Swinging at the first pitch thrown to him in the eighth inning, Craig Kusick slammed a homer to break a 2-2 tie and lift the Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox. After Kusick's clout, Butch Wynegar drove in another run with a single in the same stanza to clinch the outcome. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      10, 1976 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  1  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   4 12  1
Red Sox      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .255      Burleson ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .239
  Terrell pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .211      Evans dh              4   0   1   1     0   1   .254
  Brye rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Lynn cf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .321
Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .211      Darwin rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Carew 1b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .327      Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Wynegar c             4   1   3   1     1   0   .299      Rice lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Bostock cf            4   0   1   1     1   0   .328      Hobson 3b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .195
Hisle rf,lf           5   1   2   0     0   2   .256        Yastrzemski ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Cubbage 3b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .221      Cooper 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .295
Kusick dh             5   1   2   1     0   0   .309      Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .254        Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Bane p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  12   3     5   3             Totals               34   2   7   2     2   1

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 28,347
Left on Base: Twins 13, Red Sox 7
DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Cubbage, Burleson, Rice
Doubles: Smalley (7), Randall (5), Wynegar (14), Burleson (8), Evans (17)
Triples: Bostock (4)
Home Runs: Kusick (8)
Stolen Bases: Hisle 2 (21), Kusick (3)
Caught Stealing: Terrell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (9)
GIDP: Cubbage (7), Evans (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bane W(1-2)             8     7   2   2   1   1   0  31   2.25
Campbell SV(7)          1     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.19
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   1   0  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(10-6)           8    11   4   3   5   3   1  41   2.92
Willoughby              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.89
Totals                  9    12   4   3   5   3   1  44

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Rich Garcia


TWINS 1ST: Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley
doubled to left; Carew lined to second; Wynegar grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson doubled to center; Evans struck out; Lynn
singled to right [Burleson scored]; Darwin lined to center; Fisk
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 2ND: Bostock grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Hisle singled; Cubbage flied out to left; Hisle stole second;
Kusick singled to third [Hisle to third]; Hisle stole home and
Kusick stole second; Randall grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice grounded out (third to first); Hobson flied
out to center; Cooper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 3RD: Braun walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Braun to second]; Carew flied out to right [Braun to
third]; Wynegar walked; Bostock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
singled to left; Evans grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Burleson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Red Sox 1.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first); Cubbage
walked; Kusick popped to right; Randall doubled to left [Cubbage
to third]; Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn flied out to center; Darwin grounded out
(third to first); Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley popped to second; Carew was called out on
strikes; Wynegar singled to right; Bostock tripled to center
[Wynegar scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice flied out to center; Hobson grounded out
(third to first); Cooper popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 2, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 6TH: Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick
popped to catcher in foul territory; Randall reached on an error
by Rice; Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Griffin lined to center; Burleson singled to
center; Evans doubled to right [Burleson scored]; Lynn grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Evans to third]; Darwin grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew
singled to right; Wynegar doubled to right [Carew to third];
Bostock was walked intentionally; Hisle struck out; Cubbage
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice
singled to third; Hobson walked [Rice to second]; Cooper singled
to left [Rice to third, Hobson to second]; Griffin popped to
left; Burleson lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2,
Red Sox 2.

TWINS 8TH: Kusick homered; Randall popped to left; Braun singled
to right; TERRELL RAN FOR BRAUN; Terrell was caught stealing
second but was safe at second (error by Burleson; assist by
Fisk); Smalley walked; Carew flied out to right [Terrell to
third]; Wynegar singled to left [Terrell scored (unearned),
Smalley to second]; Bostock flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: BRYE REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING RF); HISLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Evans flied out to right; Lynn flied out
to right; Darwin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 9TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Hisle singled
to left; Cubbage grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hisle out at second]; Kusick lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED BANE (PITCHING); Fisk reached on
an error by Cubbage [Fisk to first]; Rice popped to catcher in
foul territory; YASTRZEMSKI BATTED FOR HOBSON; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first) [Fisk to second]; Cooper walked;
MILLER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Miller lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 2.