Leading off in the 10th inning, Larry Hisle hit his second homer of the game to lift the Twins to a 9-8 victory over the Royals. Hisle started his slugging with a three-run smash in the first inning. Rod Carew had three hits and drove in three runs. Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Royals 8Game Played on Wednesday, June 8, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 14 0 Twins 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 9 10 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette lf 6 0 2 0 0 0 .321 Randall 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .214 McRae dh 6 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Carew 1b 5 1 3 3 0 0 .381 Brett 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Hisle cf,lf 5 2 2 4 0 2 .325 Mayberry 1b 5 3 3 4 0 0 .228 Ford rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Cowens rf 4 2 3 0 1 1 .317 Chiles ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Otis cf 3 0 1 2 2 1 .263 Norwood ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .071 Wathan c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .368 Kusick dh 1 0 1 0 1 0 .292 Patek ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .269 Adams ph,dh 2 0 1 0 0 1 .319 White 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .215 Gorinski lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .121 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bostock ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .335 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smalley ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .212 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Cubbage ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Wynegar ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Borgmann c 2 3 1 2 2 0 .226 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schueler 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 Totals 44 8 14 8 3 4 Totals 35 9 10 9 4 6 Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 9,255 Left on Base: Royals 9, Twins 3 DP: Royals 1, Twins 0 Errors: Randall Doubles: Terrell (3), Carew (14) Triples: Cowens (6), Otis (3), Carew (8) Home Runs: Mayberry 2 (10), Patek (1), Hisle 2 (14), Borgmann (2) Stolen Bases: Cowens (6) Caught Stealing: Cowens (4) GIDP: Gorinski (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 4 7 6 6 3 1 1 20 4.41 Pattin 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 7.33 Gura L(3-2) 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 9 3.25 Totals 9 10 9 9 4 6 3 39 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard 2.1 7 5 5 1 1 2 15 4.29 Schueler 2.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 12 4.25 Burgmeier 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 5 3.15 D. Johnson W(1-0) 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 15 3.60 Totals 10 14 8 8 3 4 3 47 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (third to first); McRae grounded out (second to first); Brett singled to right; Mayberry homered [Brett scored]; Cowens tripled to right; Otis walked; Wathan grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Randall singled; Carew singled to right [Randall to third]; Hisle homered [Randall scored, Carew scored]; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick singled to center; Gorinski grounded out (third to first) [Kusick to second]; Smalley popped to first; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3. ROYALS 2ND: Patek homered; White struck out; Poquette grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 3. TWINS 2ND: Terrell flied out to center; Borgmann walked; Randall grounded out (third to first) [Borgmann to second]; Carew tripled to right [Borgmann scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 4. ROYALS 3RD: Brett grounded out (second to first); Mayberry singled to center; Cowens singled to center [Mayberry to second]; Otis tripled to right [Mayberry scored, Cowens scored]; SCHUELER REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Wathan popped to catcher in foul territory; Patek flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 4. TWINS 3RD: Ford flied out to center; Kusick walked; Gorinski grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Kusick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 4. ROYALS 4TH: On a bunt White singled to third; Poquette flied out to right; McRae grounded out (third to first) [White to second]; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 4. TWINS 4TH: Smalley flied out to right; Terrell doubled to left; Borgmann walked; Randall flied out to left; Carew doubled [Terrell scored, Borgmann scored, Carew out at third (right to second to third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 6. ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); Cowens singled to left; Cowens stole second; Otis walked; Wathan singled to center [Cowens scored, Otis to second]; Patek forced Wathan (pitcher to shortstop) [Otis to third]; White flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 6. TWINS 5TH: PATTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Hisle flied out to right; Ford struck out; ADAMS BATTED FOR KUSICK; Adams singled to right; BOSTOCK BATTED FOR GORINSKI; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Twins 6. ROYALS 6TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BOSTOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BURGMEIER REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Poquette popped to first; McRae singled to center; Brett grounded out (second to first) [McRae to second]; Mayberry homered [McRae scored]; Cowens walked; Cowens was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. TWINS 6TH: Smalley was called out on strikes; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Cubbage flied out to left; Borgmann lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. ROYALS 7TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); D. JOHNSON REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Otis was called out on strikes; Wathan struck out; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. TWINS 7TH: Randall lined to left; Carew grounded out (second to first); Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. ROYALS 8TH: White grounded out (third to first); Poquette singled to right; McRae reached on a fielder's choice [Poquette to second (error by Randall)]; Brett flied out to left; Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. TWINS 8TH: CHILES BATTED FOR FORD; GURA REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); NORWOOD BATTED FOR CHILES; Norwood was called out on strikes; Adams struck out; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. ROYALS 9TH: NORWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cowens struck out; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 6. TWINS 9TH: Smalley walked; WYNEGAR BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Wynegar popped to second; Borgmann homered [Smalley scored]; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew lined to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 8. ROYALS 10TH: WYNEGAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Patek grounded out (first unassisted); White grounded out (pitcher to first); Poquette singled; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 8. TWINS 10TH: Hisle homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. |
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