Twins' homers proved the decisive blows in 5-3 and 10-9 victories over the Athletics. Dan Ford whacked a four-bagger with Lyman Bostock aboard in the seventh inning to wipe out a 3-2 Oakland lead in the first game. Glenn Adams singled home Rod Carew with an insurance run later in the inning. Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, July 24, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 2 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 x - 5 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .279 Bostock lf 4 2 3 0 1 0 .339 Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Ford rf 5 1 2 3 0 1 .269 Perez 2b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .252 Carew 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .387 Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Hisle cf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .299 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Kusick dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .249 Page dh 3 0 2 1 1 0 .314 Adams ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .361 Gross 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .235 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 McKinney 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .196 Smalley ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .242 Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Terrell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Tyrone rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Cubbage ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Randall 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Armas cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Murray lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .176 Gomez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 7 3 4 5 Totals 34 5 10 4 5 4 Time of Game: 2:40 Left on Base: A's 4, Twins 10 DP: A's 1, Twins 3 Errors: Scott 2 Doubles: Perez (13), Murray (2), Ford (17) Triples: Bostock (9) Home Runs: Ford (8) Stolen Bases: Kusick (3) Caught Stealing: Kusick (1) GIDP: McKinney (7), Sanguillen (6), Wynegar (9) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrealba 5 4 2 2 2 3 0 22 1.82 Lacey L(3-5) 1.1 5 3 3 1 0 1 9 2.47 Bair 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 5.34 Totals 8 10 5 5 5 4 1 39 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(9-7) 8.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 33 4.42 T. Johnson SV(10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.91 Totals 9 7 3 3 4 5 0 34 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott flied out to left; Perez singled to right; Sanguillen popped to second; Page singled [Perez to second]; Gross singled to right [Perez scored, Page to third]; McKinney struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Ford flied out to right; Carew singled; Hisle forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tyrone grounded out (first unassisted); Armas grounded out (first to pitcher); Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Kusick walked; Kusick stole second; Wynegar reached on an error by Scott [Kusick to third, Wynegar to second (on throw to home)]; Kusick was picked off and caught stealing home (catcher to third); Smalley was called out on strikes; Terrell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Scott walked; Perez doubled to left [Scott scored]; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first) [Perez to third]; Page singled to right [Perez scored]; Page was picked off first (pitcher to first); Gross was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to left; Bostock tripled; Ford doubled [Bostock scored]; Carew grounded out (first to pitcher) [Ford to third]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: McKinney grounded out (pitcher to first); Tyrone struck out; Armas grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Murray doubled to left; Scott flied out to right [Murray to third]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Randall flied out to center; Bostock singled; Ford reached on an error by Scott [Bostock to second]; Carew lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page flied out to center; Gross walked; McKinney grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING SS); Hisle walked; LACEY REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Kusick singled [Hisle to third]; Wynegar grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hisle scored, Kusick out at second]; Smalley singled to center; Terrell lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Tyrone flied out to left; Armas flied out to center; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock singled to right; Ford homered [Bostock scored]; Carew singled to center; Hisle walked [Carew to second]; BAIR REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); ADAMS BATTED FOR KUSICK; Adams singled to center [Carew scored, Hisle to second]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Hisle to third, Adams to second]; Smalley walked; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Cubbage lined to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez singled to center; Sanguillen grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 5. TWINS 8TH: NEWMAN REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); CHILES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Chiles grounded out (third to first); Bostock walked; Ford was called out on strikes; Carew grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: GOMEZ REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING 2B); Page walked; Gross lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Page out at first]; McKinney walked; T. JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); ALEXANDER RAN FOR MCKINNEY; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR TYRONE; Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 5. |
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