A single by Matt Alexander through a drawn-in infield scored Mitchell Page with one out in the 11th inning and gave the Athletics an 8-7 victory over the Twins. After the A's overcame a 5-0 deficit to tie the score at 6-6 in the fifth, Butch Wynegar hit a homer for the Twins in the 10th, but the A's came back with the tying tally on singles by Rodney Scott and Manny Sanguillen around a sacrifice by Marty Perez.

In the 11th, Page walked, stole second and continued to third on a throwing error by Wynegar. Jim Tyrone walked and was forced by Tony Armas as Page held third. Alexander then bounced the winning hit between short and third. The RBI was only his second of the season with the A's and third of his major league career after getting one with the Cubs in 1973. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Minnesota Twins 7
Game Played on Friday, July      15, 1977 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        2  2  1    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  -   7 15  2
A's          0  0  0    4  2  0    0  0  0    1  1  -   8 13  3


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Scott ss,3b           5   1   3   0     1   0   .296
Smalley ss            4   1   2   3     1   0   .231      Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     2   2   .263
Carew 1b              5   1   2   0     1   1   .391      Sanguillen c,1b       4   1   3   1     2   0   .270
Wynegar c             6   1   3   1     0   1   .286      Gross 3b              1   1   0   0     1   0   .237
Bostock lf            5   0   1   0     1   0   .335        Crawford ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .228
Hisle cf              4   1   2   2     2   1   .297        Picciolo ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .168
Adams dh              1   0   0   0     0   0   .354      McKinney 1b           2   1   1   0     2   0   .196
  Kusick ph,dh        2   0   0   0     0   1   .242        Murray pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Chiles ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Newman c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Terrell ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Page lf               3   2   2   2     1   1   .291
Ford rf               6   1   3   1     0   1   .269      Tyrone rf             3   1   1   2     2   1   .280
Wilfong 2b            2   1   0   0     1   0   .252      Armas cf              4   0   0   1     1   0   .232
  Bulling ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Hosley dh             3   0   2   1     0   0   .154
  Gomez pr,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .313        Alexander pr,dh     3   0   1   1     0   0   .310
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   7  15   7     7   5             Totals               37   8  13   8    12   5

Time of Game: 4:03   Attendance:  4,559
Left on Base: Twins 14, A's 15
DP: Twins 2, A's 2
Errors: Cubbage, Wynegar, Tyrone, Medich, Torrealba
Doubles: Ford (14), Sanguillen (9), Tyrone (2), McKinney (4), Page (16)
Home Runs: Wynegar (6)
Stolen Bases: Cubbage (1), Hisle (15), Scott 3 (13), Page (23)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (3), Cubbage (5), Page (4), Perez (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (3), Armas (4), Tyrone (2)
GIDP: Bostock 2 (12), Armas (4)
Hit by Pitch: Page (3,by T. Johnson)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    4     5   5   2   4   2   0  20   4.53
T. Johnson              5.1   7   2   2   6   3   0  28   3.00
D. Johnson L(1-4)       1     1   1   0   2   0   0   6   4.84
Totals                 10.1  13   8   4  12   5   0  54

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  1.1   6   4   3   0   1   0  11   4.56
Torrealba               3     5   2   1   3   1   0  17   1.76
Bair                    2.2   0   0   0   2   2   0  10   6.26
Lacey                   3     4   1   1   1   1   1  12   2.06
Giusti W(3-3)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.47
Totals                 11    15   7   5   7   5   1  54

Hit by Pitch: T. Johnson (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Fred Spenn


TWINS 1ST: Debut for umpire Fred Spenn; Cubbage grounded
out (second to first); Smalley singled; Carew singled to left
[Smalley to second]; Wynegar was called out on strikes; Bostock
singled to pitcher [Smalley to third, Carew to second]; Hisle
singled to right [Smalley scored, Carew scored, Bostock to third
(error by Tyrone)]; Adams forced Hisle (second to shortstop); 2
R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott singled to left; Scott was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sanguillen doubled; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilfong reached
on an error by Medich; Cubbage singled to right [Wilfong to
third]; Cubbage stole second; Smalley singled to right [Wilfong
scored (unearned), Cubbage scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); On a bunt Carew singled to third [Smalley to
second]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Smalley to
third, Carew to second]; Bostock grounded out (second to first);
2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: McKinney walked; Page struck out; Tyrone walked
[McKinney to second]; Armas grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Tyrone out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 0.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle singled to center; Hisle stole second; KUSICK
BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick struck out; Ford singled to left [Hisle
scored]; Wilfong walked [Ford to second]; Cubbage flied out to
center [Ford to third]; Smalley walked [Wilfong to second];
Carew forced Smalley (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hosley
grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to
first); Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Athletics 0.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar singled to left; Bostock grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at
second]; Hisle walked; Kusick popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Gross
walked; McKinney reached on an error by Cubbage [Gross to
second]; Page singled to right [Gross scored (unearned),
McKinney to second]; Tyrone doubled to left [McKinney scored,
Page to third]; Armas hit a sacrifice fly to right [Page scored
(unearned), Tyrone to third]; Hosley singled to right [Tyrone
scored (unearned)]; Scott popped to second; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 4.

TWINS 5TH: Ford singled to left; Wilfong reached on an error by
Torrealba on a sacrifice bunt [Ford to second]; Cubbage out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ford to third, Wilfong to
second]; BAIR REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Smalley hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Ford scored (unearned)]; Carew was walked
intentionally; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Perez walked; T. JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); Sanguillen singled to right [Perez to second];
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR GROSS; Crawford forced Perez (pitcher to
third) [Sanguillen to second]; McKinney walked [Sanguillen to
third, Crawford to second]; Page was hit by a pitch [Sanguillen
scored, Crawford to third, McKinney to second]; hit on right
hand; Tyrone sacrifice flied into a double play to center
[Crawford scored, McKinney out at third (center to second to
shortstop to third)]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics
6.

TWINS 6TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING SS); SCOTT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Bostock walked; Hisle struck
out; CHILES BATTED FOR KUSICK; Chiles forced Bostock (shortstop
to second); Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Armas lined
to left; Hosley singled; ALEXANDER RAN FOR HOSLEY; Alexander was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); On a bunt Scott
singled to second; Scott stole second; Scott stole third; Perez
walked; Sanguillen walked [Perez to second]; Picciolo flied out
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 6.

TWINS 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wilfong popped
to shortstop; Cubbage flied out to center; Smalley flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: McKinney doubled to left; MURRAY RAN FOR
MCKINNEY; Page out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Murray to third]; Tyrone struck out; Armas flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 6.

TWINS 8TH: NEWMAN REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING C ); SANGUILLEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LACEY REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING);
Carew lined to third; Wynegar singled to left; Bostock grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Alexander flied out to left; Scott walked; Scott
stole second; Perez struck out; Sanguillen was walked
intentionally; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
6, Athletics 6.

TWINS 9TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); TERRELL
BATTED FOR CHILES; Terrell flied out to left; Ford doubled to
left; BULLING BATTED FOR WILFONG; Bulling was walked
intentionally; GOMEZ RAN FOR BULLING; Cubbage singled to right
[Ford out at home (right to catcher), Gomez to second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GOMEZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Newman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Page doubled to left; Tyrone grounded out (second to first)
[Page to third]; Armas was walked intentionally; Alexander
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Athletics 6.

TWINS 10TH: Smalley flied out to left; Carew struck out; Wynegar
homered; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Scott singled to right; Perez out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Scott to second]; Sanguillen singled
[Scott scored]; D. JOHNSON REPLACED T. JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Picciolo forced Sanguillen (first to shortstop); Newman grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7,
Athletics 7.

TWINS 11TH: GIUSTI REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Hisle walked;
Terrell grounded out (first unassisted) [Hisle to second]; Ford
grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Hisle to third];
Gomez lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics
7.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Page walked; Page stole second [Page to third
(error by Wynegar)]; Tyrone walked; Armas forced Tyrone (left to
second); Alexander singled [Page scored (unearned), Armas to
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 8.