Butch Wynegar hit a three-run homer and Dan Ford drove in two runs with a single and homer to lead the Twins to a 9-4 victory over the Royals. Ford produced the Twins' initial run with a single in the first inning, scoring Rod Carew, who had doubled.

Al Cowens hit three singles for the Royals, batting in as many runs, before the Twins wiped out their 3-1 deficit with four runs in the fourth. Ford started the outburst with his homer. Wynegar iced the verdict with his three-run drive in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    2, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 11  2
Twins        1  0  0    4  3  0    0  1  x  -   9 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Bostock cf            5   0   0   1     0   2   .338
McRae dh              4   2   2   0     1   1   .298      Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     1   1   .201
Brett 3b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .300      Carew 1b              3   1   1   0     2   1   .382
Cowens rf             4   0   3   3     1   0   .316      Ford rf               5   1   2   2     0   2   .274
LaCock 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .342      Kusick dh             3   1   1   0     1   0   .259
  Zdeb ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Smalley ss            3   2   1   0     1   0   .238
Otis cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .262      Wynegar c             3   2   2   3     0   0   .279
Porter c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Terrell 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .222
White 2b,ss           3   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Gorinski lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .149
  Mayberry ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .260        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Heise ss              2   0   0   0     0   2   .250
  Lahoud ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .333
  Rojas 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  11   4     4   5             Totals               33   9  10   7     6   6

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 24,691
Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 7
DP: Royals 1, Twins 1
Errors: Porter, Heise, Smalley
Doubles: Carew (24), Wynegar (16)
Triples: Brett (7)
Home Runs: Ford (10), Wynegar (7)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (7)
GIDP: Brett (8), Randall (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(6-4)          5.2   9   8   7   4   3   2  30   4.18
Littell                 2.1   1   1   0   2   3   0  10   3.41
Totals                  8    10   9   7   6   6   2  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(13-6)           8.2  11   4   3   4   5   0  40   3.36
Burgmeier               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.09
Totals                  9    11   4   3   4   5   0  41

Passed Balls: Wynegar (8)
Wild Pitches: Littell (4), Goltz (6)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
singled to left; Wynegar allowed a passed ball [McRae to
second]; Brett flied out to center [McRae to third]; Cowens
singled to center [McRae scored (unearned)]; LaCock flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock was called out on strikes; Randall grounded
out (first unassisted); Carew doubled to center; Ford singled to
right [Carew scored]; Kusick forced Ford (shortstop to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; Porter reached on an error by
Smalley; White lined to left; Heise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley singled to center; Wynegar out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Smalley to second]; Terrell lined to
third; Gorinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
struck out; Brett tripled to left; Cowens singled to center
[Brett scored]; Cowens was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Randall was
called out on strikes; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 1.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis walked;
Goltz threw a wild pitch [Otis to second]; Porter lined to
center; White singled to left [Otis scored, White to second (on
throw to home)]; Heise struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
3, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Ford homered; Kusick singled to left; Smalley forced
Kusick (third to second); Wynegar doubled [Smalley to third];
Terrell walked; Gorinski singled to left [Smalley scored,
Wynegar to third, Terrell to second]; Bostock reached on an
error by Heise [Wynegar scored, Terrell scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Gorinski to second]; Randall grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bostock out at second]; 4 R (3
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Poquette grounded out (catcher to first); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett singled; Cowens walked
[Brett to second]; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded
out (third to first); Kusick walked; Smalley walked [Kusick to
second]; Wynegar homered [Kusick scored, Smalley scored];
Terrell grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Twins 8.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied
out to left; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Twins 8.

TWINS 6TH: Gorinski grounded out (third to first); Bostock
grounded out (second to first); Randall singled to center; Carew
walked [Randall to second]; LITTELL REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING);
Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.

ROYALS 7TH: LAHOUD BATTED FOR HEISE; Lahoud walked; Poquette
flied out to left; McRae singled [Lahoud to second]; Brett
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.

TWINS 7TH: ROJAS REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Kusick grounded out (pitcher to first);
Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Wynegar flied to right
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.

ROYALS 8TH: Cowens lined to center; LaCock flied out to center;
Otis singled to left; Porter singled to right [Otis to second];
MAYBERRY BATTED FOR WHITE; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: PATEK REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING SS); Terrell singled
to left; Gorinski forced Terrell (third to second); Bostock
struck out; Randall walked [Gorinski to second]; Littell threw a
wild pitch [Gorinski scored (error by Porter) (unearned),
Randall to second]; Carew was walked intentionally; Ford struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 9.

ROYALS 9TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette
grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae walked; Brett singled to
left [McRae to second]; Cowens singled to center [McRae scored,
Brett to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); ZDEB
BATTED FOR LACOCK; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 9.