Jerry Garvin's streak of five straight victories was stopped by the Twins, who kayoed the rookie in the fifth inning and defeated the Blue Jays, 5-3. The Twins already were leading, 3-1, when they loaded the bases in the fifth on a single by Lyman Bostock, pass to Dan Ford and safe bunt by Rod Carew, chasing Garvin. Larry Hisle greeted reliever Pete Vuckovich with a sacrifice fly. After a single by Rich Chiles filled the sacks again, Butch Wynegar also hit a sacrifice fly to assure the Twins' victory. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       15, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3 12  1
Twins        2  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bailor ss             5   1   4   0     0   0   .376      Bostock cf            2   2   1   0     2   0   .333
A. Woods lf           4   0   0   1     1   0   .366      Ford rf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .235
Howell 3b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .147      Carew 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .361
Velez rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .330      Hisle lf              2   1   2   1     1   0   .304
Fairly dh             3   0   3   0     1   0   .322      Kusick dh             2   0   1   1     0   0   .241
Ault 1b               3   0   0   0     1   2   .281        Chiles ph,dh        2   0   1   0     0   1   .306
Ashby c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .217      Wynegar c             3   1   1   1     0   1   .322
G. Woods cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .255      Terrell 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Garcia 2b             2   1   2   0     1   0   .214      Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .211
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .368      Cubbage 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .314
Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  12   2     4   3             Totals               28   5  10   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 11,401
Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Twins 7
DP: Blue Jays 0, Twins 4
Errors: Vuckovich, Ford
Doubles: Ashby (3), Garcia (5), G. Woods (6), Bailor (9), Kusick (5)
Triples: Ford (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hisle (2), Wynegar (3)
GIDP: A. Woods (6), Ashby (2), Velez (4)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(5-1)           4     9   5   5   3   0   0  21   3.75
Vuckovich               4     1   0   0   2   4   0  15   3.18
Totals                  8    10   5   5   5   4   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern                 4     9   1   1   0   1   0  19   5.82
Burgmeier W(4-1)        0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.73
D. Johnson              1.2   2   2   2   3   1   0   9   4.05
Schueler SV(2)          2.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   1.85
Totals                  9    12   3   3   4   3   0  39

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Russ Goetz


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor singled to left; A. Woods grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Bailor out at
second]; Howell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock walked; Ford tripled to center [Bostock
scored, Ford out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)];
Carew grounded out (second to first); Hisle singled to left;
Kusick doubled to left [Hisle scored, Kusick out at third (left
to shortstop to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Twins 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly
singled to center; Ault struck out; Ashby doubled to left
[Fairly to third]; G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar singled to center; Terrell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wynegar to second]; Smalley popped to
shortstop; Cubbage singled to right [Wynegar scored, Cubbage to
second (on throw to home)]; Bostock grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia doubled to left; Bailor singled to center
[Garcia to third]; A. Woods lined into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Bailor out at first]; Howell grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
singled; Carew was picked off first (pitcher to first to
second); Hisle singled to left; Kusick lined to right; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez flied out to center; Fairly singled to
left; Ault lined to right; Ashby flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Terrell flied out to
right; Smalley walked; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: G. Woods doubled to left; Garcia singled to right
[G. Woods scored (error by Ford)]; Bailor singled to right
[Garcia to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); A.
Woods popped to pitcher; Howell grounded out (first unassisted)
[Garcia to third, Bailor to second]; D. JOHNSON REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Bostock singled to left; Ford walked [Bostock to
second]; On a bunt Carew singled to third [Bostock to third,
Ford to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Hisle
lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Bostock scored]; CHILES
BATTED FOR KUSICK; Chiles singled to right [Ford to third, Carew
to second]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ford scored];
Terrell struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Fairly
walked; Ault walked [Fairly to second]; Ashby grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Fairly to third, Ault
out at second]; G. Woods struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Cubbage struck
out; Bostock walked; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Garcia walked; Bailor doubled to left [Garcia to
third]; A. Woods grounded out (second to first) [Garcia scored,
Bailor to third]; Howell singled [Bailor scored]; SCHUELER
REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Velez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Howell out at second]; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
walked; Hisle was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Vuckovich [Hisle to second]; Chiles struck out; Wynegar struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Fairly singled to center; Ault was called out on
strikes; Ashby lined to shortstop; G. Woods flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: Terrell flied out to right; Smalley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: EWING BATTED FOR GARCIA; Ewing grounded out
(second to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); A.
Woods walked; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 5.