The Twins exploded for seven runs in the second inning, featuring a triple by Rod Carew with the bases loaded, and had easy going the rest of the way to register a 10-2 victory over the Athletics. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 10, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, April     17, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2
Twins        0  7  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -  10 12  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   3   1     1   0   .310      Terrell 3b            0   0   0   0     1   0   .231
Sanguillen c          5   0   2   0     0   0   .263        Cubbage ph,3b       4   1   1   0     0   1   .417
Page lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .410      Smalley ss            4   2   1   1     1   1   .263
Allen 1b              3   0   2   1     0   0   .355      Carew 1b              5   1   3   4     0   0   .310
McKinney dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Hisle cf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .293
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .294      Kusick dh             4   1   1   0     1   2   .269
Armas rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .206      Ford rf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .250
Scott 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Gorinski lf           4   1   2   1     0   1   .200
  E. Williams ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .148      Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .152
Picciolo ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Borgmann c            3   2   1   1     1   1   .188
  Mallory ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Pazik p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Langford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   8   2     4   1             Totals               35  10  12   8     6   7

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  5,921
Left on Base: A's 9, Twins 7
DP: A's 0, Twins 1
Errors: Scott, Norris, Smalley
Doubles: Hisle (3), Carew (3)
Triples: Carew (2), Smalley (1)
Home Runs: Borgmann (1)
Caught Stealing: Terrell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Allen (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger L(0-2)         1.1   3   5   2   3   0   0   9   8.10
Norris                  0.1   2   2   0   1   0   0   5   2.16
Langford                4.1   3   0   0   2   5   0  17   2.70
Bahnsen                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.57
Bair                    0.1   3   3   3   0   0   1   4  19.29
Torrealba               0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    12  10   5   6   7   1  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pazik W(1-0)            8     7   2   2   3   1   0  33   2.77
Schueler                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.24
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   1   0  38

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ATHLETICS 1ST: Twins Manager Gene Mauch ejected by 1B umpire
Ron Luciano sometime in game; North singled; Sanguillen
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [North to second];
Page lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [North out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Terrell walked; Terrell was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Smalley popped to
shortstop; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen singled; McKinney struck out; Gross forced
Allen (first to shortstop); Armas forced Gross (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle walked; Kusick singled to left [Hisle to
second]; Ford singled to right [Hisle scored, Kusick to third];
Gorinski singled to left [Kusick scored, Ford to second];
Randall flied out to left; Borgmann walked [Ford to third,
Gorinski to second]; NORRIS REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING);
CUBBAGE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Cubbage popped to shortstop; Smalley
reached on a fielder's choice [Ford scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Gorinski to third, Borgmann to second (error by Scott)]; Carew
tripled to right [Gorinski scored (unearned), Borgmann scored
(unearned), Smalley scored (unearned), Carew scored (error by
Norris) (unearned)]; Hisle doubled to left; Kusick walked;
LANGFORD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Ford walked [Hisle to
third, Kusick to second]; Gorinski struck out; 7 R (2 ER), 5 H,
2 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 3RD: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Scott
grounded out (third to first); Picciolo flied out to right;
North walked; Sanguillen singled to left [North to second]; Page
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 3RD: Randall struck out; Borgmann struck out; Cubbage
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Allen flied out to right; McKinney grounded out
(third to first); Gross walked; Armas forced Gross (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley struck out; Carew lined to first; Hisle lined
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Scott flied out to center; Picciolo singled to
shortstop [Picciolo to second (error by Smalley)]; North singled
to left [Picciolo scored]; Sanguillen singled to center [North
to second]; Page walked [North to third, Sanguillen to second];
Allen hit a sacrifice fly to right [North scored, Sanguillen to
third]; McKinney lined to third; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 7.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford
grounded out (third to first); Gorinski singled to left; Randall
singled [Gorinski to second]; Borgmann forced Randall (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas
grounded out (third to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 7.

TWINS 6TH: Cubbage struck out; Smalley walked; Carew doubled to
left [Smalley out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; Hisle
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo popped to pitcher; North popped to
first; Sanguillen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: BAHNSEN REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Kusick struck
out; Ford flied out to center; Gorinski popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen
singled to left; McKinney flied out to center; Gross grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: BAIR REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Randall grounded
out (shortstop to first); Borgmann homered; Cubbage singled;
Smalley tripled to right [Cubbage scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED
BAIR (PITCHING); Carew singled to left [Smalley scored]; Hisle
lined to center; Kusick struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 10.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SCHUELER REPLACED PAZIK (PITCHING); Armas walked;
E. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR SCOTT; E. Williams flied out to center;
MALLORY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Mallory lined to left; North
singled to left [Armas to second]; Sanguillen forced North
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins
10.