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August 12, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 12 10 0
Tigers 9 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 12 10 0
Tigers 10 12 1

Rusty Staub Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .264
OBP .500 .330
At Bats 4 420
Hits 2 111
• Singles 1 69
• Doubles 1 26
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 1 65

Tom Johnson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 3 14
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Tiger Stadium - August 12, 1977
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Home Run
Tom Johnson
Butch Wynegar
Rod Carew
Bob Randall
Mike Cubbage
Roy Smalley
Lyman Bostock
Larry Hisle
Dan Ford
Rusty Staub
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Staub hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Cubbage hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chiles hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chuck Scrivener now playing shortstop. Wynegar hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 LeFlore hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tim Corcoran pinch hits for Tom Veryzer. Corcoran hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Johnson now pitching. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ford strikes out.
Top 8 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Taylor covering, for the out.
Top 8 Bruce Taylor now pitching. Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Oglivie hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hisle is hit by the pitch. Chiles moves to second.
Top 7 Randall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cubbage hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Chiles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kemp for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. LeFlore scores.
Bottom 6 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Veryzer scores. LeFlore moves to third.
Bottom 6 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. Veryzer moves to third.
Bottom 6 Veryzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wynegar strikes out.
Top 6 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Grilli covering, for the out.
Top 6 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oglivie for the out.
Top 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Randall bunts towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Fuentes covering, for the out. Cubbage moves to second.
Top 5 Cubbage takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kemp for the out. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ford. Staub reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Fuentes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Chiles hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a line drive towards first. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kemp scores.
Bottom 3 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Staub scores. Kemp moves to third.
Bottom 3 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staub moves to third. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kemp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Steve Grilli now pitching. Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carew hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cubbage moves to third. Randall moves to second.
Top 3 Hisle is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Randall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cubbage moves to second.
Top 3 Cubbage hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynegar scores.
Top 3 Chiles bunts towards the mound. Crawford fields it and throws to first for the out. Wynegar moves to second.
Top 3 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 LeFlore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Veryzer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dan Ford now playing right field. Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 2 Dan Ford pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Ford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes misplays the ball. That's an error on Fuentes. Smalley scores. Bostock moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smalley moves to third.
Top 2 Smalley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Randall scores. Hisle goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Jim Crawford now pitching. Hisle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randall moves to second.
Top 2 Randall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cubbage hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Chiles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bostock scores. Adams scores.
Top 2 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Arroyo covering, for the out. Bostock moves to third. Adams moves to second.
Top 2 Adams takes first base on ball four. Bostock moves to second.
Top 2 Bostock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Oglivie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Kemp takes first base on ball four. Fuentes moves to second.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Randall reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Arroyo covering, for the out.
Top 1 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out.