Twins 5, Tigers 4 Box Score, May 4, 1976

May 4, 1976 · 7:05 PM EDT

Minnesota TwinsMIN · 85-77MIN85-775

Final

Detroit TigersDET · 74-87DET74-87

W: Vic AlburyL: Bill LaxtonS: Steve Luebber

Top performers

DFDan FordRF2-4H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 1 RTop hitterGSGary Sutherland2B4-5H-AB2B · 1 RBI · 1 R
VAVic AlburyP1.0IP1 ER · 0 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherBLBill LaxtonP3.1IP2 ER · 2 K · L
SLSteve LuebberP0.2IP0 ER · 1 K · SSave

Game flow

DET100%50%100%MIN

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Biggest lead MIN by 3

Key plays

B8 +17% MINAurelio Rodriguez grounds into a force out, shortstop Danny Thompson to second baseman Bob Randall. Ben Oglivie out at 2nd. Aurelio Rodriguez to 1st.MIN 3 · DET 1
B9 +52% DETAlex Johnson singles on a to left fielder Larry Hisle. Ron LeFlore scores. Alex Johnson to 2nd.MIN 3 · DET 3
T10 +40% MINButch Wynegar hits a home run (3).MIN 4 · DET 3
B10 +16% MINRon LeFlore strikes out swinging.MIN 5 · DET 4
B10 +18% MINAlex Johnson grounds into a force out, shortstop Danny Thompson to second baseman Bob Randall. Jerry Manuel out at 2nd. Alex Johnson to 1st.MIN 5 · DET 4

Team stats

MIN

DET

10Hits12
5Runs4
2Home runs0
5Walks5
8Strikeouts4
1Errors0

1Stolen bases0
.303Batting average.286
.410On-base %.362
.485Slugging.333
3.60ERA4.50
15Left on base26

1976 American League Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	97	62	.610	—
2KCRoyals	90	72	.556	8.5
3BAOrioles	88	74	.543	10.5
4OAAthletics	87	74	.540	11.0
5MITwins	85	77	.525	13.5
6BORed Sox	83	79	.512	15.5
7CLGuardians	81	78	.509	16.0
8LAAngels	76	86	.469	22.5
9TERangers	76	86	.469	22.5
10DETigers	74	87	.460	24.0
11MIBrewers	66	95	.410	32.0
12CWWhite Sox	64	97	.398	34.0

Game info

Venue: Tiger Stadium


LBLyman BostockCF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1
LHLarry HisleLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
RCRod Carew1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0
SBSteve BraunDH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
BWButch WynegarC	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
DFDan FordRF	4	1	2	2	1	0	1
DTDanny ThompsonSS	5	1	1	0	0	0	1
DMDave McKay3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
BRBob Randall2B	2	0	1	2	0	1	0
CKCraig KusickPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	5	10	5	2	5	8


BCBill Campbell	0.2	3	2	2	0	13
DGDave Goltz	7.1	7	1	1	3	39
SLSteve LuebberS	0.2	1	0	0	1	5
TBTom Burgmeier	0.1	1	0	0	0	2
VAVic AlburyW	1.0	0	1	2	0	11
Totals	10.0	12	4	5	4	70


RLRon LeFloreCF	6	1	1	1	0	3
AJAlex JohnsonLF	6	1	3	1	0	0
WHWillie HortonDH	4	0	1	0	1	0
RSRusty StaubRF	5	0	0	0	0	0
JTJason Thompson1B	4	0	2	1	1	0
BFBill FreehanC	3	0	1	0	0	0
ARAurelio Rodriguez3B	4	1	0	0	1	0
TVTom VeryzerSS	4	0	0	0	1	1
GSGary Sutherland2B	5	1	4	1	0	0
DMDan MeyerPR	0	0	0	0	0	0
JWJohn WockenfussC	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOBen OgliviePH	0	0	0	0	1	0
BKBruce KimmC	1	0	0	0	0	0
JMJerry ManuelPR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	42	4	12	4	5	4

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Twins

Batting

Pitching

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

1 · MIN 0–0 DET · Tied 0–0

Twins outlast Tigers 5-4 as Ford goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned


BLBill LaxtonL	3.1	2	2	1	2	2	19
JCJoe Coleman	6.0	8	3	4	4	0	50
JHJohn Hiller	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	6
Totals	10.0	10	5	5	8	2	75

Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Twins

Batting

Pitching

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

1 · MIN 0–0 DET · Tied 0–0

Twins outlast Tigers 5-4 as Ford goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned