Friday August 20, 1976
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Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, August 20, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Twins 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 8 11 0 Tigers 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 .279 LeFlore cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .333 Kusick ph,dh 2 1 0 0 1 0 .259 Meyer lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .262 Smalley ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 .258 Oglivie rf 5 2 2 4 0 0 .266 Carew 1b 5 1 3 3 0 1 .323 Staub dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309 Wynegar c 2 0 0 0 3 1 .264 Thompson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .230 Bostock cf 5 0 2 3 0 0 .314 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Cubbage 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .248 Wockenfuss c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Terrell ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Hisle lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .269 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Ford rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Scrivener ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Randall 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Horton ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kimm pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .197 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Manuel 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Laxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 11 8 7 2 Totals 37 5 11 5 2 4 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 17,385 Left on Base: Twins 8, Tigers 7 DP: Twins 0, Tigers 2 Doubles: Carew (21), Thompson (12) Triples: LeFlore (8), Meyer (3) Home Runs: Hisle (11), Oglivie 2 (9) Stolen Bases: Ford (14) GIDP: Bostock (9) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Luebber 1.1 5 4 4 1 0 1 10 4.53 Burgmeier W(6-0) 5.2 6 1 1 0 2 1 22 2.62 Campbell SV(16) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.24 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 4 2 39 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk 2 5 4 4 2 1 1 12 6.10 Laxton L(0-5) 4.1 2 2 2 2 1 0 16 4.27 Hiller 2 4 2 2 3 0 0 13 2.50 Grilli 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.37 Totals 9 11 8 8 7 2 1 43 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Lou DiMuro TWINS 1ST: Braun flied out to right; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Meyer singled; Oglivie homered [Meyer scored]; Staub singled; Thompson walked [Staub to second]; Rodriguez flied out to center; Wockenfuss forced Thompson (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 2. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar walked; Bostock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at second]; Cubbage singled; Hisle homered [Cubbage scored]; Ford walked; Ford stole second; Randall grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 2ND: Scrivener flied out to left; Garcia singled; LeFlore tripled to right [Garcia scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Meyer struck out; Oglivie homered [LeFlore scored]; Staub flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 5. TWINS 3RD: Braun singled; Smalley singled [Braun to second]; Carew singled to left [Braun scored, Smalley to second]; LAXTON REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Wynegar struck out; Bostock singled to center [Smalley scored, Carew to third]; Cubbage hit into a double play to left [Carew out at home (left to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TIGERS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez singled; Wockenfuss popped to third in foul territory; Scrivener flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TWINS 4TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Ford flied out to left; Randall lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TIGERS 4TH: Garcia flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Meyer tripled to right; Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TWINS 5TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR BRAUN; Kusick grounded out (third to first); Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TIGERS 5TH: Staub struck out; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TWINS 6TH: Wynegar made an out to first; Bostock popped to third in foul territory; Cubbage walked; Hisle forced Cubbage (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TIGERS 6TH: Wockenfuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Scrivener grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia singled; LeFlore singled [Garcia out at third (first to shortstop)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Tigers 5. TWINS 7TH: Ford flied out to center; Randall singled; Kusick walked [Randall to second]; HILLER REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING); Smalley walked [Randall to third, Kusick to second]; Carew doubled to right [Randall scored, Kusick scored, Smalley to third]; Wynegar was walked intentionally; Bostock made an out to shortstop; TERRELL BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Terrell forced Wynegar (second unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 5. TIGERS 7TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Meyer flied out to right; Oglivie flied out to right; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 5. TWINS 8TH: Hisle flied out to left; Ford lined to shortstop; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: Thompson doubled to right; CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck out; JOHNSON BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Johnson flied out to right [Thompson to third]; HORTON BATTED FOR SCRIVENER; Horton was walked intentionally; KIMM RAN FOR HORTON; STANLEY BATTED FOR GARCIA; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Tigers 5. TWINS 9TH: WAGNER REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); KIMM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MANUEL REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING 2B); Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley singled; Carew singled [Smalley to second]; Wynegar walked [Smalley to third, Carew to second]; Bostock singled to center [Smalley scored, Carew scored, Wynegar to second]; GRILLI REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wynegar to third, Bostock to second]; Hisle popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 5. TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 5.

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