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Making a hot start on another batting championship, Rod Carew rapped three hits in four trips, giving him 8-for-16 for his first four games, as the Twins defeated the Mariners, 8-2. Paul Thormodsgard hurled the route for the Twins and limited the Mariners to three hits. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 8, Seattle Mariners 2Game Played on Saturday, April 8, 1978 (Night game) at KingdomeTwins 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 - 8 10 1
Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 3 1
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Powell rf 3 1 0 1 2 0 .111 Baez 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .231
Smalley ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 .313 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Carew 1b 4 0 3 3 1 0 .500 Cruz 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Adams dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .364 Bochte lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Wynegar c 4 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Meyer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Cubbage 3b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .385 Stanton dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143
Ford cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .077 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .455
Norwood lf 2 2 0 0 2 0 .250 Stein 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Randall 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .333 Hale rf 2 2 1 0 1 0 .231
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 xStinson c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .273
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Montague p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 8 10 8 8 2 Totals 28 2 3 2 2 4
Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 12,896
Left on Base: Twins 8, Mariners 2
DP: Twins 2, Mariners 3
Errors: Wynegar, Stein
Doubles: Randall 2 (2), Cubbage (1)
Triples: Carew (1)
Stolen Bases: Norwood (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Ford (1)
GIDP: Smalley (1), Bochte (1), Braun (1)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Thormodsgard W(1-0) 9 3 2 1 2 4 0 31 1.00
Totals 9 3 2 1 2 4 0 31
Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Mitchell L(0-1) 3.2 4 4 4 4 1 0 18 9.82
Montague 3.1 4 3 3 3 0 0 17 8.10
Todd 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 4.50
Totals 9 10 8 8 8 2 0 43
Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser
TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley was
called out on strikes; Carew walked; Adams singled to right
[Carew to third]; Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 0, Mariners 0.
MARINERS 1ST: Baez walked; Bochte grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Baez out at second]; Meyer
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Mariners 0.
TWINS 2ND: Cubbage singled to right; Ford lined into a double
play (first unassisted) [Cubbage out at first]; Norwood walked;
Norwood stole second; Randall doubled to right [Norwood scored];
Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Mariners 0.
MARINERS 2ND: Stanton flied out to right; Ruppert Jones grounded
out (third to first); Stein lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0.
TWINS 3RD: Smalley flied out to center; Carew flied out to left;
Adams made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1,
Mariners 0.
MARINERS 3RD: Hale made an out to shortstop; Stinson lined to
left; Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1,
Mariners 0.
TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Cubbage
doubled to right; Ford flied out to right; Norwood walked;
Randall walked [Cubbage to third, Norwood to second]; MONTAGUE
REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Powell walked [Cubbage scored,
Norwood to third, Randall to second]; Smalley singled to center
[Norwood scored, Randall scored, Powell to third]; Carew tripled
to right [Powell scored, Smalley scored]; Adams lined to right;
5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Mariners 0.
MARINERS 4TH: Baez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte
flied out to center; Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Mariners 0.
TWINS 5TH: Wynegar walked; Cubbage singled to right [Wynegar to
third]; Ford hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wynegar scored];
Norwood reached on an error by Stein [Cubbage to second];
Randall lined into a double play (second to first) [Norwood out
at first]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 0.
MARINERS 5TH: Stanton grounded out (second to first); Ruppert
Jones struck out; Stein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 0.
TWINS 6TH: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
made an out to second; Carew singled to left; Adams lined to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 0.
MARINERS 6TH: Hale singled to right; Stinson reached on
catcher's interference by Wynegar [Hale to second]; Reynolds
forced Stinson (second to shortstop) [Hale to third]; Baez
forced Reynolds (shortstop to second) [Hale scored (unearned)];
Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 1.
TWINS 7TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Cubbage flied out to
right; Ford walked; Norwood forced Ford (third to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 1.
MARINERS 7TH: Meyer lined to left; Stanton struck out; Ruppert
Jones singled to right; Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 1.
TWINS 8TH: TODD REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Randall doubled to
left; Powell walked; Smalley grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Randall to third, Powell out at
second]; Carew singled to left [Randall scored]; Adams struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 1.
MARINERS 8TH: Hale walked; Stinson singled to center [Hale to
third]; Reynolds forced Stinson (second to shortstop) [Hale
scored]; BRAUN BATTED FOR BAEZ; Braun grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Reynolds out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 2.
TWINS 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 2B); Wynegar flied out
to center; Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 2.
MARINERS 9TH: Bochte flied out to center; Meyer made an out to
shortstop; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8,
Mariners 2.
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