A three-run rally in the ninth inning carried the Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. A homer by Chris Chambliss helped the Yankees take a 3-1 lead behind the pitching of Ron Guidry, who allowed only five hits going into the ninth.

However, when Craig Kusick, Jerry Terrell and Butch Wynegar opened the stanza with singles to score a run, Guidry gave way to Sparky Lyle. The Yankee reliever retired two batters while walking one before Rod Carew came to the plate and singled, driving in the Twins' tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      1, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      0  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  3  -   4  9  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   1   1   0     0   2   .280      Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     1   1   .226
Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Carew 1b,2b           3   0   1   2     2   1   .364
Munson dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .319      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Chambliss 1b          2   1   1   1     2   0   .305      Hisle lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .316
White lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .287        Cubbage 3b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .294
Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .245        Norwood ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Blair rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .341        T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .224      Kusick dh,1b          4   1   3   0     0   0   .295
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .091      Terrell 3b,2b,3b      3   2   1   0     1   0   .269
Dent ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .241      Wynegar c             4   1   2   1     0   1   .300
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bostock cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .327
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilfong 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
                                                            Gorinski ph,lf      3   0   0   0     0   3   .133
                                                          Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   7   2     4   6             Totals               34   4   9   4     4   9

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 23,684
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Twins 8
DP: Yankees 1, Twins 0
Errors: Terrell
Doubles: Randolph (9), White (6), Nettles (10), Bostock (13)
Home Runs: Chambliss (6)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (7), White (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Healy (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (4)
GIDP: Terrell (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry L(3-2)           8     8   4   4   3   8   0  34   3.22
Lyle                    0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.89
Totals                  8.2   9   4   4   4   9   0  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    8     7   3   3   4   4   1  34   3.84
T. Johnson W(5-2)       1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.45
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   6   1  37

Passed Balls: Wynegar (2)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph struck out; Rivers singled; Rivers was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Munson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Smalley flied out to center; Carew walked; Ford
struck out; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss homered; White singled to center; White
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Jackson
walked; Nettles walked [Jackson to second]; Healy flied out to
center; Dent grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick singled to left; Terrell grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Kusick out at second]; Wynegar
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph doubled; Rivers grounded out (second to
first) [Randolph to third]; Wynegar allowed a passed ball
[Randolph scored]; Munson popped to first in foul territory;
Chambliss walked; White doubled to left [Chambliss to third];
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong
grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley singled; Carew popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles doubled to left; Healy out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Nettles to third]; Dent lined out on a
sacrifice fly to right [Nettles scored]; Randolph flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
grounded out (third to first); Kusick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
flied out to center; Chambliss walked; White reached on an error
by Terrell [Chambliss to second]; Jackson flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell walked; Wynegar singled to left [Terrell to
second]; Bostock doubled to left [Terrell scored, Wynegar to
third]; GORINSKI BATTED FOR WILFONG; Gorinski struck out;
Smalley struck out; Carew was walked intentionally; Ford
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees
3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 6TH: GORINSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TERRELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); CUBBAGE REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING
3B); Nettles struck out; Healy grounded out (second to pitcher);
Dent singled to center; Randolph forced Dent (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Cubbage struck out; Kusick singled to center; Terrell
popped to first in foul territory; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Rivers flied out to right; Munson lined to center;
Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Gorinski
struck out; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 8TH: White flied out to center; Jackson was called out
on strikes; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Ford grounded out
(third to first); NORWOOD BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Norwood grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

YANKEES 9TH: T. JOHNSON REPLACED NORWOOD (PITCHING); CAREW
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); KUSICK CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); TERRELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Healy
struck out; Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Kusick singled
to left; Terrell singled [Kusick to second]; Wynegar singled to
left [Kusick scored, Terrell to second]; LYLE REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first) [Terrell
to third, Wynegar to second]; Gorinski struck out; Smalley
walked; Carew singled [Terrell scored, Wynegar scored, Smalley
to second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 4.