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APRIL 11, 1977
The Mariners conclude their nine-game home stand with a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins. The Mariners went 4-1 in their series against the California Angels. The Twins won two out of three in their season-opening series in Oakland.

AL Player of the Week: RF Rusty Staub Detroit Tigers

NL Player of the Week: LF Al Oliver Pittsburgh Pirates

WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS
1. Chicago White Sox
2. Seattle Mariners
3. Milwaukee Brewers
4. New York Mets
5. Texas Rangers
6. Kansas City Royals
7. Minnesota Twins
8. San Francisco Giants
9. Atlanta Braves
10. Cleveland Indians
11. Pittsburgh Pirates
12. Philadelphia Phillies
13. San Diego Padres
14. Cincinnati Reds
15. Montreal Expos
16. Boston Red Sox
17. Houston Astros
18. St Louis Cardinals
19. Detroit Tigers
20. Los Angeles Dodgers
21. Oakland Athletics
22. Baltimore Orioles
23. Chicago Cubs
24. New York Yankees
25. California Angels
26. Toronto Blue Jays

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers 1-2 at Toronto Blue Jays 0-3
New York Yankees 1-2 at Kansas City Royals 2-1
Cleveland Indians 2-1 at Texas Rangers 2-1
California Angels 1-4 at Oakland Athletics 1-2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 1-2 at Philadelphia Phillies 1-1
Cincinnati Reds 2-2 at Houston Astros 1-2
Atlanta Braves 2-1 at Los Angeles Dodgers 1-2

MINNESOTA TWINS (2-1) AT SEATTLE MARINERS (4-1)
MATCHUPS
SP Pete Redfern vs Glenn Abbott Advantage Push
C Butch Wynegar vs Larry Cox Advantage Minnesota
1B Rod Carew vs Dan T Meyer Advantage Minnesota
2B Bob Randall vs Julio Cruz Advantage Seattle
3B Mike Cubbage vs Bill Stein Advantage Minnesota
SS Roy Smalley III vs Craig Reynolds Advantage Minnesota
LF Larry Hisle vs Steve Braun Advantage Minnesota
CF Lyman Bostock vs Ruppert Jones Advantage Minnesota
RF Dan Ford vs Carlos Lopez Advantage Minnesota
DH Craig Kusick vs Dave Collins Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Minnesota

In the bottom of the second, the Mariners scored the first run of the game on a Meyer two-bagger. Meyer went on to score from third on a Lopez sacrifice fly.

In the top of the third, Lopez suffered a back injury catching a Kusick flyball but remained in the game.

In the bottom of the third, Reynolds got a two-out two-run double.

After three: Seattle 4 Minnesota 0.

In the bottom of the fourth, Lopez got an RBI single. Lopez went on to score from third on a Collins sacrifice fly.

In the top of the fifth, Stein injured his left hand catching a Kusick line drive but he, too, remained in the game.

After six: Seattle 6 Minnesota 0.

In the bottom of the seventh, Collins roasted a two-run homer 340 feet. With runners at the corners and one out, Gary Serum took the mound for the Twins. Stein brought a run home with a sacrifice fly.

Abbott went on to record the complete game shutout. The Mariners pounded out 13 hits in the win.

Final score: Seattle 9 Minnesota 0.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Glenn Abbott 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers 9 Toronto Blue Jays 2
Kansas City Royals 4 New York Yankees 2
Cleveland Indians 5 Texas Rangers 4
California Angels 7 Oakland Athletics 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 7 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Houston Astros 4 Cincinnati Reds 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Atlanta Braves 0

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Doug Rau Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W (complete game shutout)
2. Nolan Ryan California Angels 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 BB, 12 K, W
3. Richie Hebner Philadelphia Phillies 2 for 3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB

Milwaukee Brewers SS Ed Romero will miss two weeks due to a bruised bone in his wrist suffered while attempting to unjam his garage door.


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