Dave Goltz became a 19-game winner, pitching the Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. Goltz was behind, 3-2, in his duel with Moose Haas until Mike Cubbage homered to tie the score in the sixth inning. Roy Smalley then drove in the winning run with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 24, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Twins        0  2  0    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   4 12  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Bostock lf            4   0   3   1     1   0   .336
Lezcano rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .273      Smalley ss            4   0   1   1     1   0   .230
Cooper 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .289      Carew 1b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .381
Money 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Hisle rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .298
Bando 3b              3   2   1   0     1   1   .249      Adams dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .333
Kirkpatrick dh        3   1   0   0     1   0   .225      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Yount ss              3   0   0   1     0   0   .294      Cubbage 3b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .267
Davis lf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Norwood cf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .219
Haney c               3   0   2   1     0   1   .232      Wilfong 2b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .242
Haas p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   7   3     3   4             Totals               36   4  12   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  4,910
Left on Base: Brewers 4, Twins 11
DP: Brewers 0, Twins 3
Doubles: Cooper (28), Bando (26), Adams (17)
Home Runs: Cubbage (9)
Stolen Bases: Norwood (6), Wilfong (10), Hisle (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Yount (4)
GIDP: Lezcano (9), Joshua (17), Money (17)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Haas L(10-12)           7.2  12   4   4   3   3   1  38   4.16
McClure                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.52
Totals                  8    12   4   4   3   3   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(19-10)          9     7   3   3   3   4   0  34   3.38
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   4   0  34

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


BREWERS 1ST: Joshua singled to left; Lezcano grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Joshua out at second]; Cooper
doubled; Money grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to left; Smalley lined to center;
Carew flied out to left; Hisle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando doubled to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bando to third]; Yount hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Bando scored]; Davis flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams doubled to right; Wynegar popped to catcher in
foul territory; Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first) [Adams
to third]; Norwood singled to center [Adams scored]; Norwood
stole second; Wilfong walked; Bostock singled to right [Norwood
scored, Wilfong to second]; Smalley walked [Wilfong to third,
Bostock to second]; Carew flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Haney singled to center; Joshua grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Haney out at
second]; Lezcano walked; Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle flied out to right; Adams struck out; Wynegar
singled to left; Cubbage singled to right [Wynegar to second];
Norwood flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Twins 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Money grounded out (third to first); Bando walked;
Kirkpatrick walked [Bando to second]; Yount flied out to right
[Bando to third]; Davis singled [Bando scored, Kirkpatrick to
third]; Haney singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored, Davis to
third]; Joshua forced Haney (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Wilfong struck out; Bostock popped to catcher in foul
territory; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano struck out; Cooper struck out; Money
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
3, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (third to first); Hisle flied out
to center; Adams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Twins 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Bando struck out; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second
to first); Yount grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar popped to second; Cubbage homered; Norwood
singled to left; Wilfong forced Norwood (first to shortstop);
Wilfong stole second; Bostock was walked intentionally; Smalley
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
3, Twins 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Davis lined to right; Haney was called out on
strikes; Joshua lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
3, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Carew lined to shortstop; Hisle singled to center;
Hisle stole second; Adams flied out to right [Hisle to third];
Wynegar popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Twins 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Lezcano popped to third in foul territory; Cooper
singled to center; Money grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Cooper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Norwood
flied out to left; Wilfong singled; Bostock singled to right
[Wilfong to third]; Smalley singled to left [Wilfong scored,
Bostock to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED HAAS (PITCHING); Carew
forced Smalley (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 3, Twins 4.

BREWERS 9TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Yount grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 4.