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Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians

August 29, 1976 · 3:33 AM EDT

Minnesota Twins logoMIN85-774
Final
7Cleveland Indians logoCLE81-78

W: Dennis EckersleyL: Eddie BaneS: Stan Thomas

Top performers

Game flow

CLE100%50%100%MIN
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Biggest lead MIN by 1 · CLE by 4 · 1 lead change

Key plays

  • T1 +11% MINButch Wynegar singles on a to right fielder Ron Pruitt. Steve Braun scores. Roy Smalley to 2nd.MIN 1 · CLE 0
  • B2 +12% CLERick Cerone singles. George Hendrick scores. Ron Pruitt to 2nd.MIN 1 · CLE 1
  • B3 +9% MINRay Fosse grounds into a double play, shortstop Roy Smalley to second baseman Bob Randall to first baseman Rod Carew. Frank Duffy out at 2nd. Ray Fosse out at 1st.MIN 2 · CLE 1
  • B3 +33% CLEGeorge Hendrick hits a home run (21). Larvell Blanks scores. Rico Carty scores.MIN 2 · CLE 4
  • B4 +10% CLERick Cerone singles on a to left fielder Steve Braun. Ron Pruitt to 3rd. Rick Cerone to 2nd. Ron Pruitt advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by left fielder Steve Braun.MIN 3 · CLE 4

Team stats

MINCLE
  • 4Hits14
  • 4Runs7
  • 0Home runs1
  • 6Walks3
  • 9Strikeouts3
  • 2Errors1
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  • 1Stolen bases0
  • .133Batting average.400
  • .278On-base %.447
  • .233Slugging.514
  • 6.75ERA3.00
  • 17Left on base18

1976 American League Standings

WLPCTGB
1NYYankees9762.610—
2KCRoyals9072.5568.5
3BAOrioles8874.54310.5
4OAAthletics8774.54011.0
5MITwins8577.52513.5
6BORed Sox8379.51215.5
7CLGuardians8178.50916.0
8LAAngels7686.46922.5
9TERangers7686.46922.5
10DETigers7487.46024.0
11MIBrewers6695.41032.0
12CWWhite Sox6497.39834.0

Game info

Venue
Cleveland Municipal Stadium