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Sunday July 31, 1977
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Minnesota Twins 9, Cleveland Indians 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 31, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Twins        2  0  0    0  2  1    1  2  1  -   9 13  1
Indians      0  1  0    1  0  0    1  1  0  -   4 10  3


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock lf,cf         6   2   3   1     0   0   .338      Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .277
Ford rf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .273      Bell 3b               5   0   2   1     0   1   .287
Carew 1b              4   2   1   0     1   1   .383      Dade cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .309
Hisle cf              3   3   1   0     1   0   .298        Fosse c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Gorinski lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Thornton dh           5   0   0   0     0   1   .251
Kusick dh             3   0   1   2     2   1   .258      Melton 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .235
Smalley ss            4   0   2   3     1   0   .240      Spikes rf             2   2   2   1     1   0   .269
Bulling c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .154      Pruitt lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Terrell 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .219      Kendall c             2   0   0   1     0   0   .278
Randall 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .192        Norris ph,cf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .274
D. Johnson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carty ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .261
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lowenstein pr,cf    0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Duffy ss              2   0   1   1     0   0   .190
                                                            Blanks ph,ss        2   0   1   0     0   0   .261
                                                          Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  13   8     6   4             Totals               35   4  10   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 33,968
Left on Base: Twins 10, Indians 9
DP: Twins 1, Indians 0
Errors: Bulling, Kendall, Duffy, Hood
Doubles: Hisle (27), Kusick (7), Bell (18)
Home Runs: Spikes (3)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (16), Bostock (12), Carew (13)
Caught Stealing: Bostock (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Bulling (1), Terrell (6)
GIDP: Dade (7)
Hit by Pitch: Spikes (1,by D. Johnson), Pruitt (1,by D. Johnson)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Johnson W(2-4)       6     7   3   3   2   1   0  27   4.31
Burgmeier SV(6)         3     3   1   1   1   2   1  13   4.11
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   3   1  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(5-4)            5.2   7   5   3   5   2   0  29   4.98
Hood                    2.1   5   3   2   0   2   0  13   3.54
Monge                   1     1   1   1   1   0   0   4   5.84
Totals                  9    13   9   6   6   4   0  46

Hit by Pitch: D. Johnson 2 (4)

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


TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to left; Ford singled to left
[Bostock to second]; Carew struck out; Hisle forced Ford
(shortstop to second) [Bostock to third]; Hisle stole second
[Bostock scored (error by Kendall) (unearned)]; Kusick walked;
Smalley singled to left [Hisle scored (unearned), Kusick to
second]; Bulling grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
popped to second; Dade singled to right; Thornton popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians
0.

TWINS 2ND: Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); Randall
struck out; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Melton singled to right; Spikes singled to left
[Melton to second]; Pruitt forced Melton (first to third)
[Spikes to second]; Kendall flied out to right; Duffy singled to
left [Spikes scored, Pruitt to third, Duffy out at second (left
to catcher to second)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians
1.

TWINS 3RD: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (third to first); Hisle doubled to left; Kusick
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
singled to center; Dade grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Indians 1.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley walked; Bulling out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Smalley to second]; Terrell grounded out
(second to first) [Smalley to third]; Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Bulling dropped a foul fly hit by Thornton for an
error; Thornton grounded out (pitcher to first); Melton walked;
Spikes was hit by a pitch [Melton to second]; Pruitt was hit by
a pitch [Melton to third, Spikes to second]; Kendall grounded
out (third to first) [Melton scored, Spikes to third, Pruitt to
second]; Duffy popped to first; 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2,
Indians 2.

TWINS 5TH: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Ford grounded
out (third to first); Carew walked; Hisle walked [Carew to
second]; Kusick walked [Carew to third, Hisle to second];
Smalley singled to center [Carew scored, Hisle scored, Kusick to
second]; Bulling popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper flied out to center; Bell struck out; Dade
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Indians 2.

TWINS 6TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Randall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock singled to right;
Bostock stole second; Ford singled to left [Bostock scored];
HOOD REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Ford was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Hood [Ford to third]; Carew flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton flied out to left; Melton popped to
second; Spikes walked; Pruitt forced Spikes (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 2.

TWINS 7TH: Hisle reached on an error by Duffy [Hisle to second];
Kusick struck out; Smalley grounded out (third to first) [Hisle
to third]; Bulling singled to right [Hisle scored (unearned)];
Terrell singled to right [Bulling to second]; Randall forced
Terrell (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: GORINSKI REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING LF); BOSTOCK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); NORRIS BATTED FOR KENDALL;
Norris singled to center; BLANKS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Blanks
singled to left [Norris to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED D.
JOHNSON (PITCHING); Kuiper singled [Norris to third, Blanks to
second]; Bell forced Kuiper (shortstop to second) [Norris
scored, Blanks to third]; Dade struck out; Thornton was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 6, Indians 3.

TWINS 8TH: FOSSE REPLACED DADE (PLAYING C ); NORRIS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Bostock
grounded out (third to first); Ford singled; Carew singled [Ford
to third]; Carew stole second; Gorinski struck out; Kusick
doubled to left [Ford scored, Carew scored]; Smalley grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Indians
3.

INDIANS 8TH: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
homered; Pruitt flied out to left; CARTY BATTED FOR NORRIS;
Carty walked; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR CARTY; Blanks popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Indians 4.

TWINS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MONGE
REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Bulling walked; Terrell out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bulling to second]; Randall
lined to second; Bostock singled to center [Bulling scored];
Bostock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper flied out to right; Bell doubled to left;
Fosse flied out to right; Thornton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 9, Indians 4.



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