A. L. batting leader Rod Carew hit a homer, triple and single to lead the Twins to a 6-1 victory over the Yankees. Carew smashed his homer after a single by Larry Hisle in the first inning. Hisle, copying Carew, hit for the circuit following a walk to Rob Wilfong in the fifth. Paul Thormodsgard, Twins' rookie righthander, held the Yankees hitless for 5 1/3 innings before giving up a run on singles by Mickey Rivers, Willie Randolph and Chris Chambliss. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      12, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        2  0  0    0  2  1    1  0  0  -   6  9  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              4   2   2   2     1   0   .314      Rivers cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .315
Carew 1b              5   2   3   2     0   0   .388      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .285
Bostock cf            5   0   1   0     0   3   .330      Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .301
Adams rf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .321      May dh                3   0   0   0     1   0   .284
  Ford ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .221
Chiles dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Kusick ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .174
Smalley ss            3   0   1   1     0   0   .218      Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .277        Munson ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .319
Wilfong 2b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .279        Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Thormodsgard p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Holtzman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6   9   5     3   4             Totals               31   1   5   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 52,821
Left on Base: Twins 6, Yankees 5
DP: Twins 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Wilfong, Dent
Doubles: Chiles (4), Bostock (15), Jackson (17)
Triples: Carew (10)
Home Runs: Carew (5), Hisle (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (1)
GIDP: Randolph (8), Piniella (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thormodsgard W(4-3)     9     5   1   1   2   5   0  33   3.88
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   5   0  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(7-5)         7     7   6   6   3   3   2  31   2.60
Holtzman                2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   5.85
Totals                  9     9   6   6   3   4   2  39

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Bill Deegan


TWINS 1ST: Hisle singled to left; Carew homered [Hisle scored];
Bostock grounded out (second to first); Wynegar grounded out
(second to first); Adams grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; Randolph grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; Jackson struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Chiles flied out to left; Smalley flied out to left;
Cubbage walked; Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); May
walked; Nettles was called out on strikes; Piniella forced May
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle walked; Carew grounded out (first unassisted)
[Hisle to second]; Bostock was called out on strikes; Wynegar
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Healy was called out on strikes; Dent popped to
third; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

TWINS 4TH: Adams grounded out (second to first); Chiles flied
out to left; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph flied out to center; Jackson grounded out
(first unassisted); Chambliss reached on an error by Wilfong;
May forced Chambliss (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Wilfong
walked; Hisle homered [Wilfong scored]; Carew grounded out
(second to first); Bostock was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella
grounded out (third to first); Healy grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Yankees 0.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Adams singled to right;
Chiles doubled to right [Adams to third]; Smalley hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Adams scored, Chiles to third]; Cubbage
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent flied out to left; Rivers singled to right;
Randolph singled [Rivers to second]; Jackson flied out to
center; Chambliss singled to right [Rivers scored, Randolph to
third, Chambliss to second (on throw)]; May grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 1.

TWINS 7TH: Wilfong flied out to right; Hisle popped to first in
foul territory; Carew tripled [Carew scored (error by Dent)];
Bostock doubled to right; Wynegar flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles singled; Piniella grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Nettles out at second]; Healy
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
6, Yankees 1.

TWINS 8TH: HOLTZMAN REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); FORD BATTED
FOR ADAMS; Ford grounded out (second to first); KUSICK BATTED
FOR CHILES; Kusick grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley
singled to left; Cubbage forced Smalley (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FORD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); MUNSON BATTED FOR DENT; Munson lined to
first; Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Yankees 1.

TWINS 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING SS); Wilfong popped
to second; Hisle popped to second; Carew singled to center;
Bostock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Jackson doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out
(first unassisted); May flied out to right; Nettles struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Yankees 1.