Twins 8, Tigers 5 Box Score, Aug 20, 1976

August 20, 1976 · 7:05 PM EDT

Minnesota TwinsMIN · 85-77MIN85-778

Final

Detroit TigersDET · 74-87DET74-87

W: Tom BurgmeierL: Bill LaxtonS: Bill Campbell

Top performers

RCRod Carew1B3-5H-AB2B · 3 RBI · 1 RTop hitterBOBen OglivieRF2-5H-AB2 HR · 4 RBI · 2 R
TBTom BurgmeierP5.2IP1 ER · 2 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherBLBill LaxtonP4.1IP2 ER · 1 K · L
BCBill CampbellP2.0IP0 ER · 2 K · SSave

Game flow

DET100%50%100%MIN

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Biggest lead MIN by 3 · DET by 3 · 1 lead change

Key plays

B1 +18% DETBen Oglivie hits a home run (8). Dan Meyer scores.MIN 0 · DET 2
T2 +19% MINLarry Hisle hits a home run (11). Mike Cubbage scores.MIN 2 · DET 2
B2 +16% DETRon LeFlore triples (8) on a to right fielder Dan Ford. Pedro Garcia scores.MIN 2 · DET 3
T7 +33% MINRod Carew doubles (21) on a to right fielder Ben Oglivie. Bob Randall scores. Craig Kusick scores. Roy Smalley to 3rd.MIN 6 · DET 5
B8 +18% DETJason Thompson doubles (12) on a to right fielder Dan Ford.MIN 6 · DET 5

Team stats

MIN

DET

11Hits11
8Runs5
1Home runs2
7Walks2
2Strikeouts4

1Stolen bases0
.306Batting average.297
.419On-base %.333
.417Slugging.595
5.00ERA8.00
17Left on base12

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

Twins

Batting


SBSteve BraunDH	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
RSRoy Smalley IIISS	4	2	2	0	0	1	0
RCRod Carew1B	5	1	3	3	0	0	1
BWButch WynegarC	2	0	0	0	0	3	1
LBLyman BostockCF	5	0	2	3	0	0	0
MCMike Cubbage3B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
LHLarry HisleLF	5	1	1	2	1	0	0
DFDan FordRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
BRBob Randall2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
CKCraig KusickPH	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
JTJerry Terrell3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	8	11	8	1	7	2

2B: Carew

HR: Hisle

RBI: Carew 3, Bostock 3, Hisle 2

SB: Ford

LOB: 17

Pitching


BCBill CampbellS	2.0	0	0	1	2	0	14
SLSteve Luebber	1.1	5	4	1	0	1	13
TBTom BurgmeierW	5.2	6	1	0	2	1	26
Totals	9.0	11	5	2	4	2	53

Tigers

Batting


RLRon LeFloreCF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0
DMDan MeyerLF	5	1	2	0	0	0	1
BOBen OglivieRF	5	2	2	4	2	0	0
RSRusty StaubDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
JTJason Thompson1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
ARAurelio Rodriguez3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
JWJohn WockenfussC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
CSChuck ScrivenerSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGPedro García2B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
AJAlex JohnsonPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MWMark WagnerSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WHWillie HortonPH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
BKBruce KimmC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSMickey StanleyPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
JMJerry Manuel2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	5	11	5	2	2	4

2B: Thompson

3B: LeFlore, Meyer

HR: Oglivie 2

RBI: LeFlore, Oglivie 4

LOB: 12

Pitching


BLBill LaxtonL	4.1	2	2	2	1	0	24
DLDave Lemanczyk	2.0	5	4	2	1	1	20
JHJohn Hiller	2.0	4	2	3	0	0	22
SGSteve Grilli	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	9.0	11	8	7	2	1	68

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 American League Standings

Game info

Twins

Batting

Pitching

Tigers

Batting

Pitching

1 · MIN 0–2 DET · DET leads 2–0

Twins beat Tigers 8-5 as Carew goes 3-for-5

Players mentioned

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 0–2 DET · DET leads 2–0

Twins beat Tigers 8-5 as Carew goes 3-for-5

Players mentioned