Rod Carew rapped three hits to raise his average to .395 and Larry Hisle batted in two runs to boost his RBI total to 65 as the Twins celebrated Dave Goltz' 28th birthday by trouncing the Rangers, 12-2. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 12, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      23, 1977 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 11  2
Twins        6  2  0    1  1  2    0  0  x  -  12 15  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Bostock cf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .344
  Mason ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .189        Norwood cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .083
Beniquez cf           5   1   3   1     0   0   .285      Carew 1b              4   2   3   1     0   0   .395
Washington lf,rf      5   0   1   0     0   1   .329        Kusick 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
May dh                4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Wynegar c             5   1   1   1     0   0   .265
J. Ellis 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Adams rf              1   1   1   0     0   0   .347
Harrah 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .276        Ford ph,rf          4   2   1   1     0   1   .226
Henderson rf          2   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Hisle lf              4   2   2   2     0   1   .309
  Gray lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Gorinski lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .114
Wills 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Cubbage 3b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .275
  Alomar 2b           1   1   1   0     0   0   .216      Chiles dh             5   1   1   3     0   1   .274
Sundberg c            1   0   0   0     1   0   .234      Smalley ss            4   2   2   1     0   0   .231
  Kirkpatrick c       2   0   0   0     0   1   .108      Wilfong 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Randall ph,2b       3   0   2   1     1   0   .222
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   2  11   1     2   7             Totals               41  12  15  11     2   4

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 18,060
Left on Base: Rangers 10, Twins 7
DP: Rangers 0, Twins 1
Errors: Mason, Wills, Carew, Goltz
Doubles: Wills (10), Chiles (8), Carew (16), Ford (7), Hisle (16), Randall (4), Cubbage (11)
Home Runs: Hisle (17)
GIDP: Beniquez (9)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(3-4)           0.2   4   6   1   1   1   0   8   4.58
Lindblad                3.1   6   3   3   1   2   1  17   3.38
Marshall                4     5   3   1   0   1   0  18   4.54
Totals                  8    15  12   5   2   4   1  43

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(7-4)            9    11   2   0   2   7   0  39   3.78
Totals                  9    11   2   0   2   7   0  39

Wild Pitches: Briles (2), Marshall (4)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Bill Kunkel


RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
singled; Washington grounded out (third to first) [Beniquez
scored (error by Carew) (unearned)]; May grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock walked; Briles threw a wild pitch [Bostock to
second]; Carew reached on an error by Wills [Bostock scored,
Carew to second]; Wynegar singled to right [Carew scored
(unearned)]; Adams singled to right [Wynegar to second]; Hisle
was called out on strikes; Cubbage flied out to right; Chiles
doubled [Wynegar scored (unearned), Adams scored (unearned)];
Smalley singled [Chiles scored (unearned), Smalley to second (on
throw to home)]; LINDBLAD REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); RANDALL
BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall singled to left [Smalley scored
(unearned)]; Bostock struck out; 6 R (1 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 6.

RANGERS 2ND: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); J. Ellis lined
to right; Harrah struck out; Henderson singled to left; Wills
doubled [Henderson to third]; Sundberg walked; Campaneris flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 6.

TWINS 2ND: Carew doubled to left; Wynegar popped to second; FORD
BATTED FOR ADAMS; Ford doubled to left [Carew scored]; Hisle
popped to catcher in foul territory; Cubbage singled [Ford
scored]; Chiles grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 8.

RANGERS 3RD: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Beniquez singled;
Washington struck out; May popped to shortstop; J. Ellis forced
Beniquez (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Twins 8.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall
walked; Bostock flied out to center; Carew singled [Randall to
second]; Wynegar forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 8.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled to left; Harrah was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Henderson was called out on strikes; Wills
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 8.

TWINS 4TH: GRAY REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); WASHINGTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Ford lined to shortstop;
Debut game for Gary Gray; Hisle homered; Cubbage popped to
catcher in foul territory; Chiles struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 9.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg lined to shortstop; Campaneris struck out;
Beniquez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Twins 9.

TWINS 5TH: MARSHALL REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); MASON REPLACED
CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); KIRKPATRICK REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING
C ); Smalley singled to center; Marshall threw a wild pitch
[Smalley to second]; Randall grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Smalley to third]; Carew
singled to center [Smalley scored]; Wynegar flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 10.

RANGERS 6TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); May
struck out; J. Ellis singled to left; Harrah walked [J. Ellis to
second]; Gray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Twins 10.

TWINS 6TH: Ford reached on an error by Mason [Ford to second];
Hisle doubled to left [Ford scored (unearned)]; Cubbage grounded
out (second to first) [Hisle to third]; Chiles grounded out
(second to first) [Hisle scored (unearned)]; Smalley popped to
third in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Twins 12.

RANGERS 7TH: NORWOOD REPLACED BOSTOCK (PLAYING CF); KUSICK
REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 1B); GORINSKI REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING
LF); Wills singled; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Mason
singled to center [Wills to second]; Beniquez grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Mason out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 12.

TWINS 7TH: Randall doubled to left; Norwood grounded out (third
to first); Kusick flied out to center; Wynegar popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 12.

RANGERS 8TH: Washington singled to right; May grounded out
(first unassisted) [Washington to second]; J. Ellis grounded out
(second to first) [Washington to third]; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 12.

TWINS 8TH: ALOMAR REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Ford struck out;
Gorinski grounded out (third to first); Cubbage doubled to
center; Chiles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 12.

RANGERS 9TH: Gray grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar
singled to right; Kirkpatrick reached on an error by Goltz
[Alomar to second]; Mason forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to
second) [Alomar to third]; Beniquez singled to right [Alomar
scored (unearned), Mason to third]; Washington flied out to
left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 12.