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.

The second game went extra innings before Bostock ended it abruptly with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 12th. The Twins counted three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score, two runs coming on Terry Bulling's first major league hit. The A's went ahead, 9-8, in the top of the 10th when Willie Crawford singled in Larry Murray, but Larry Hisle whacked his 23rd homer of the season in the home half for still another deadlock. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      24, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A'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.