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Homers by Lyman Bostock and Glenn Adams accounted for five runs and powered the Twins to a 7-3 victory over the Blue Jays. Bostock connected with a man on base in the third inning and Adams with two aboard in the ninth. Adams also had an earlier RBI, driving in a run with an infield out in the fifth inning. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 7, Toronto Blue Jays 3Game Played on Thursday, August 11, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumTwins 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 7 11 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 3 8 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hisle cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .295 Staggs 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .272 Smalley ss 4 3 2 1 1 0 .245 Bailor cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .318 Carew 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .383 Howell 3b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .297 Bostock lf 5 2 1 2 0 0 .339 Fairly 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Adams dh 5 1 2 4 0 0 .337 Velez rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .267 Wynegar c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Ewing dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Cubbage 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .272 A. Woods lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .272 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Ashby c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .199 Randall 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .215 McKay ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .166 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Byrd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 7 11 7 4 3 Totals 33 3 8 3 6 1 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 18,430 Left on Base: Twins 8, Blue Jays 10 DP: Twins 1, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Smalley Doubles: Hisle (28), Randall (9), Bailor (17) Home Runs: Bostock (10), Adams (4) Stolen Bases: Hisle (17) Sacrifice Hits: A. Woods (6) GIDP: Howell (9) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz W(15-6) 7 6 3 3 6 0 0 32 3.27 T. Johnson SV(14) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.57 Totals 9 8 3 3 6 1 0 40 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Byrd L(2-5) 8 8 4 4 4 2 1 36 5.54 Vuckovich 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 6 3.54 Totals 9 11 7 7 4 3 2 42 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan TWINS 1ST: Hisle walked; Hisle stole second; Smalley flied out to right; Carew flied out to left; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell walked; Fairly reached on an error by Smalley [Howell out at third (first to third)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar singled to center; Cubbage struck out; Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Ewing grounded out (pitcher to first); A. Woods walked; Ashby singled to right [A. Woods to second]; McKay grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to right; Hisle doubled to left; Smalley singled [Hisle scored]; Carew flied out to center; Bostock homered [Smalley scored]; Adams singled to left; Wynegar popped to third; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Staggs walked; Bailor forced Staggs (second to shortstop); Howell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 0. TWINS 4TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Ford flied out to left; Randall doubled to left; Hisle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Fairly lined to pitcher; Velez walked; Ewing flied out to left; A. Woods grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 0. TWINS 5TH: Smalley walked; On a bunt Carew singled to pitcher [Smalley to second]; Bostock grounded out (first to pitcher) [Smalley to third, Carew to second]; Adams grounded out (second to first) [Smalley scored, Carew to third]; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby grounded out (second to first); McKay singled to center; Staggs lined to left; Bailor doubled to left [McKay scored]; Howell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 6TH: Cubbage walked; Ford forced Cubbage (pitcher to shortstop); Randall singled to center [Ford to second]; Hisle forced Randall (third to second) [Ford to third]; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Fairly grounded out (second to first); Velez flied out to right; Ewing walked; A. Woods grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 7TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock grounded out (third to first); Adams grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ashby flied out to center; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); Staggs singled to left; Bailor singled to center [Staggs to second]; Howell singled to center [Staggs scored, Bailor to third]; Fairly flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Cubbage walked; Ford lined to shortstop; Randall flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez walked; T. JOHNSON REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Ewing singled [Velez to second]; A. Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Velez to third, Ewing to second]; Ashby grounded out (first to second to pitcher) [Velez scored, Ewing to third]; McKay struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Blue Jays 3. TWINS 9TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED BYRD (PITCHING); Hisle struck out; Smalley singled to left; Carew singled to center [Smalley to second]; Bostock forced Carew (first to shortstop) [Smalley to third]; Adams homered [Smalley scored, Bostock scored]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Staggs flied out to right; Bailor popped to second; Howell singled to right; Fairly popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Blue Jays 3. |
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