The Twins took a twi-night doubleheader from the Blue Jays, winning the first game, 7-6, in 10 innings, and the afterpiece, 6-5. Larry Hisle hit a two-run triple in the eighth inning when the Twins scored three runs and tied the game, then led off the 10th with a double, advanced to third as Rich Chiles flied out, then scored the winning run on Bob Gorinski's sacrifice fly. The Twins turned six double plays to equal the record for an extra-inning game shared by six clubs.

In the second game, the Blue Jays erupted for four runs in the top of the sixth, featuring Doug Ault's bases-loaded triple, but the Twins came back to win on two runs in the bottom half. Hisle's single scored Bob Randall who had singled and advanced on a sacrifice. Rod Carew singled, moving Hisle to third, from where he later scored the winning run on Lyman Bostock's sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Toronto Blue Jays 6 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, August    29, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  5    0  0  0    0  -   6 15  1
Twins        0  0  0    2  0  1    0  3  0    1  -   7 13  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .253      Bostock lf            4   1   2   0     1   0   .342
A. Woods lf,rf        5   1   3   0     0   0   .276      Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .227
Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .307        Cubbage ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Fairly rf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .282      Carew 1b              5   2   2   0     0   0   .375
  Scott pr,lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Hisle cf              5   3   4   3     0   0   .301
Rader dh              3   1   2   1     1   0   .255      Ford rf               3   0   1   1     0   1   .272
Ault 1b               5   1   2   1     0   2   .256        Chiles ph,rf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Torres ss             1   0   0   1     0   0   .257      Kusick dh             3   0   1   1     0   2   .251
  Ewing ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .299        Adams ph,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .330
  McKay ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .180        Gorinski ph,dh      1   0   0   1     0   1   .215
Ashby c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .205      Bulling c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .160
Bowling cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .163      Terrell 3b,2b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .261
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  15   6     4   5             Totals               37   7  13   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:58
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Twins 6
DP: Blue Jays 0, Twins 6
Errors: Ashby
Doubles: Ashby (15), Kusick (9), Terrell (5), Hisle (33)
Triples: Ewing (2), Hisle (3)
Stolen Bases: Bostock (14)
Caught Stealing: Gomez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Howell (3), Rader (3), Randall (8), Gomez (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Torres (4), Gorinski (1)
GIDP: Howell (10), Ashby (10), A. Woods (11), Ault (16), Bowling (6), Rader (10)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin                  7    10   5   5   0   3   0  29   3.89
Vuckovich               0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   3.55
Willis                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.50
Murphy L(1-2)           1.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   6   5.40
Totals                  9.2  13   7   7   2   4   0  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern                 5     8   3   3   2   1   0  21   5.28
Burgmeier               0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   4.55
D. Johnson              0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   4.53
Schueler W(7-6)         4.2   4   0   0   2   4   0  18   4.40
Totals                 10    15   6   6   4   5   0  43

Wild Pitches: Vuckovich (11)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs popped to first; A. Woods singled to left;
Howell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [A.
Woods out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to right; Randall out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Bostock to second]; Carew reached on a
fielder's choice [Bostock out at third (shortstop to third)];
Hisle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly singled to right; Rader singled to left
[Fairly to second]; Ault singled to left [Fairly to third, Rader
to second]; Torres hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fairly scored,
Rader to third]; Ashby grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Ault out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford struck out; Kusick struck out; Bulling grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins
0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bowling flied out to center; Staggs walked; A.
Woods grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Staggs out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); Gomez
singled to right; Gomez was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Bostock flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Fairly
singled to right; Rader walked [Fairly to second]; Ault grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Rader out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Randall flied out to center; On a bunt Carew singled
to catcher [Carew to second (error by Ashby)]; Hisle singled to
center [Carew scored]; Ford flied out to center; Kusick doubled
to left [Hisle scored]; Bulling flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Torres flied out to right; Ashby doubled to
right; Bowling struck out; Staggs lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell flied out to left; Gomez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: A. Woods singled; Howell singled [A. Woods to
third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Fairly forced
Howell (pitcher to shortstop); Rader singled [A. Woods scored,
Fairly to third, Rader to second (on throw to 3b)]; D. JOHNSON
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Ault singled [Fairly scored,
Rader to third]; EWING BATTED FOR TORRES; Ewing tripled [Rader
scored, Ault scored]; SCHUELER REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Ashby singled to left [Ewing scored]; Bowling grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ashby out at
second]; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: MCKAY REPLACED EWING (PLAYING SS); Randall popped to
second; Carew singled to right; Hisle singled to left [Carew to
second]; Ford singled to left [Carew scored, Hisle to second];
Ford was picked off first (pitcher to first); Kusick struck out;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: On a bunt Staggs singled; A. Woods singled to
center [Staggs to second]; Howell out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Staggs to third, A. Woods to second]; Fairly was
walked intentionally; SCOTT RAN FOR FAIRLY; Rader grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Scott out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); A. WOODS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bulling flied out to center; Terrell
flied out to center; Gomez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ault struck out; McKay popped to second; Ashby
walked; Bowling grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Bostock singled to center; Randall singled to left
[Bostock to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Carew
grounded out (second to first) [Bostock to third, Randall to
second]; Hisle tripled [Bostock scored, Randall scored]; CHILES
BATTED FOR FORD; Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Hisle scored];
Chiles walked; ADAMS BATTED FOR KUSICK; WILLIS REPLACED
VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); GORINSKI BATTED FOR ADAMS; Gorinski struck
out; Bulling forced Chiles (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: GORINSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CHILES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Staggs struck out; A. Woods flied
out to center; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 6, Twins 6.

TWINS 9TH: Terrell doubled to left; Gomez out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Terrell to third]; MURPHY REPLACED
WILLIS (PITCHING); Bostock was walked intentionally; CUBBAGE
BATTED FOR RANDALL; Bostock stole second; Cubbage reached on a
fielder's choice [Terrell out at home (pitcher to catcher)];
Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Twins 6.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TERRELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); On a bunt Scott singled to
third; Rader out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Scott
to second]; Ault struck out; McKay grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 6.

TWINS 10TH: Hisle doubled to center; Chiles flied out to center
[Hisle to third]; Gorinski hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hisle
scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Twins 7.