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Monday August 29, 1977
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Minnesota Twins 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, August 29, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
Twins        1  1  2    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   6 15  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .238      Hisle cf              5   2   3   1     0   0   .305
Staggs 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .253      Carew 1b              5   0   3   0     0   0   .377
Velez rf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Bostock lf            3   1   0   1     1   0   .340
  A. Woods pr,rf      1   1   0   0     0   0   .276      Adams dh              5   0   2   0     0   0   .332
Rader 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .255      Chiles rf             3   1   2   2     0   0   .271
Howell dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .302        Ford rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Ault 1b               3   0   1   3     1   0   .256      Wynegar c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .265
Torres ss             3   1   1   0     0   1   .258      Cubbage 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .268
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Randall 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .231
Bowling cf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .168      Gomez ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cerone c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .208        T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   5     2   4             Totals               35   6  15   6     2   0

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 10,364
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Twins 10
DP: Blue Jays 2, Twins 2
Doubles: Staggs (9), Chiles (14)
Triples: Bowling (1), Ault (3)
Home Runs: Cubbage (8)
Caught Stealing: Ault (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Gomez (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bostock (6)
GIDP: Velez (8), Scott (4), Chiles (4)
Hit by Pitch: Velez (1,by Zahn), Chiles (2,by Vuckovich)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               4.2  10   4   4   1   0   1  24   4.24
Willis L(2-6)           0.2   3   2   2   0   0   0   5   4.69
Vuckovich               2.2   2   0   0   1   0   0  11   3.48
Totals                  8    15   6   6   2   0   1  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    5.1   7   5   5   1   2   0  24   4.75
T. Johnson W(15-6)      3.2   2   0   0   1   2   0  12   2.95
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   4   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich (3), Zahn (4)
Wild Pitches: Jefferson (3), Zahn (5)
Balks: Jefferson (1)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Scott grounded out (third to first); Staggs
grounded out (third to first); Velez singled to left; Rader
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Hisle singled to left; Carew singled to center [Hisle
to second]; Bostock flied out to left; Adams flied out to
center; Chiles singled to left [Hisle scored, Carew to second];
Wynegar flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Twins 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell flied out to center; Ault grounded out
(shortstop to first); Torres singled to center; Bowling tripled
to right [Torres scored]; Cerone struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage homered; Randall grounded out (third to
first); Gomez lined to shortstop; Hisle grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Scott singled to center; Staggs forced Scott
(shortstop to second); Velez grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Staggs out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Carew lined to second; Bostock walked; Jefferson
balked [Bostock to second]; Adams flied out to right; Chiles
doubled to right [Bostock scored]; Jefferson threw a wild pitch
[Chiles to third]; Wynegar singled to right [Chiles scored];
Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ault grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Randall flied out to right; Gomez flied out to left;
Hisle singled to left; Carew singled to left [Hisle to second];
Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowling
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Adams singled to center; Chiles grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Adams out at
second]; Wynegar singled to right; WILLIS REPLACED JEFFERSON
(PITCHING); Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Scott singled to left; Staggs doubled to right
[Scott scored]; Zahn threw a wild pitch [Staggs to third]; Velez
was hit by a pitch; A. WOODS RAN FOR VELEZ; Rader walked [A.
Woods to second]; Howell struck out; Ault tripled [Staggs
scored, A. Woods scored, Rader scored]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); Ault was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted);
Torres struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: A. WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Randall singled
to right; Gomez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Randall to second]; Hisle singled to left [Randall scored];
Carew singled to right [Hisle to third]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED
WILLIS (PITCHING); Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hisle
scored]; Adams singled to center [Carew to third]; Chiles was
hit by a pitch [Adams to second]; Wynegar popped to shortstop; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bowling grounded out (third to first); Cerone
singled to center; Scott grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Cerone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage walked; Randall singled [Cubbage to second];
Gomez forced Cubbage (first to third) [Randall to second]; Hisle
lined into a double play (left to second) [Randall out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Staggs grounded out (second to first); A. Woods
grounded out (second to first); Rader singled to center; Howell
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: FORD REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING RF); Ault walked;
EWING BATTED FOR TORRES; Ewing popped to second; FAIRLY BATTED
FOR BOWLING; Fairly flied out to right; Cerone flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Twins 6.



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