Ron Guidry, who has emerged as one of the most successful members of the Yankees' staff, pitched his second straight shutout and beat the Twins, 4-0. The victory was Guidry's fourth in a row and the Yankees' 22nd in their last 25 games. Scoring support for the lefthander included homers by Lou Piniella and Roy White. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Friday, September 2, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  1  -   4  8  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .331      Bostock lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .337
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .252      Ford rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .275
White lf              2   1   1   1     2   1   .286      Carew 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Jackson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Hisle cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .291      Kusick dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Piniella rf           3   2   1   1     1   0   .340      Wynegar c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Johnson c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .295      Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Randolph 2b           3   1   2   0     1   1   .292      Randall 2b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .226
Dent ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .253      Terrell 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   8   4     5   6             Totals               30   0   6   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 20,270
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Twins 3
DP: Yankees 1, Twins 2
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Ford (23)
Triples: Randolph (11)
Home Runs: Piniella (8), White (14)
Caught Stealing: White (10), Carew (13), Hisle (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (8)
GIDP: Chambliss (19), Nettles (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(12-6)          9     6   0   0   0   4   0  30   2.96
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   4   0  30

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(16-8)           7.2   7   3   3   3   5   2  30   3.35
Burgmeier               1.1   1   1   1   2   1   0   7   4.53
Totals                  9     8   4   4   5   6   2  37

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Steve Palermo


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to right; White walked; White was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Ford doubled
to right; Carew reached on a fielder's choice [Ford out at third
(pitcher to third)]; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle singled to center; Hisle was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Kusick flied out to left; Wynegar
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Randolph
struck out; Dent singled; Rivers grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley struck out; Randall struck out; Terrell flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles walked; White struck out; Jackson struck
out; Chambliss lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Bostock struck out; Ford singled to left; Carew flied
into a double play (left to first) [Ford out at first]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella homered; Johnson lined to left; Randolph
tripled; Dent grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers singled to
left [Randolph scored]; Nettles struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Kusick flied out
to center; Wynegar singled to left; Smalley flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 6TH: White walked; Jackson flied out to left; Chambliss
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher)
[White out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Randall struck out; Terrell popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bostock singled; Ford popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Carew dropped a foul fly hit by Piniella for an
error; Piniella popped to first in foul territory; Johnson
struck out; Randolph singled to left; Dent lined to left; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Carew flied out to center; Hisle flied out to left;
Kusick singled; Wynegar forced Kusick (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Twins 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Rivers singled to right; Nettles grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; White
homered; BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Jackson popped to
pitcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); Randall
flied out to right; Terrell grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Chambliss struck out; Piniella walked; Johnson
singled [Piniella to third]; Randolph walked [Johnson to
second]; Dent hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella scored,
Johnson to third]; Rivers grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 9TH: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Ford
grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Twins 0.