Butch Wynegar hit a three-run homer and Dan Ford drove in two runs with a single and homer to lead the Twins to a 9-4 victory over the Royals. Ford produced the Twins' initial run with a single in the first inning, scoring Rod Carew, who had doubled. Al Cowens hit three singles for the Royals, batting in as many runs, before the Twins wiped out their 3-1 deficit with four runs in the fourth. Ford started the outburst with his homer. Wynegar iced the verdict with his three-run drive in the fifth. [The Sporting News] |
Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August 2, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 2 Twins 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 x - 9 10 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Bostock cf 5 0 0 1 0 2 .338 McRae dh 4 2 2 0 1 1 .298 Randall 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .201 Brett 3b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .300 Carew 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .382 Cowens rf 4 0 3 3 1 0 .316 Ford rf 5 1 2 2 0 2 .274 LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .342 Kusick dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .259 Zdeb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Smalley ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 .238 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .262 Wynegar c 3 2 2 3 0 0 .279 Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Terrell 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .222 White 2b,ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .244 Gorinski lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .149 Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heise ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Lahoud ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Rojas 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 11 4 4 5 Totals 33 9 10 7 6 6 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 24,691 Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 7 DP: Royals 1, Twins 1 Errors: Porter, Heise, Smalley Doubles: Carew (24), Wynegar (16) Triples: Brett (7) Home Runs: Ford (10), Wynegar (7) Caught Stealing: Cowens (8) Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (7) GIDP: Brett (8), Randall (3) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler L(6-4) 5.2 9 8 7 4 3 2 30 4.18 Littell 2.1 1 1 0 2 3 0 10 3.41 Totals 8 10 9 7 6 6 2 40 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz W(13-6) 8.2 11 4 3 4 5 0 40 3.36 Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.09 Totals 9 11 4 3 4 5 0 41 Passed Balls: Wynegar (8) Wild Pitches: Littell (4), Goltz (6) Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ken Kaiser ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae singled to left; Wynegar allowed a passed ball [McRae to second]; Brett flied out to center [McRae to third]; Cowens singled to center [McRae scored (unearned)]; LaCock flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Bostock was called out on strikes; Randall grounded out (first unassisted); Carew doubled to center; Ford singled to right [Carew scored]; Kusick forced Ford (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 1. ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; Porter reached on an error by Smalley; White lined to left; Heise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 1. TWINS 2ND: Smalley singled to center; Wynegar out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Smalley to second]; Terrell lined to third; Gorinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 1. ROYALS 3RD: Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); McRae struck out; Brett tripled to left; Cowens singled to center [Brett scored]; Cowens was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Randall was called out on strikes; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 1. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis walked; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Otis to second]; Porter lined to center; White singled to left [Otis scored, White to second (on throw to home)]; Heise struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Ford homered; Kusick singled to left; Smalley forced Kusick (third to second); Wynegar doubled [Smalley to third]; Terrell walked; Gorinski singled to left [Smalley scored, Wynegar to third, Terrell to second]; Bostock reached on an error by Heise [Wynegar scored, Terrell scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gorinski to second]; Randall grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bostock out at second]; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 5. ROYALS 5TH: Poquette grounded out (catcher to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett singled; Cowens walked [Brett to second]; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 5. TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded out (third to first); Kusick walked; Smalley walked [Kusick to second]; Wynegar homered [Kusick scored, Smalley scored]; Terrell grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 8. ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to left; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 8. TWINS 6TH: Gorinski grounded out (third to first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); Randall singled to center; Carew walked [Randall to second]; LITTELL REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 8. ROYALS 7TH: LAHOUD BATTED FOR HEISE; Lahoud walked; Poquette flied out to left; McRae singled [Lahoud to second]; Brett grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 8. TWINS 7TH: ROJAS REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Kusick grounded out (pitcher to first); Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 8. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens lined to center; LaCock flied out to center; Otis singled to left; Porter singled to right [Otis to second]; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR WHITE; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 8. TWINS 8TH: PATEK REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING SS); Terrell singled to left; Gorinski forced Terrell (third to second); Bostock struck out; Randall walked [Gorinski to second]; Littell threw a wild pitch [Gorinski scored (error by Porter) (unearned), Randall to second]; Carew was walked intentionally; Ford struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 9. ROYALS 9TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae walked; Brett singled to left [McRae to second]; Cowens singled to center [McRae scored, Brett to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR LACOCK; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 9.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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