The Royals set a club record for most hits in a game with 22 (the former mark was 20) while walloping the Twins, 17-5. Every Royals' starter got at least one hit and scored one run. Tom Poquette accounted for four runs driven in with two doubles and a triple, while Al Cowens also had four RBIs with a pair of doubles. George Brett enjoyed his fifth straight three-hit game. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 17, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May       12, 1976 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  1  -   5  6  2
Royals       7  4  3    0  0  2    1  0  x  -  17 22  4


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock cf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .384      Poquette lf           6   1   3   4     0   2   .316
Hisle lf              4   1   0   1     0   0   .231      Otis cf               6   1   2   0     0   0   .309
  Brye lf             1   0   0   1     0   0   .042      Brett 3b              5   3   3   2     0   0   .379
Carew 1b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .322        Quirk 3b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .400
  Terrell rf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Mayberry 1b           5   2   2   0     0   1   .182
Braun 3b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .224        Solaita 1b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .357
Wynegar dh            1   0   0   0     3   0   .225      McRae dh              2   2   2   2     1   0   .293
Ford rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Fitzmorris pr,dh    0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kusick 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Healy ph,dh         3   1   1   0     0   2   .125
Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Cowens rf             4   2   2   4     0   0   .227
Roof c                1   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Stinson c             4   2   3   2     0   0   .375
  Borgmann c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              3   1   1   2     1   0   .344
Gomez ss              3   2   1   0     1   1   .333      White 2b              3   2   1   0     2   0   .164
Decker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pazik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5   6   4     4   2             Totals               43  17  22  16     4   5

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance:  9,601
Left on Base: Twins 8, Royals 9
DP: Twins 1, Royals 0
Errors: Carew, Braun, Quirk, Cowens, White 2
Doubles: Terrell (2), Cowens 2 (5), Poquette 2 (3), McRae (4)
Triples: Bostock (1), Poquette (1)
Stolen Bases: Brett (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Stinson (1), Patek (3), Cowens (1)
GIDP: White (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Decker L(2-3)           1     8  10  10   3   2   0  14   5.91
Albury                  4.2   9   6   4   1   1   0  25   5.59
Pazik                   2.1   5   1   1   0   2   0  11   4.26
Totals                  8    22  17  15   4   5   0  50

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   4.1   4   4   2   4   1   0  23   3.82
Pattin W(1-4)           2.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.55
Hall                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.76
Mingori                 1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   6.75
Totals                  9     6   5   3   4   2   0  40

Wild Pitches: Decker (4), Mingori (1)

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


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

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette struck out; Otis singled to right; Brett
singled to center [Otis to third]; Brett stole second; Mayberry
struck out; McRae walked; Cowens doubled to right [Otis scored,
Brett scored, McRae to third]; Stinson singled to third [McRae
scored, Cowens scored (error by Braun), Stinson to second];
Patek walked; Decker threw a wild pitch [Stinson to third, Patek
to second]; White walked; Poquette tripled to left [Stinson
scored, Patek scored, White scored]; Otis grounded out (pitcher
to first); 7 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 7.

TWINS 2ND: Braun grounded out (second to first); Wynegar walked;
Ford flied out to right; Randall flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 7.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett singled to center; Mayberry singled to right
[Brett to third]; McRae singled to center [Brett scored,
Mayberry to second]; ALBURY REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Cowens
doubled to center [Mayberry scored, McRae to third]; Stinson hit
a sacrifice fly to left [McRae scored, Cowens to third]; Patek
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cowens scored]; White grounded out
(pitcher to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 11.

TWINS 3RD: Roof flied out to center; Gomez made an out to third;
Bostock tripled to right; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 11.

ROYALS 3RD: BORGMANN REPLACED ROOF (PLAYING C ); Poquette
doubled to left; Otis flied out to right [Poquette to third];
Brett reached on an error by Carew [Poquette scored]; Mayberry
singled to center [Brett to second]; McRae doubled to left
[Brett scored (unearned), Mayberry to third]; FITZMORRIS RAN FOR
MCRAE; Cowens hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mayberry scored
(unearned)]; Stinson grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 14.

TWINS 4TH: FITZMORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Carew reached
on an error by White; Braun singled to right [Carew scored
(error by Cowens) (unearned), Braun to second]; Wynegar walked;
Ford was called out on strikes; Randall flied out to right;
Borgmann grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 14.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek lined to second; White walked; Poquette made
an out to shortstop; Otis singled to left [White to second];
Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 14.

TWINS 5TH: Gomez walked; Bostock singled to right [Gomez to
third]; Hisle reached on a fielder's choice [Gomez scored (RBI),
Bostock to second (error by White)]; Carew singled to center
[Bostock scored (unearned), Hisle to third]; Braun grounded out
(second to first) [Hisle scored, Carew to second]; Wynegar
walked; PATTIN REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Ford made an out to
shortstop; Randall made an out to second; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 14.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry lined to center; HEALY BATTED FOR
FITZMORRIS; Healy struck out; Cowens flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 14.

TWINS 6TH: HEALY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Borgmann grounded
out (shortstop to first); Gomez was called out on strikes;
Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Royals 14.

ROYALS 6TH: Stinson singled to left; Patek flied out to center;
White singled to right [Stinson to second]; Poquette doubled to
right [Stinson scored, White to third]; Otis flied out to right;
Brett singled [White scored, Poquette to third]; PAZIK REPLACED
ALBURY (PITCHING); Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 16.

TWINS 7TH: QUIRK REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Hisle flied out to
center; Carew reached on an error by Quirk; Braun grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Carew to second]; Wynegar made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 16.

ROYALS 7TH: BRYE REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING LF); TERRELL REPLACED
CAREW (PLAYING RF); KUSICK REPLACED FORD (PLAYING 1B); Healy
singled to left; Cowens made an out to shortstop; Stinson
singled to left [Healy to second]; Patek singled to right [Healy
scored, Stinson to third]; White grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 17.

TWINS 8TH: SOLAITA REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); HALL REPLACED
PATTIN (PITCHING); Kusick flied out to right; Randall flied out
to left; Borgmann flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Royals 17.

ROYALS 8TH: Poquette was called out on strikes; Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Quirk singled; Solaita singled to
center [Quirk to third]; Healy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 17.

TWINS 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Gomez singled to
left; Mingori threw a wild pitch [Gomez to second]; Bostock
grounded out (first unassisted) [Gomez to third]; Brye grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Gomez scored]; Terrell doubled to
left; Braun grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 17.