Defensive replacement Lyman Bostock doubled to score Jerry Terrell in the 10th inning and send Minnesota to a 5-4 victory over the Royals. Terrell was running for Tony Oliva, who opened the 10th with a pinch-double. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Monday, May       10, 1976 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        0  0  1    2  1  0    0  0  0    1  -   5 11  0
Royals       0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  1    0  -   4 13  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf,rf            3   0   0   1     0   1   .043      Cowens rf             5   0   3   1     0   2   .225
  Oliva ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .125      Otis cf               4   1   1   1     1   1   .296
  Terrell pr,rf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .167      Brett 3b              5   0   3   0     0   0   .342
Hisle lf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .253      Mayberry dh,1b        5   0   0   0     0   3   .162
Carew 1b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .321      McRae lf              4   1   3   0     1   0   .250
Ford rf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .229      Solaita 1b            4   1   2   1     0   1   .308
  Bostock cf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .375        Poquette pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Kusick dh             4   1   1   2     1   0   .345        Splittorff p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McKay 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .219        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .247        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Roof c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .250        Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Randall 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .250        Healy pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .095
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stinson c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .362
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              1   0   0   0     0   1   .148
  Luebber p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rojas ph,2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               37   5  11   5     2   3             Totals               38   4  13   4     3   9

Time of Game: 3:26   Attendance: 12,526
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 10
DP: Twins 2, Royals 1
Errors: Solaita
Doubles: Ford (2), Hisle (3), Roof (1), Oliva (1), Brett (4), Solaita (3), Cowens (3)
Triples: Randall (1), Patek (1)
Home Runs: Kusick (3), Otis (4)
Stolen Bases: McKay (1), McRae (3), White (2)
Caught Stealing: Carew (3), McRae (3), Cowens (2), Brett (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Brye (2), Patek (2)
GIDP: McKay (3)
Hit by Pitch: Ford (3,by Splittorff), White (1,by Blyleven)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                8    10   3   3   2   9   1  34   3.42
Campbell                0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.12
Burgmeier W(2-0)        0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.32
Luebber SV(2)           1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.63
Totals                 10    13   4   4   3   9   1  44

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              9     9   4   3   1   3   1  36   5.84
Pattin L(0-4)           0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   4.50
Mingori                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   6.00
Totals                 10    11   5   4   2   3   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (2), Splittorff (2)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Greg Kosc


TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); Hisle grounded
out (second to first); Carew grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Cowens singled to center; Otis grounded out (third
to first) [Cowens to second]; Brett lined to third; Mayberry
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford struck out; Kusick walked; McKay grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kusick out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to right; McRae stole second; Solaita
flied out to left; Stinson walked; Patek struck out while McRae
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson singled to left; Roof grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Thompson to second]; Randall singled to right
[Thompson to third]; Brye hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thompson
scored]; Hisle flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White struck out; Cowens singled to center; Cowens
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Otis homered;
Brett doubled to right; Mayberry grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 1.

TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Ford doubled to
left; Kusick homered [Ford scored]; McKay singled to right;
McKay stole second; Thompson made an out to second; Roof
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae singled to right; Solaita doubled to left
[McRae scored]; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Solaita to third]; Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Solaita scored]; White was hit by a pitch; White stole second;
Cowens struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 3.

TWINS 5TH: Solaita dropped a foul fly hit by Randall for an
error; Randall tripled; Brye was called out on strikes; Hisle
doubled to left [Randall scored (unearned)]; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Hisle to third]; Ford was hit by a pitch;
Kusick forced Ford (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis was called out on strikes; Brett singled to
left; Mayberry struck out while Brett was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

TWINS 6TH: McKay lined to shortstop; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); Roof doubled to left; Randall flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae walked; Solaita struck out; Stinson flied out
to center; Patek lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Royals 3.

TWINS 7TH: Brye grounded out (first unassisted); Hisle flied out
to center; Carew singled to center; Carew was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: ROJAS BATTED FOR WHITE; Rojas flied out to right;
Cowens struck out; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

TWINS 8TH: ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Ford flied out to
left; Kusick flied out to right; McKay flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: BRYE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BOSTOCK
REPLACED FORD (PLAYING CF); Brett singled to right; Mayberry
struck out; McRae forced Brett (second to shortstop); Solaita
singled to left [McRae to second]; POQUETTE RAN FOR SOLAITA;
Stinson forced Poquette (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

TWINS 9TH: MAYBERRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SPLITTORFF
REPLACED POQUETTE (PITCHING); Thompson made an out to first;
Roof struck out; Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Patek tripled
to left; Rojas flied out to center; Cowens doubled to left
[Patek scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Otis was
walked intentionally; Brett grounded out (third to first)
[Cowens to third, Otis to second]; Mayberry flied out to right;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

TWINS 10TH: PATTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); OLIVA BATTED
FOR BRYE; Oliva doubled to right; TERRELL RAN FOR OLIVA; Hisle
flied out to center; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Carew
was walked intentionally; Bostock singled to left [Terrell
scored, Carew out at third (left to second to third), Bostock to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Kusick lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 10TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LUEBBER
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); McRae singled to right; QUIRK
BATTED FOR MINGORI; Quirk forced McRae (second to shortstop);
HEALY RAN FOR QUIRK; Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Healy to second]; Patek grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 4.