Rod Carew rapped three singles to raise his batting average to .550 as the Twins prevailed over the Mariners, 8-6. The Mariners vaulted into a 5-4 lead in the fourth inning on the strength of a grand-slam homer by Leon Roberts.

But the Twins tied the contest in the next frame on Roy Smalley's sacrifice fly and went ahead as Bob Randall grounded into a forceout. Smalley hit a homer in the seventh to account for the Twins' final tally. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Seattle Mariners 6
Game Played on Sunday, April     9, 1978 (Day game) at Kingdome
Twins        0  0  2    2  3  0    1  0  0  -   8 15  1
Mariners     1  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  1  -   6  9  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norwood lf            3   0   0   1     1   1   .200      Cruz 2b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Rivera rf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .300        Hale ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Carew 1b              4   1   3   1     1   0   .550      Bochte lf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .368
Morales dh            3   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Meyer 1b              4   0   1   1     1   0   .158
  Adams ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Stanton dh            3   1   2   0     1   0   .235
  Kusick ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Ruppert Jones cf      3   1   1   0     1   0   .429
Ford cf               4   2   3   0     1   0   .235      Stein 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .053
Smalley ss            4   1   2   2     0   0   .350      Roberts rf            4   1   1   4     0   0   .250
Wolfe 3b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .200      Pasley c              2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Cubbage ph,3b       3   0   2   0     0   0   .438        Stinson ph,c        2   0   1   0     0   0   .385
Randall 2b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .200      Milbourne ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            5   1   2   1     0   0   .286        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      House p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Serum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burke p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  15   7     4   2             Totals               34   6   9   6     5   1

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 11,803
Left on Base: Twins 10, Mariners 6
DP: Twins 2, Mariners 1
Errors: Zahn, Meyer, Stein
Doubles: Ford (2)
Home Runs: Smalley (2), Roberts (1), Bochte (2)
Caught Stealing: Ford (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Norwood (1), Smalley (1)
GIDP: Kusick (2), Stein (2), Milbourne (1)
Hit by Pitch: Randall (1,by House)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    4     6   5   5   5   0   1  21  11.25
Serum W(1-0)            5     3   1   1   0   1   1  18   1.80
Totals                  9     9   6   6   5   1   2  39

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
House L(0-1)            4     8   6   5   1   2   0  22  11.25
Burke                   3.1   3   2   2   3   0   1  16   4.05
Rawley                  1.2   4   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9    15   8   7   4   2   1  45

Hit by Pitch: House (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly


TWINS 1ST: Norwood struck out; Rivera was called out on strikes;
Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Zahn [Cruz to third]; Bochte grounded out
(second to first); Meyer singled to third [Cruz scored]; Stanton
singled to third [Meyer to second]; Ruppert Jones walked [Meyer
to third, Stanton to second]; Stein grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ruppert Jones out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Mariners 1.

TWINS 2ND: Morales grounded out (second to first); Ford doubled
to right; Smalley made an out to shortstop; Wolfe flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts flied out to left; Pasley singled to
center; Milbourne grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Pasley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Mariners 1.

TWINS 3RD: Randall grounded out (pitcher to first); Borgmann
singled to left; Norwood walked [Borgmann to second]; Rivera
singled to center [Borgmann scored, Norwood out at third (center
to third), Rivera to second (on throw to 3b)]; Carew singled to
left [Rivera scored]; Morales flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Bochte
grounded out (pitcher to first); Meyer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Mariners 1.

TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to left; On a bunt Smalley made an out
to first; Wolfe singled to center [Ford to second]; Randall was
hit by a pitch [Ford to third, Wolfe to second]; Borgmann
reached on an error by Stein [Ford scored, Wolfe to third,
Randall to second]; Norwood hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wolfe
scored (unearned)]; Rivera flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones singled to center
[Stanton to second]; Stein singled to left [Stanton to third,
Ruppert Jones to second]; Roberts homered [Stanton scored,
Ruppert Jones scored, Stein scored]; Pasley grounded out (third
to first); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Mariners 5.

TWINS 5TH: Carew singled to first; Morales singled to left
[Carew to second]; BURKE REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Ford walked
[Carew to third, Morales to second]; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Carew scored]; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage
singled to right [Morales to third, Ford to second]; Randall
forced Cubbage (shortstop to second) [Morales scored (RBI), Ford
scored (no RBI), Randall to first (error by Meyer; assist by
Cruz)]; Borgmann singled to second [Randall to second]; Norwood
flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 5TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Bochte
walked; Meyer walked [Bochte to second]; SERUM REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); Stanton lined to third; Ruppert Jones grounded out
(third to first) [Bochte to third, Meyer to second]; Stein
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7,
Mariners 5.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
walked; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams flied out to center;
Ford lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 6TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Roberts
grounded out (third to first); STINSON BATTED FOR PASLEY;
Stinson singled to right; Milbourne lined to second; Cruz forced
Stinson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7,
Mariners 5.

TWINS 7TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Smalley homered;
Cubbage flied out to right; Randall lined to center; Borgmann
flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to center; Meyer flied out to
center; Stanton singled to left; Ruppert Jones flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Mariners 5.

TWINS 8TH: Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
walked; RAWLEY REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Carew singled to left
[Rivera to second]; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carew out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Stein was
called out on strikes; Roberts grounded out (third to first);
Stinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 8, Mariners 5.

TWINS 9TH: Ford singled to left; Ford was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Smalley singled to
center; Cubbage singled to right [Smalley to second]; Randall
forced Cubbage (shortstop to second) [Smalley to third];
Borgmann forced Randall (third to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 9TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Braun flied out to
center; HALE BATTED FOR CRUZ; Hale lined to center; Bochte
homered; Meyer flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
8, Mariners 6.