Sparked by Willie Randolph, who hit a homer with a man on base, the Yankees went ahead with four runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Twins, 6-5. After Randolph's rap put the Yankees in front, 4-3, a single by Chris Chambliss, pass to Carlos May and singles by Graig Nettles and Paul Blair added two more tallies. The Twins chased Catfish Hunter in the sixth, scoring on a double by Roy Smalley and single by Rod Carew, who had three hits in four trips, but Sparky Lyle relieved and recorded his 13th save. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Saturday, June      11, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        1  0  1    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   5 13  1
Yankees      0  0  0    2  4  0    0  0  x  -   6 14  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Rivers cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .315
Carew 1b              4   2   3   1     0   0   .383      Randolph 2b           5   2   2   2     0   0   .286
Bostock cf            5   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Jackson rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Wynegar c             5   0   3   1     0   0   .277      Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .302
Adams rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .320      May dh                3   1   1   1     1   0   .292
  Randall 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Nettles 3b            4   0   3   2     0   0   .220
Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .282      Piniella lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .289
  Gorinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Blair lf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .288
  Terrell 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Healy c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .186
Chiles dh             2   1   1   0     1   0   .276      Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
  Kusick ph,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norwood pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .071        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Smalley ss            4   2   2   1     0   0   .216
Wilfong 2b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .287
  Ford ph,rf          2   0   0   0     0   2   .233
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  13   5     1   3             Totals               37   6  14   6     1   3

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 23,681
Left on Base: Twins 8, Yankees 8
DP: Twins 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Hisle, Lyle
Doubles: Carew (15), Smalley (7), Blair (2)
Triples: Smalley (3), May (1)
Home Runs: Randolph (3)
Stolen Bases: Carew 2 (6)
GIDP: Adams (1), Smalley (3), Randolph (7)
Hit by Pitch: Carew (3,by Lyle)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(5-4)            4.2   8   6   6   1   2   1  23   3.98
T. Johnson              3.1   6   0   0   0   1   0  15   1.71
Totals                  8    14   6   6   1   3   1  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(3-3)           5    10   4   4   1   1   0  25   5.12
Lyle SV(13)             4     3   1   1   0   2   0  15   1.02
Totals                  9    13   5   5   1   3   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Lyle (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dale Ford


TWINS 1ST: Hisle flied out to center; Carew doubled; Bostock
singled to center [Carew scored]; Wynegar singled to right
[Bostock to third]; Adams grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
popped to first in foul territory; Jackson grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage was called out on strikes; Chiles singled to
left; Smalley popped to shortstop; Wilfong popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); May
tripled to center; Nettles popped to first; Piniella was called
out on strikes; Lou Piniella ejected by HP umpire Bill
Deegan; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

TWINS 3RD: BLAIR REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to left; Carew stole
second; Bostock flied out to right; Wynegar singled to right
[Carew scored]; Adams singled to right [Wynegar to second];
Cubbage popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Healy flied out to right; Dent grounded out (third
to first); Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 4TH: Chiles flied out to left; Smalley tripled to right;
Wilfong singled to right [Smalley scored]; Hisle flied out to
left; Carew flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph singled to left; Jackson singled to left
[Randolph to third (error by Hisle), Jackson to second];
Chambliss flied out to left; May grounded out (first unassisted)
[Randolph scored, Jackson to third]; Nettles singled to center
[Jackson scored]; Blair doubled to left [Nettles to third];
Healy was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Yankees 2.

TWINS 5TH: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar
singled to right; Adams flied out to center; Cubbage popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent grounded out (first unassisted); Rivers
singled to right; Randolph homered [Rivers scored]; Jackson
flied out to left; Chambliss singled to right; May walked
[Chambliss to second]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING);
Nettles singled to right [Chambliss scored, May to second];
Blair singled to right [May scored, Nettles to second]; Healy
struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 6.

TWINS 6TH: Chiles walked; LYLE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Smalley doubled to center [Chiles scored]; FORD BATTED FOR
WILFONG; Ford struck out; Hisle grounded out (third to first);
Carew singled [Smalley scored]; Carew was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Lyle [Carew to second]; Bostock grounded
out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees
6.

YANKEES 6TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RANDALL REPLACED
ADAMS (PLAYING 2B); Dent popped to first in foul territory;
Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 6.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first); GORINSKI BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Gorinski
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
5, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: TERRELL REPLACED GORINSKI (PLAYING 3B); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Chambliss singled; May flied out
to center; Nettles singled to left [Chambliss to third]; Blair
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 6.

TWINS 8TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR CHILES; Kusick singled to left;
NORWOOD RAN FOR KUSICK; Smalley grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Norwood out at second]; Ford
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Healy flied out to left; Dent singled to left;
Rivers singled to right [Dent to second]; Randolph grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rivers out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 6.

TWINS 9TH: Hisle lined to shortstop; Carew was hit by a pitch;
Carew stole second; Bostock flied out to left; Wynegar grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 6.