The Twins snapped a six-game losing streak, their longest in two years, when Dave Goltz shut out the White Sox, 7-0. Goltz achieved the first one-man shutout of the White Sox this season. They were blanked once previously in a combined effort by Nolan Ryan and Dave LaRoche of the Angels. Rod Carew had three hits in five trips for the Twins to boost his league-leading average to .381. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 14, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        3  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   7 11  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smalley ss            2   0   0   1     2   0   .234      Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Norwood cf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .122      Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Chiles ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .272      Orta 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .284
  Randall 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Gamble rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Carew 1b              5   1   3   1     0   1   .381      L. Johnson dh         4   0   1   0     0   1   .305
Ford rf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Kusick dh             1   1   1   1     3   0   .254      Bannister ss          4   0   2   0     0   1   .280
  Wilfong pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .241      Kessinger 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .229
  Adams ph,dh         1   0   1   0     0   0   .332      Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Gorinski lf           4   0   1   2     0   0   .204      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wynegar c             4   1   0   0     1   1   .262        Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Terrell 3b            5   1   1   1     0   0   .227
Perlozzo 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Bostock ph,cf       1   1   0   0     1   0   .331
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  11   7     7   5             Totals               34   0   7   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 15,633
Left on Base: Twins 11, White Sox 7
DP: Twins 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Lemon, Kessinger
Doubles: Carew (34), Adams (15), Garr (27)
Stolen Bases: Norwood (5)
Caught Stealing: Smalley (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Gorinski (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(18-9)           9     7   0   0   0   4   0  34   3.26
Totals                  9     7   0   0   0   4   0  34

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(8-8)           7.1   8   6   6   6   5   0  35   4.61
Kirkwood                1.2   3   1   1   1   0   0  10   5.68
Totals                  9    11   7   7   7   5   0  45

Wild Pitches: Kravec (4), Kirkwood (6)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Durwood Merrill


TWINS 1ST: Smalley walked; Smalley was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Norwood struck out; Carew singled to
left; Ford singled [Carew to third]; Kusick singled to left
[Carew scored, Ford to second]; Kravec threw a wild pitch [Ford
to third, Kusick to second]; Gorinski singled to left [Ford
scored, Kusick scored]; Wynegar struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Lemon popped to second;
Orta singled to left; Gamble flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Perlozzo
struck out; Smalley popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson lined to left; Spencer struck out;
Bannister singled to right; Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: Norwood flied out to center; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ford singled to center; Kusick walked
[Ford to second]; Gorinski flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar popped to catcher in foul territory; Terrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Perlozzo flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta flied out to left; Gamble popped to second;
L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox
0.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley lined to shortstop; Norwood singled; Norwood
stole second; Carew struck out; Ford lined to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Spencer lined to center; Bannister singled;
Kessinger singled to center [Bannister to second]; Essian
singled to left [Bannister to third, Kessinger to second]; Garr
forced Bannister (first to catcher) [Kessinger to third, Essian
to second]; Lemon forced Garr (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 6TH: Kusick walked; Gorinski flied out to center; Wynegar
forced Kusick (third to second); Terrell forced Wynegar
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Gamble was
called out on strikes; L. Johnson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 7TH: Perlozzo grounded out (third to first); Smalley
walked; Norwood struck out; Carew doubled to left [Smalley to
third]; Ford lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spencer flied out to center; Bannister flied out
to center; Kessinger lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 8TH: Kusick walked; WILFONG RAN FOR KUSICK; Gorinski out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wilfong to second];
Wynegar walked; Terrell singled to center [Wilfong scored,
Wynegar to third (error by Lemon), Terrell to second]; KIRKWOOD
REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); BOSTOCK BATTED FOR PERLOZZO; Bostock
was walked intentionally; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Wynegar scored]; CHILES BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Chiles singled
[Terrell scored, Bostock to second]; Kirkwood threw a wild pitch
[Bostock to third, Chiles to second]; Carew singled to left
[Bostock scored, Chiles to third]; Ford grounded out (shortstop
to first); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RANDALL
REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING 2B); BOSTOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
CF); Essian flied out to right; Garr doubled to right; Lemon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 0.

TWINS 9TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR WILFONG; Adams doubled; Gorinski
reached on an error by Kessinger [Adams to third, Gorinski to
second]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Terrell lined
to first; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Gamble flied out to center; L. Johnson singled to
left; Spencer flied out to center; Bannister was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 0.