Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
October 1, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1976 at Royals Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Braun dh 5 0 1 1
Smalley ss 5 0 2 0
Carew 1b 4 0 2 0
Bostock cf 3 0 0 0
  Brye cf 1 0 1 0
Wynegar c 3 1 1 0
Hisle lf 4 1 1 0
Ford rf 3 1 1 0
Cubbage 3b 3 1 1 3
Randall 2b 3 0 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 3 0 2 1
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 3 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 1 2 0
Wathan c 2 1 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 2 1 0 0
  Rojas ph,2b 2 0 2 1
  Wilson pr 0 0 0 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 2
Minnesota 000 000 3014100
Kansas City 000 020 1003100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   6.2 8 3 3 2 1
  Johnson   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Burgmeier   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Campbell  W (17-5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird   6.2 7 3 3 1 4
  Mingori   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Littell  L (8-4) 1.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Ford (24,off Bird); Cubbage (18,off Bird); Brye (10,off Mingori), Kansas City Brett (32,off Goltz).  3B–Kansas City Poquette (9,off Goltz).  SH–Randall (17,off Littell); Wathan (1,off Goltz).  IBB–Wynegar (7,by Littell).  HBP–Otis (5,by Goltz).  SB–McRae (22,2nd base off Burgmeier/Wynegar).  CS–Brett (11,2nd base by Goltz/Wynegar); Wilson (1,2nd base by Campbell/Wynegar).  WP–Goltz 2 (15).  HBP–Goltz (5,Otis).  IBB–Littell (4,Wynegar).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:46.  A–38,482.
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