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The Twins rallied for four runs in the ninth inning, scoring their last three runs after two men were out, to overtake the Tigers, 6-5. The Tigers built up a 5-2 lead with a three-run homer by Tom Veryzer and solo shots by Ben Oglivie and Steve Kemp. Rob Wilfong homered for the Twins. Minnesota Twins 6, Detroit Tigers 5Game Played on Sunday, May 1, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumTigers 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 - 6 10 0
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
LeFlore cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Smalley ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .206
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .337 Carew 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .344
Staub dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Bostock cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .269 Wynegar c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Cubbage 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .368
Kemp lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .232 Chiles dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286
May c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .338 Hisle lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .302
Mankowski 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Ford rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .203
Veryzer ss 2 1 1 3 1 0 .229 Wilfong 2b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .371
Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .261
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 5 7 5 1 6 Totals 35 6 10 6 1 2
Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 8,637
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Twins 5
DP: Tigers 1, Twins 1
Doubles: Cubbage (5), Kusick (4)
Home Runs: Oglivie (4), Kemp (4), Veryzer (1), Wilfong (1)
GIDP: LeFlore (2)
Hit by Pitch: LeFlore (1,by Thormodsgard), Ford (2,by Rozema)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rozema 8.2 8 5 5 1 2 1 35 3.65
Hiller L(1-3) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.60
Totals 8.2 10 6 6 1 2 1 37
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Thormodsgard 2 5 5 5 0 0 3 12 4.13
Holly W(1-0) 7 2 0 0 1 6 0 23 0.00
Totals 9 7 5 5 1 6 3 35
Hit by Pitch: Rozema (1), Thormodsgard (1)
Wild Pitches: Hiller (1)
Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Al Clark
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew
walked; Bostock singled to center [Carew to third]; Wynegar
lined into a double play (second to first) [Bostock out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Twins 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie homered; Thompson flied out to left; Kemp
homered; May singled; Mankowski singled to center [May to
second]; Veryzer homered [May scored, Mankowski scored]; LeFlore
was hit by a pitch; Fuentes grounded out (third to first)
[LeFlore to third]; Staub flied out to right; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Chiles flied
out to left; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 0.
TIGERS 3RD: HOLLY REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Oglivie
lined to right; Debut game for Jeff Holly; Thompson lined
to left; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins
0.
TWINS 3RD: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong
singled to right; Smalley forced Wilfong (third to second);
Carew lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins
0.
TIGERS 4TH: May flied out to left; Mankowski flied out to left;
Veryzer lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Bostock lined to second; Wynegar popped to third in
foul territory; Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 0.
TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes grounded out (third to
first); Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins
0.
TWINS 5TH: Chiles struck out; Hisle flied out to center; Ford
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Twins 0.
TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Thompson
singled to center; Kemp struck out; May popped to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Wilfong homered; Smalley grounded out (second to
first); Carew flied out to left; Bostock grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 1.
TIGERS 7TH: Mankowski popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Veryzer walked; LeFlore grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Veryzer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: Wynegar singled; Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Wynegar to second]; Chiles singled to left [Wynegar to
third]; Hisle singled to left [Wynegar scored, Chiles to
second]; Ford grounded out (pitcher to first) [Chiles to third,
Hisle to second]; Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 2.
TIGERS 8TH: Fuentes singled to right; Staub forced Fuentes
(second to shortstop); Oglivie struck out; Thompson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 2.
TWINS 8TH: Smalley struck out; Carew grounded out (second to
first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 2.
TIGERS 9TH: Kemp grounded out (second to first); May grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mankowski popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 2.
TWINS 9TH: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Cubbage
doubled to right; Chiles flied out to right; Hisle singled to
left [Cubbage scored]; Ford was hit by a pitch [Hisle to
second]; HILLER REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Hiller threw a wild
pitch [Hisle to third, Ford to second]; KUSICK BATTED FOR
WILFONG; Kusick doubled to center [Hisle scored, Ford scored];
TERRELL RAN FOR KUSICK; Smalley singled to right [Terrell
scored]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 6.
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