called upon. He began the season with the same role. The Phillies were 56–25, and up by ten games in the National League East at the All-Star break. This did not leave a lot of "mop up duty" work, but Twitchell was effective when he did pitch. He allowed four earned runs in 16.2 innings pitched. He was given a more prominent role for the second half of the season, and was 3–1 with a save and a 1.60 ERA. He made two starts, winning one, and losing one. The 1976 Phillies reached the post season for the first time since 1950. Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" made short work of them in the 1976 National League Championship Series, sweeping them in three games. Twitchell did not make an appearance. Twitchell was back to starting in , but after getting off to a 0–4, 4.20 ERA start, he was moved back into the bullpen. On June 13, he suffered his fifth loss of the season. Two days later, he and catcher Tim Blackwell were traded to the Expos for Barry Foote and Dan Warthen. Montreal Expos Twitchell won his first two decisions with the Expos. On July 24, he pitched his first complete game in three years, but it was in a losing effort. On August 1, Twitchell pitched nine shutout innings. He was countered, however by Cardinals starter John Urrea, who also pitched nine shutout innings. The Cards pushed across a run in the tenth against Don Stanhouse. His first season with the Expos, Twitchell was 6–5 with a 4.21 ERA. Twitchell started the season in the starting rotation, but after going 3–8 with a 5.45 ERA, he was moved into the bullpen. He lost his next two appearances, both extra innings affairs. On September 5, manager Dick Williams used eight relief pitchers in lieu of a starter. Twitchell entered in the fifth and pitched through the seventh to be credited with the win. It was his only win in relief, and the only game that Twitchell appeared in that the Expos won since his third win as a starter on June 6. The Expos released Twitchell at the end of the season. New York Mets On April 4, , Twitchell signed as a Free agent with the Mets. His Mets career got off to a rough start. In April, he faced 25 batters, and walked nine of them. He