Sparked by Jerry Terrell, who collected three singles in four trips, the Twins defeated the Orioles, 8-3. Terrell drove in one run and scored two. Craig Kusick contributed a homer to the Twins' attack. Lee May hit a pair of homers for the Orioles for the second straight night and accounted for all their runs. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Tuesday, May       31, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  6  2
Twins        0  0  0    1  2  4    1  0  x  -   8 12  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .289      Smalley ss            4   1   2   0     0   2   .225
Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Carew 1b              5   0   0   1     0   2   .365
  Garcia ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Ford rf               4   0   1   1     1   1   .252
Singleton rf          3   1   0   0     1   1   .311      Hisle lf              4   1   2   0     1   1   .320
L. May 1b             3   2   2   3     1   1   .240      Kusick dh             2   1   1   1     1   0   .274
Kelly lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .301        Chiles ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Murray dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .240        Gorinski ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Smith 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .271      Terrell 3b            4   2   3   1     0   0   .266
Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Wynegar c             3   1   2   1     1   0   .294
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Bostock cf            3   1   1   1     0   1   .329
R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilfong 2b            3   1   0   0     1   2   .277
  Chevez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     2   5             Totals               34   8  12   6     5   9

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  4,535
Left on Base: Orioles 4, Twins 9
DP: Orioles 1, Twins 1
Errors: Bumbry, Dempsey
Home Runs: L. May 2 (6), Kusick (5)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (7), Hisle (10), Terrell (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (4), Smalley (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Bostock (2)
GIDP: Murray (9), Wynegar (5)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May L(6-5)           5     8   6   5   3   5   1  25   3.14
Chevez                  2     3   2   1   0   2   0  10   4.50
T. Martinez             1     1   0   0   2   2   0   6   3.86
Totals                  8    12   8   6   5   9   1  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern W(2-3)          8.1   5   3   3   2   3   2  31   5.13
T. Johnson              0.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.49
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   5   2  34

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Al Clark


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to left; Belanger out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Bumbry to second]; Singleton struck
out; L. May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Smalley struck out; On a bunt Carew struck out; Ford
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Kelly grounded out (first to pitcher); Murray
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle was called out on strikes; Kusick flied out to
center; Terrell singled to center; Wynegar walked [Terrell to
second]; Bostock popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Robinson flied out to center; Dempsey flied out to
right; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong popped to shortstop; Smalley was called out
on strikes; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Belanger flied out to right; Singleton grounded out
(second to first); L. May homered; Kelly grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford struck out; Hisle singled to left; Hisle stole
second; Kusick walked; Terrell singled to center [Hisle scored,
Kusick to second]; Wynegar grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Terrell out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray flied out to left; Smith grounded out
(second to first); Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Bostock singled to right; Wilfong walked [Bostock to
second]; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Bostock to third, Wilfong to second]; Carew grounded out
(second to first) [Bostock scored, Wilfong to third]; Ford
singled to center [Wilfong scored]; Hisle flied out to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dempsey lined to pitcher; Bumbry singled to center;
Bumbry stole second; Belanger popped to second; Singleton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
1, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Kusick homered; On a bunt Terrell singled; Wynegar
singled to right [Terrell to third]; CHEVEZ REPLACED R. MAY
(PITCHING); Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to right [Terrell
scored]; Debut game for Tony Chevez; Wilfong struck out;
Smalley singled to center [Wynegar to third]; Carew reached on
an error by Bumbry [Wynegar scored (unearned) (no RBI), Smalley
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Carew to third]; Ford popped to
shortstop; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 7TH: L. May walked; Kelly lined to center; Murray
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [L.
May out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: Hisle singled; CHILES BATTED FOR KUSICK; Chiles
forced Hisle (shortstop to second); Terrell forced Chiles
(second to shortstop); Terrell stole second [Terrell to third
(error by Dempsey)]; Wynegar singled to right [Terrell scored];
Bostock struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 8.

ORIOLES 8TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Smith singled
to center; Robinson flied out to left; Dempsey flied out to
right; Bumbry forced Smith (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: T. MARTINEZ REPLACED CHEVEZ (PITCHING); GARCIA
REPLACED BELANGER (PLAYING SS); Wilfong was called out on
strikes; Smalley singled to left; Carew struck out; Ford walked
[Smalley to second]; Hisle walked [Smalley to third, Ford to
second]; GORINSKI BATTED FOR CHILES; Gorinski grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 8.

ORIOLES 9TH: GORINSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Garcia flied
out to left; Singleton walked; L. May homered [Singleton
scored]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Kelly singled;
Murray struck out; Smith struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Twins 8.