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Five-time batting champion Rod Carew stroked four hits, one a triple, drove in two runs and scored another in leading the Twins past the Royals, 8-6. Carew's three-bagger in the seventh scored Glenn Borgmann with the deciding run. The winning pitcher was Tom Johnson, who yielded one hit in four innings. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 6Game Played on Monday, April 18, 1977 (Night game) at Royals StadiumTwins 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 - 8 11 2
Royals 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 9 2
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Cubbage 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .385 Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .297
Smalley ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .250 McRae dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .385
Carew 1b 5 1 4 2 0 0 .362 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Bostock cf 4 1 2 3 1 0 .344 Otis cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .286
Hisle lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .283 Porter c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .440
Chiles dh 1 1 1 0 1 0 .167 Cowens rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .316
Kusick ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 LaCock lf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .174
Ford rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Patek ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 .273
Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .135 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .167
Borgmann c 2 2 1 0 2 1 .222 Rojas ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182
Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 8 11 7 5 4 Totals 34 6 9 5 1 5
Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 13,802
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 3
DP: Twins 0, Royals 1
Errors: Cubbage, Carew, Mayberry, Leonard
Doubles: Chiles (1), McRae (3), Cowens 2 (4)
Triples: Carew (3), LaCock (1)
Home Runs: Bostock (2)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (5), Patek (4)
Caught Stealing: Carew (1), Hisle (2), Brett (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cubbage (1)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (1)
GIDP: Hisle (1)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Goltz 5 8 6 5 1 1 0 23 4.91
T. Johnson W(1-0) 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 13 0.00
Totals 9 9 6 5 1 5 0 36
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Leonard 4.1 6 6 3 2 3 1 21 4.91
Mingori L(0-2) 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 7.94
Bird 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 10 4.15
Totals 9 11 8 5 5 4 1 41
Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Hank Soar
TWINS 1ST: Cubbage flied out to center; Smalley reached on an
error by Leonard; Carew singled to right [Smalley to third];
Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bostock
homered (unearned) [Smalley scored (unearned)]; Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Brett walked; Brett was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); McRae flied out to center; Mayberry
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2,
Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Chiles doubled to right; Ford grounded out (first
unassisted) [Chiles to third]; Randall reached on an error by
Mayberry [Chiles scored (unearned) (no RBI), Randall out at
second (right to shortstop)]; Borgmann struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Otis singled to center; Porter popped to first in
foul territory; Cowens forced Otis (third to second); LaCock was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Cubbage flied out to center; Smalley was called out
on strikes; Carew singled to left; Bostock flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; White
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (second to
first) [Patek to third]; McRae doubled to left [Patek scored,
McRae to third (error by Cubbage)]; Mayberry reached on an error
by Carew [McRae scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Otis forced
Mayberry (third to second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins
3, Royals 2.
TWINS 4TH: Hisle struck out; Chiles walked; Ford flied out to
right; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
doubled to left; LaCock tripled [Cowens scored]; Patek grounded
out (shortstop to first) [LaCock scored]; White singled to left
[White out at second (left to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Royals 4.
TWINS 5TH: Borgmann singled; Cubbage walked [Borgmann to
second]; Smalley popped to catcher in foul territory; Carew
singled to right [Borgmann scored, Cubbage to third]; MINGORI
REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Bostock singled to right [Cubbage
scored, Carew to third]; Hisle forced Bostock (third to second)
[Carew scored]; Hisle was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.
ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to right;
Mayberry popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6,
Royals 4.
TWINS 6TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR CHILES; Kusick grounded out (first
unassisted); Ford flied out to right; Randall grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 4.
ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to shortstop; Porter singled to left
[Otis to second]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Cowens
doubled to left [Otis scored, Porter to third]; LaCock hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Porter scored]; Patek struck out; White
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 6.
TWINS 7TH: Borgmann walked; Cubbage out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Borgmann to second]; Smalley flied out to
center; Carew tripled [Borgmann scored]; Bostock lined to first;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 6.
ROYALS 7TH: Brett flied out to left; McRae popped to second in
foul territory; Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 6.
TWINS 8TH: BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Hisle singled to
right; Hisle stole second; Kusick struck out; Ford singled to
left [Hisle scored]; Randall popped to first; Borgmann walked
[Ford to second]; Cubbage flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.
ROYALS 8TH: Otis struck out; Porter flied out to center; Cowens
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
8, Royals 6.
TWINS 9TH: Smalley singled to right; Carew flied out to center;
Bostock walked [Smalley to second]; Hisle grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Bostock out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.
ROYALS 9TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Patek struck
out; ROJAS BATTED FOR WHITE; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.
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