Although collecting 17 hits, the Tigers were not able to beat the Twins until Ron LeFlore scored an unearned run in the 10th inning to account for a 6-5 victory. The Tigers, in fact, were losing, 5-4, until Mickey Stanley batted for Phil Mankowski in the eighth and came through with a homer to tie the score. LeFlore singled in the 10th, stole second and crossed the plate when Rob Wilfong booted a grounder by Rusty Staub. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Friday, April     29, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    3  1  0    0  1  0    1  -   6 17  2
Twins        2  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  -   5 10  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   1   3   1     1   0   .243      Chiles dh             5   1   1   0     0   1   .290
Fuentes 2b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .338      Carew 1b              5   2   2   0     0   2   .349
Staub dh              6   0   2   0     0   0   .234      Cubbage 3b            3   1   1   1     0   1   .371
Oglivie rf            5   1   2   0     1   2   .257        Kusick ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Thompson 1b           3   0   1   0     2   0   .266      Bostock cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Kemp lf               4   1   1   1     1   0   .231        Norwood cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
May c                 5   0   1   0     0   0   .351      Wynegar c             4   0   2   2     0   0   .294
Mankowski 3b          3   1   2   0     0   0   .353      Hisle lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .269
  Stanley ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .350      Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  Alvarado 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Veryzer ss            5   1   2   1     0   1   .214      Wilfong 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .344
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43   6  17   5     5   3             Totals               37   5  10   3     1   7

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 10,240
Left on Base: Tigers 13, Twins 5
DP: Tigers 3, Twins 2
Errors: Veryzer, Ruhle, Smalley, Wilfong
Doubles: Veryzer (3), Wynegar (2)
Triples: May (1)
Home Runs: Stanley (3)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (1), LeFlore (5), Wilfong (4)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Cubbage (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (1)
GIDP: May (2), Kemp (3), Ford (3), Chiles (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (3,by Ruhle)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle                   4.2   8   5   5   0   1   0  23   4.01
Foucault W(1-1)         4.1   2   0   0   1   4   0  14   4.05
Hiller SV(3)            1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4.02
Totals                 10    10   5   5   1   7   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern                 4.1   9   4   4   4   1   0  24   5.60
Burgmeier               2.2   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   2.41
T. Johnson L(3-1)       3     5   2   1   1   2   1  15   0.98
Totals                 10    17   6   5   5   3   1  49

Hit by Pitch: Ruhle (2)
Wild Pitches: Ruhle (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Fuentes was credited with a single
when a runner was hit by the batted ball [LeFlore out at second
(second unassisted)]; Staub lined to shortstop [Fuentes to
second (error by Smalley)]; Oglivie walked; Thompson popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Chiles singled to center; On a bunt Carew singled to
third [Chiles to second]; Cubbage reached on an error by Ruhle
on a sacrifice bunt [Chiles scored (no RBI), Carew to third];
Bostock lined to right; Wynegar doubled to right [Carew scored,
Cubbage out at home (right to second to catcher), Wynegar to
third (on throw to home)]; Hisle popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (second to first); May popped to
catcher in foul territory; Mankowski singled to center; Veryzer
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley lined to center; Ford flied out to center;
Wilfong flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Twins 2.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore singled; Fuentes popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Staub singled to right [LeFlore to second]; Oglivie
struck out; Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Chiles struck out; Carew flied out to center; Cubbage
reached on an error by Veryzer; Bostock singled to center
[Cubbage to third]; Wynegar lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 0, Twins 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp walked; May lined to left; Mankowski singled to
center [Kemp to second]; Veryzer doubled to left [Kemp scored,
Mankowski to third]; LeFlore singled [Mankowski scored, Veryzer
to third]; Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to center [Veryzer
scored]; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle was hit by a pitch; Smalley flied out to
center; Ford lined into a double play (third to first) [Hisle
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Twins 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Staub popped to shortstop; Oglivie singled to right;
Oglivie stole second; Thompson walked; Kemp singled to center
[Oglivie scored, Thompson to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED REDFERN
(PITCHING); May grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Kemp out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: On a bunt Wilfong singled; Chiles popped to
shortstop; Carew singled to left [Wilfong to third]; Cubbage
singled to center [Wilfong scored, Carew to third]; Ruhle threw
a wild pitch [Carew scored, Cubbage to second]; Bostock popped
to first in foul territory; Wynegar singled to right [Cubbage
scored, Wynegar to second (on throw to home)]; FOUCAULT REPLACED
RUHLE (PITCHING); Hisle struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 4, Twins 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Veryzer
singled to left; LeFlore flied out to right; Fuentes forced
Veryzer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley walked; On a bunt Ford grounded into a double
play (catcher to shortstop to second) [Smalley out at second];
Wilfong singled to right; Wilfong stole second; Chiles popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Twins 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Oglivie
singled to right; Thompson singled to right [Oglivie to third];
Kemp reached on a fielder's choice [Oglivie out at home (first
to catcher), Thompson to second]; May grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Carew struck out; Cubbage was called out on strikes;
Bostock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Twins 5.

TIGERS 8TH: T. JOHNSON REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); NORWOOD
REPLACED BOSTOCK (PLAYING CF); STANLEY BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI;
Stanley homered; Veryzer struck out; LeFlore grounded out
(second to first); Fuentes singled to left; Staub singled to
right [Fuentes to third]; Oglivie grounded out (first to second
to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: ALVARADO REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING 3B); Wynegar flied
out to right; Hisle struck out; Smalley flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson walked; Kemp grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second]; May
tripled to left; Alvarado flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Ford grounded out (second to first); Wilfong singled
to left; Chiles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Wilfong out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
5, Twins 5.

TIGERS 10TH: Veryzer flied out to right; LeFlore singled to
center; LeFlore stole second; Fuentes lined to left; Staub
reached on an error by Wilfong [LeFlore scored (unearned), Staub
to second]; Oglivie struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 6, Twins 5.

TWINS 10TH: HILLER REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Carew struck
out; KUSICK BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Kusick struck out; Norwood
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Twins 5.