Lyman Bostock drove in four runs with a homer, double and single to lead the Twins to a 9-5 triumph over the Royals. A single by Butch Wynegar and doubles by Glenn Adams, Dan Ford and Jerry Terrell produced three runs for the Twins in the decisive fifth inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Royals 5
Game Played on Monday, August    1, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Twins        1  0  2    0  3  2    0  1  x  -   9 12  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Smalley ss            4   1   0   0     1   0   .238
McRae dh              5   1   2   1     0   0   .296      Carew 1b              4   2   1   0     1   0   .382
Otis cf               4   2   2   0     1   0   .261      Wynegar c             4   3   2   0     1   1   .275
Cowens rf             4   2   2   2     0   1   .311      Bostock cf            4   1   3   4     1   0   .343
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Adams lf              3   1   2   2     1   0   .351
Zdeb lf               2   0   0   0     0   1   .302        Gorinski lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Lahoud ph,lf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Goltz dh              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Porter c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .272        Hisle ph,dh         3   0   0   0     1   3   .296
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Ford rf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .272
  LaCock ph           1   0   1   2     0   0   .352      Terrell 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .220
  Heise ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Randall 2b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .200
  Rojas ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b,ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .243        T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     2   3             Totals               34   9  12   8     6   7

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 19,370
Left on Base: Royals 7, Twins 9
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: Smalley
Doubles: Lahoud (1), Carew (23), Adams (10), Ford (20), Terrell (4), Bostock (21)
Home Runs: Cowens (17), McRae (14), Bostock (9)
Stolen Bases: Otis (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Hisle (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Adams (2)
GIDP: Brett (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(11-10)        4.2   8   6   6   4   2   1  26   3.79
Littell                 3.1   4   3   3   2   5   0  16   3.54
Totals                  8    12   9   9   6   7   1  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn W(10-8)            5.1   7   5   5   1   2   2  23   4.81
T. Johnson SV(12)       3.2   3   0   0   1   1   0  16   2.61
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2   3   2  39

Wild Pitches: Colborn 2 (4)
Balks: Colborn (2)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to center; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Cowens homered
[Otis scored]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Smalley flied out to left; Carew doubled to right;
Wynegar grounded out (second to pitcher) [Carew to third];
Bostock walked; Adams walked [Bostock to second]; HISLE BATTED
FOR GOLTZ; Colborn balked [Carew scored, Bostock to third, Adams
to second]; Hisle walked; Ford flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: HISLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Zdeb grounded out
(third to first); Porter flied out to center; Patek grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Terrell was called out on strikes; Randall singled to
left; Smalley lined to center; Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to right; Brett grounded out
(pitcher to first); McRae singled to left; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Wynegar walked; Bostock homered [Wynegar scored];
Adams singled; Hisle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Adams to second]; Ford flied out to right; Terrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens popped to second; Mayberry struck out; Zdeb
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Randall grounded out (catcher to first); Smalley
flied out to left; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Porter singled to right; Patek forced Porter
(pitcher to shortstop); White singled to center [Patek to
second]; Brett grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[White out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar singled; Colborn threw a wild pitch [Wynegar
to second]; Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Wynegar to
third]; Adams doubled to right [Wynegar scored]; Hisle struck
out; Ford doubled to left [Adams scored]; Colborn threw a wild
pitch [Ford to third]; Terrell doubled to left [Ford scored];
LITTELL REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Randall struck out; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 6.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae homered; Otis singled to left; Cowens singled
to right [Otis to second]; Mayberry flied out to left; T.
JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); LAHOUD BATTED FOR ZDEB; Lahoud
flied out to left; Porter walked [Otis to third, Cowens to
second]; LACOCK BATTED FOR PATEK; LaCock singled to left [Otis
scored, Cowens scored, Porter to second]; White grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: LAHOUD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HEISE REPLACED
LACOCK (PLAYING SS); Smalley walked; Carew walked [Smalley to
second]; Wynegar was called out on strikes; Bostock singled
[Smalley scored, Carew to third]; Adams hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Carew scored]; Hisle struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Twins 8.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae popped
to first in foul territory; Otis singled to left; Cowens struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 8.

TWINS 7TH: Ford struck out; Terrell flied out to right; Randall
singled to center; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 8.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Lahoud
doubled to left; Porter grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Lahoud to third]; ROJAS BATTED FOR HEISE; Rojas grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Carew lined to center; Wynegar singled;
Bostock doubled to left [Wynegar scored]; Adams popped to
catcher in foul territory; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 9.

ROYALS 9TH: GORINSKI REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING LF); POQUETTE
BATTED FOR WHITE; Poquette grounded out (second to first); Brett
reached on an error by Smalley; McRae forced Brett (third to
second); Otis lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5,
Twins 9.