENS; Stinson struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 2.
TWINS 8TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Brye flied out
to left; Terrell singled to center; Terrell stole second;
Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Cubbage reached on an
error by Otis [Terrell scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Gomez
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Patek popped to shortstop; QUIRK BATTED FOR WHITE;
Quirk lined to right; Poquette grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
TWINS 9TH: D. NELSON REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING 2B); MINGORI
REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Kusick flied out to center; Ford
popped to shortstop; Carew singled to center; Hisle flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2.
ROYALS 9TH: Otis flied out to center; Brett hit an inside the
park homer to left; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry walked; WILSON RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3.
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