The Twins piled up a total of 35 hits, including an A. L. season high of 24 in the first game, while sweeping a twi-night doubleheader from the Red Sox, 13-5 and 9-4. Larry Hisle hit a grand-slam homer, plus a single and double, to feature the Twins' batting spree in the opener. Rod Carew rapped five hits in six trips. Dan Ford contributed a homer. The Red Sox had circuit clouts by Carlton Fisk and Dwight Evans.

Glenn Adams batted in three runs with a single and double, while Mike Cubbage accounted for two with a single, to lead the Twins to victory in the second game. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 13, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       25, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Twins        1  1  1    0  0  2    4  1  3  -  13 24  0
Red Sox      0  1  0    1  0  2    0  1  0  -   5 12  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle rf,lf           6   2   3   5     0   1   .322      Burleson ss           5   0   2   1     0   0   .333
Smalley ss            5   1   2   0     1   1   .203      Lynn cf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .235
Carew 1b              6   1   5   2     0   0   .384      Rice dh               5   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Bostock cf            6   2   2   1     0   0   .329      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .295
Wynegar c             5   2   3   1     1   1   .310        Coleman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Adams lf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .318      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
  Ford pr,rf          1   2   1   2     0   0   .241      Fisk c                2   3   1   1     2   0   .339
Chiles dh             2   1   1   1     0   0   .297      Evans rf              3   1   2   1     0   0   .324
  Kusick ph,dh        1   1   1   1     1   0   .299      Hobson 3b             4   1   3   2     0   0   .270
Cubbage 3b            6   0   2   0     0   1   .291      Doyle 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .255
Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .284        Dillard ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .381
  Norwood ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .125      Stanley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Randall 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .197        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wise p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               48  13  24  13     3   4             Totals               37   5  12   5     2   5

Time of Game: 3:15
Left on Base: Twins 13, Red Sox 8
DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 1
Doubles: Bostock 2 (12), Hisle (9), Wynegar (8), Adams (3), Carew (11), Lynn (2), Burleson (10)
Triples: Smalley (2), Wynegar (2)
Home Runs: Hisle (11), Ford (3), Fisk (7), Evans (10)
Caught Stealing: Carew (7), Evans (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Evans (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Chiles (1)
GIDP: Bostock (7)
Hit by Pitch: Kusick (1,by Wise)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(3-3)            5.1  10   4   4   2   4   1  27   3.92
Schueler                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.51
Burgmeier SV(5)         3.2   1   1   1   0   1   1  12   2.17
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   5   2  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanley L(3-1)          5.2  12   5   5   1   0   0  28   4.68
House                   1     3   3   3   2   1   0   8  14.85
Murphy                  0     3   1   1   0   0   1   3   6.53
Cleveland               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.79
Wise                    2     6   4   4   0   3   1  13  13.21
Totals                  9    24  13  13   3   4   2  53

Hit by Pitch: Wise (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (second to first); Smalley
tripled; Carew singled to center [Smalley scored]; Carew was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bostock lined to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Lynn
singled to left; Rice lined to shortstop; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Lynn to third]; Scott lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar singled to right; Adams singled to right
[Wynegar to third]; Chiles hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Wynegar scored]; Cubbage singled to right [Adams to third];
Wilfong reached on a fielder's choice [Adams out at home (first
to catcher), Cubbage to second]; Hisle popped to first; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk walked; Evans singled to left [Fisk to
second]; Hobson singled to left [Fisk scored, Evans to second];
Doyle struck out while Evans was caught stealing third (catcher
to third) [Hobson to second]; Burleson singled to left [Hobson
to third]; Lynn flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley flied out to center; Carew grounded out
(second to first); Bostock doubled; Wynegar tripled [Bostock
scored]; Adams grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski flied out to center;
Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 4TH: Chiles flied out to right; Cubbage singled; Wilfong
flied out to right; Hisle singled to left [Cubbage to third];
Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk homered; Evans grounded out (third to first);
Hobson singled to center; Doyle flied out to left; Burleson
forced Hobson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 5TH: Carew singled; Bostock grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Carew out at second]; Wynegar
walked; Adams lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn doubled to left; Rice flied out to right;
Yastrzemski struck out; Scott popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 6TH: Chiles singled to center; Cubbage flied out to left;
Wilfong lined to right; Hisle doubled to right [Chiles scored];
HOUSE REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Smalley walked; Carew singled
to right [Hisle scored, Smalley to second]; Bostock grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk walked; Evans out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Fisk to second]; Hobson singled to left [Fisk
scored]; Doyle singled to right [Hobson to second]; SCHUELER
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Burleson doubled to center [Hobson
scored, Doyle to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING);
Lynn popped to third in foul territory; Rice grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar doubled; Adams popped to shortstop; KUSICK
BATTED FOR CHILES; Kusick walked; Cubbage struck out; NORWOOD
BATTED FOR WILFONG; Norwood singled to left [Wynegar to third,
Kusick to second]; MURPHY REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Hisle
homered [Wynegar scored, Kusick scored, Norwood scored]; Smalley
singled to left; Carew singled to center [Smalley to third];
CLEVELAND REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Bostock grounded out
(shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 9, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RANDALL
REPLACED NORWOOD (PLAYING 2B); Yastrzemski grounded out (first
to pitcher); Scott grounded out (second to first); Fisk grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 8TH: WISE REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Wynegar flied out
to center; Adams doubled to left; FORD RAN FOR ADAMS; Kusick
singled to center [Ford scored]; Cubbage forced Kusick
(shortstop to second); Randall singled to center [Cubbage to
third]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 10, Red
Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HISLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Evans homered; Hobson flied out to
right; DILLARD BATTED FOR DOYLE; Dillard flied out to center;
Burleson flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 10,
Red Sox 5.

TWINS 9TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Smalley was
called out on strikes; Carew doubled to left; Bostock doubled to
left [Carew scored]; Wynegar struck out; Ford homered [Bostock
scored]; Kusick was hit by a pitch; Cubbage forced Kusick
(shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 13, Red Sox
5.

RED SOX 9TH: Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice flied out
to center; COLEMAN BATTED FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Coleman was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 13, Red Sox 5.