Craig Kusick hit a single, double and triple and also walked with the bases loaded to account for five RBIs in the Twins' 14-5 victory over the Mariners in their home opener before 17,425. Dan Ford and Roy Smalley knocked in three runs apiece, while Rod Carew enjoyed his third three-hit game of the season with a double and two singles in four at-bats and drove in two runs. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 14, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Friday, April     14, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Mariners     0  0  0    0  3  1    0  1  0  -   5 10  1
Twins        2  4  0    0  3  5    0  0  x  -  14 15  2


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz ss               4   1   1   0     1   1   .176      Rivera rf             4   3   2   1     2   0   .333
Baez 2b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .227      Carew 1b              4   1   3   2     0   1   .439
Bochte lf             4   0   3   2     0   0   .316      Ford cf               5   2   2   3     1   0   .308
Stanton dh            4   1   1   0     0   0   .226      Kusick dh             5   2   3   5     1   0   .318
Roberts rf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .364      Smalley ss            4   0   2   3     1   0   .282
Ruppert Jones cf      3   0   0   0     1   1   .233      Wynegar c             5   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Stein 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .171      Wolfe 3b              4   2   1   0     1   2   .176
Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .114      Norwood lf            4   2   2   0     1   1   .250
Pasley c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Randall 2b            3   2   0   0     1   0   .192
House p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zahn 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
  Honeycutt p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  10   4     2   3             Totals               38  14  15  14     8   4

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 17,425
Left on Base: Mariners 6, Twins 11
DP: Mariners 0, Twins 2
Errors: Burke, Smalley, Wolfe
Doubles: Stanton (1), Smalley (2), Carew (1), Norwood (4), Kusick (1)
Triples: Kusick (1)
Home Runs: Roberts (2)
Caught Stealing: Bochte (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Carew (1)
GIDP: Bochte (3), Meyer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Randall (2,by House), Carew (1,by Burke)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
House L(0-2)            1.1   6   6   6   0   0   0  11  18.56
Burke                   3.1   4   3   3   5   2   0  20   5.54
Rawley                  1.1   4   5   5   3   1   0  11   5.79
Honeycutt               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.88
Montague                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.50
Totals                  8    15  14  14   8   4   0  49

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn W(1-0)             9    10   5   3   2   3   1  38   5.54
Totals                  9    10   5   3   2   3   1  38

Hit by Pitch: House (2), Burke (1)
Wild Pitches: House (1)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Baez flied
out to center; Bochte singled to right; Stanton popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Rivera grounded out (second to first); Carew singled
to right; Ford forced Carew (third to second); Kusick tripled to
center [Ford scored]; Smalley doubled to left [Kusick scored];
House threw a wild pitch [Smalley to third]; Wynegar flied out
to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 2.

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts flied out to center; Ruppert Jones struck
out; Stein singled to center; Meyer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: Wolfe singled to center; Norwood singled to left
[Wolfe to second]; Randall was hit by a pitch [Wolfe to third,
Norwood to second]; Rivera singled to left [Wolfe scored,
Norwood to third, Randall to second]; Carew hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Norwood scored, Randall to third]; BURKE REPLACED
HOUSE (PITCHING); Ford walked [Rivera to second]; Kusick walked
[Randall scored, Rivera to third, Ford to second]; Smalley
forced Kusick (second to shortstop) [Rivera scored, Ford to
third]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 6.

MARINERS 3RD: Pasley grounded out (third to first); Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baez singled to left; Bochte
singled to right [Baez to third]; Stanton grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 3RD: Wolfe struck out; Norwood walked; Randall popped to
first in foul territory; Norwood was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Burke [Norwood to second]; Rivera walked;
Carew was hit by a pitch [Norwood to third, Rivera to second];
Ford forced Carew (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Mariners 0, Twins 6.

MARINERS 4TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Ruppert
Jones grounded out (second to first); Stein flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 4TH: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Smalley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar made an out to third;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Twins 6.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer made an out to shortstop; Pasley singled to
right; Cruz walked [Pasley to second]; Baez reached on an error
by Wolfe [Pasley to third, Cruz to second]; Bochte singled to
left [Pasley scored, Cruz scored (unearned), Baez to second];
Stanton flied out to right [Baez to third]; Bochte was caught
stealing second (catcher to second to first to shortstop) [Baez
scored (on throw to 2b) (unearned)]; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Wolfe flied out to center; Norwood struck out;
Randall walked; Rivera singled to center [Randall to second];
Carew doubled to left [Randall scored, Rivera to third]; Ford
singled to center [Rivera scored, Carew scored]; Kusick singled
to left [Ford to second]; RAWLEY REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING);
Smalley walked [Ford to third, Kusick to second]; Wynegar forced
Smalley (second to shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners
3, Twins 9.

MARINERS 6TH: Roberts homered; Ruppert Jones lined to right;
Stein lined to shortstop; Meyer made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Twins 9.

TWINS 6TH: Wolfe walked; Norwood doubled to right [Wolfe to
third]; Randall grounded out (second to first); Rivera walked;
Carew struck out; Ford singled to third [Wolfe scored, Norwood
to third, Rivera to second]; Kusick doubled to right [Norwood
scored, Rivera scored, Ford scored]; Smalley singled to center
[Kusick scored]; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, Twins 14.

MARINERS 7TH: Pasley lined to left; Cruz singled to right; Baez
reached on an error by Smalley [Cruz to second]; Bochte grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Baez out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4, Twins 14.

TWINS 7TH: HONEYCUTT REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Wolfe struck
out; Norwood grounded out (third to first); Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Twins
14.

MARINERS 8TH: Stanton doubled to left; Roberts singled to center
[Stanton scored]; Ruppert Jones walked [Roberts to second];
Stein lined to right [Roberts to third]; Meyer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ruppert Jones out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Twins 14.

TWINS 8TH: MONTAGUE REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Rivera
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to center; Ford
popped to catcher in foul territory; Kusick grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Twins 14.

MARINERS 9TH: Pasley flied out to center; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Baez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Twins 14.