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 6
Game Played on Monday, April     18, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        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.