Borgmann Spoils Bonds Big Day in Return to Chicago

Chicago, IL - An offseason swap of catchers between the Twins and White Sox swings in the Twins favour on Opening Day. Glenn Borgmann went 3-3 with 3 RBI's including the game winner as Minnesota rallied for an 8-5 win at Comiskey Park. Bobby Bonds picked up where he left off last season when he hit 36 home runs and stole 42 bases as he had one each in the losing effort. Both of these teams fizzled down the stretch last season, largely because of pitching, especially the Twins who were in 1st place on August 1st but would end up flip-flopping places with the 4th place at that time Oakland A's.





Minnesota 8, Chicago W 5

4/5/1976, MIN76-CHW76, Comiskey Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Minnesota         1  0  0  1  4  0  0  2  0     8  9  1     7  2
1976 Chicago W         3  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0     5  9  1    10  1
 
Minnesota            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Chicago W            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Bostock           rf  5  1  2  0  .400    Bonds             rf  4  3  4  1 1.000
Speier            ss  4  1  0  0  .000    Orta              2b  4  1  1  1  .250
Carew             1b  4  1  1  2  .250     Schueler         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Johnson,T        p   0  0  0  0  .000    Downing           c   3  1  0  0  .000
Hisle             cf  5  1  0  1  .000    Spencer           1b  4  0  2  1  .500
Ford              lf  4  1  1  0  .250    Smalley           ss  4  0  2  1  .500
 Albury           p   0  0  0  0  .000    Stein             3b  3  0  0  0  .000
 Morales          1b  1  0  0  0  .000     Torrealba        p   0  0  0  0  .000
Soderholm         3b  3  0  1  0  .333     Kessinger        2b  1  0  0  0  .000
Borgmann          c   3  1  3  3 1.000    Garr              lf  3  0  0  0  .000
Milbourne         2b  3  1  0  0  .000     Paciorek         ph  1  0  0  0  .000
Singer            p   0  0  0  0  .000    Coggins           cf  3  0  0  0  .000
 Butler           p   1  0  0  0  .000     Torres           ph  0  0  0  0  .000
 Brye             ph  0  1  0  0  .000    Koosman           p   2  0  0  0  .000
 Bacsik           p   1  0  0  0  .000     Osborn           p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Braun            lf  0  0  0  0  .000     May              ph  1  0  0  0  .000
 Mackanin         ph  1  0  1  2 1.000     Bahnsen          p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     35  8  9  8           Melton           3b  1  0  0  0  .000
                                                               34  5  9  4
 
Minnesota                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Singer                           1.2  3  4  4  5  0  50  22 21.60
Butler           W 1-0           2.1  3  1  1  0  1  28  16  3.86
Bacsik           H 1             2.0  1  0  0  2  2  39  20  0.00
Albury           H 1             1.1  0  0  0  1  0  19   8  0.00
Johnson,T        S 1             1.2  2  0  0  0  2  29  19  0.00
                                 9.0  9  5  5  8  5 165  85 
 
Chicago W                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Koosman          L 0-1           4.1  5  6  3  4  2  94  54  6.23
Osborn                           1.2  3  0  0  0  1  31  17  0.00
Bahnsen                          1.0  0  2  2  2  0  27  13 18.00
Torrealba                        1.0  1  0  0  0  1  14   8  0.00
Schueler                         1.0  0  0  0  0  1  10   8  0.00
                                 9.0  9  8  5  6  5 176 100 
 
MIN: Brye batted for Butler in the 5th
     Braun inserted at lf in the 7th
     Mackanin batted for Braun in the 8th
     Mackanin moved to lf in the 8th
     Morales inserted at 1b in the 8th
CHW: May batted for Osborn in the 6th
     Melton inserted at 3b in the 8th
     Paciorek batted for Garr in the 8th
     Torres batted for Coggins in the 8th
     Paciorek moved to lf in the 9th
     Torres moved to cf in the 9th
     Kessinger inserted at 2b in the 9th
 
E-Carew, Smalley. 2B-Bostock, Mackanin. HR-Bonds(1). SB-Bonds(1). K-Speier 2, 
Hisle, Ford, Morales, Downing 3, Coggins, Melton. BB-Speier, Soderholm 2, 
Borgmann, Milbourne, Brye, Bonds, Orta, Downing 2, Spencer, Smalley, Stein, 
Torres. SF-Carew. WP-Singer. 
GWRBI: Borgmann