Indians 7, Twins 6 Box Score, Jul 16, 1976

July 16, 1976 · 8:05 PM EDT

Cleveland IndiansCLE · 81-78CLE81-787

Final

Minnesota TwinsMIN · 85-77MIN85-77

W: Pat DobsonL: Bill SingerS: Dennis Eckersley

Top performers

BBBuddy Bell3B2-4H-AB2 RBI · 1 RTop hitterBWButch WynegarC3-5H-ABHR · 2B · 3 RBI · 2 R
PDPat DobsonP6.0IP1 ER · 2 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherBSBill SingerP5.2IP4 ER · 3 K · L
DEDennis EckersleyP0.1IP0 ER · 1 K · SSave

Game flow

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Biggest lead CLE by 4

Key plays

T3 +20% CLERico Carty singles on a to center fielder Lyman Bostock. Alan Ashby scores. Frank Duffy scores. Rick Manning to 3rd.CLE 2 · MIN 0
B4 +10% CLEButch Wynegar strikes out swinging.CLE 2 · MIN 0
B8 +13% MINButch Wynegar doubles (15) on a to left fielder George Hendrick. Rod Carew to 3rd.CLE 4 · MIN 1
B8 +13% MINLarry Hisle singles on a to left fielder George Hendrick. Rod Carew scores. Butch Wynegar scores.CLE 4 · MIN 3
B9 +18% CLEPhil Roof strikes out swinging.CLE 7 · MIN 6

Team stats

CLE

MIN

10Hits12
7Runs6
0Home runs1
5Walks5
4Strikeouts9
1Errors1

0Stolen bases1
.286Batting average.316
.375On-base %.395
.286Slugging.447
6.00ERA5.00
17Left on base19

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: Metropolitan Stadium

Guardians

Batting


DKDuane Kuiper2B	5	1	2	0	0	0
FDFrank DuffySS	3	1	0	0	2	0
RMRick ManningCF	5	0	0	1	0	1
RCRico CartyDH	2	0	1	2	1	0
GHGeorge HendrickLF	4	1	1	0	0	2
BPBoog Powell1B	3	0	0	0	1	0
BBBuddy Bell3B	4	1	2	2	0	0
CSCharlie SpikesRF	4	0	2	0	0	1
AAAlan AshbyC	3	2	1	1	1	0
JLJohn LowensteinPR	0	1	0	0	0	0
LBLarvell BlanksPH	2	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	35	7	10	6	5	4

RBI: Manning, Carty 2, Bell 2, Ashby

CS: Kuiper, Blanks

LOB: 17

Pitching


DLDave LaRoche	1.2	4	3	1	4	1	21
DEDennis EckersleyS	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	7
JKJim Kern	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	16
PDPat DobsonW	6.0	7	1	1	2	0	32
Totals	9.0	12	6	5	9	1	76

Twins

Batting


SBSteve BraunLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
RSRoy Smalley IIISS	5	1	2	0	0	0	1
RCRod Carew1B	2	2	1	0	0	3	0
BWButch WynegarC	5	2	3	3	1	0	1
LBLyman BostockCF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
LHLarry HisleRF	4	1	2	2	0	1	0
MCMike Cubbage3B	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
CKCraig KusickDH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
BRBob Randall2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
SBSteve BryePH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
DFDan FordPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
LGLuis Gómez2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PRPhil RoofPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTony OlivaPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
JTJerry Terrell3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	38	6	12	6	1	5	9

2B: Wynegar, Bostock

HR: Wynegar

RBI: Wynegar 3, Hisle 2, Cubbage

SB: Hisle

CS: Carew

LOB: 19

Pitching


BCBill Campbell	1.0	4	1	0	0	7
BSBill SingerL	5.2	5	4	5	3	47
TBTom Burgmeier	2.1	1	0	0	1	9
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	4	63

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Guardians

Batting

Pitching

Twins

Batting

Pitching

1 · CLE 0–0 MIN · Tied 0–0

Guardians edge Twins 7-6 as Bell goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned

Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Guardians

Batting

Pitching

Twins

Batting

Pitching

1 · CLE 0–0 MIN · Tied 0–0

Guardians edge Twins 7-6 as Bell goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned