Yankees 5, Twins 4 Box Score, Aug 14, 1976

August 14, 1976 · 4:33 AM EDT

New York YankeesNYY · 97-62NYY97-625

Final

Minnesota TwinsMIN · 85-77MIN85-77

W: Ken HoltzmanL: Dave Goltz

Top performers

RWRoy WhiteLF4-5H-ABHR · 2 2B · 1 RBI · 2 RTop hitterLHLarry HisleLF1-4H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 1 R
KHKen HoltzmanP9.0IP4 ER · 5 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherDGDave GoltzP6.0IP3 ER · 2 K · L

Game flow

MIN100%50%100%NYY

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Biggest lead NYY by 3

Key plays

T2 +11% NYYFred Stanley walks. Carlos May scores. Graig Nettles to 3rd. Oscar Gamble to 2nd.NYY 1 · MIN 0
T4 +12% NYYThurman Munson singles on a to left fielder Larry Hisle. Fred Stanley scores. Mickey Rivers to 2nd.NYY 3 · MIN 1
B5 +21% MINLarry Hisle hits a home run (10). Lyman Bostock scores.NYY 4 · MIN 3
T6 +14% NYYRoy White hits a home run (10).NYY 5 · MIN 3
B7 +11% NYYLarry Hisle grounds into a double play, second baseman Willie Randolph to shortstop Fred Stanley to first baseman Chris Chambliss. Lyman Bostock out at 2nd. Larry Hisle out at 1st.NYY 5 · MIN 4

Team stats

NYY

MIN

10Hits8
5Runs4
2Home runs1
5Walks2
4Strikeouts5
1Errors2

0Stolen bases2
.278Batting average.250
.366On-base %.294
.528Slugging.375
4.00ERA3.00
24Left on base10

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

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
RWRoy WhiteLF	5	2	4	1	1	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	4	0	1	1	0	1	0
CCChris Chambliss1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
CMCarlos MayDH	5	1	1	0	0	0	2
GNGraig Nettles3B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
OGOscar GambleRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
WRWillie Randolph2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
FSFred StanleySS	2	1	1	1	0	2	1
Totals	36	5	10	4	2	5	4

2B: White 2, May

HR: White, Nettles

RBI: White, Munson, Nettles, Stanley

CS: Randolph

LOB: 24

Pitching


KHKen HoltzmanW	9.0	8	4	2	5	1	135
Totals	9.0	8	4	2	5	1	135

Twins

Batting


LBLyman BostockCF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1
LHLarry HisleLF	4	1	1	2	1	0	0
RCRod Carew1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
CKCraig KusickDH	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
DFDan FordRF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
BWButch WynegarC	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
JTJerry Terrell3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
RSRoy Smalley IIISS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
BRBob Randall2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	2
Totals	32	4	8	4	1	2	5

2B: Ford

HR: Hisle

RBI: Hisle 2, Terrell, Randall

SB: Carew 2

CS: Carew

LOB: 10

Pitching


DGDave GoltzL	6.0	8	3	4	2	2	101
TBTom Burgmeier	3.0	2	0	1	2	0	38
Totals	9.0	10	3	5	4	2	139

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Twins

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 0–0 MIN · Tied 0–0

Yankees edge Twins 5-4 as White goes 4-for-5

Players mentioned

New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Twins

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 0–0 MIN · Tied 0–0

Yankees edge Twins 5-4 as White goes 4-for-5

Players mentioned