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Tuesday April 25, 1978
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Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, April 25, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Twins        0  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   3  9  2
A's          0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   4 12  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .365      Edwards 2b            7   0   0   0     0   3   .326
  Wolfe ph,3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Guerrero ss           7   0   1   0     0   0   .385
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     3   1   .256      Page dh               4   0   2   0     2   0   .316
Carew 1b              7   0   1   1     0   1   .361      Alexander lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .313
Adams dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .130        Murphy lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kusick ph,dh        4   0   0   0     0   1   .237        Essian ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .204
Ford cf               5   1   3   1     1   0   .316        Dilone lf           2   0   1   1     1   0   .216
Wynegar c             5   0   1   0     1   0   .197      Revering 1b           5   0   0   0     1   1   .298
Powell rf             5   1   1   0     1   0   .200      Armas cf              6   1   3   0     0   0   .321
Norwood lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Gross 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .211
  Chiles ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Staggs pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Randall 2b            6   1   2   0     0   0   .304        Perez 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Newman c              6   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thomasson rf          5   2   2   3     1   1   .143
                                                          Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               52   3   9   2     6   3             Totals               50   4  12   4     6   5

Time of Game: 3:41   Attendance:  4,808
Left on Base: Twins 13, A's 13
DP: Twins 2, A's 0
Errors: Cubbage, Smalley, Gross, Thomasson
Doubles: Powell (3)
Home Runs: Ford (3), Thomasson (2)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Perez (1)
GIDP: Alexander (4), Armas (3)
Hit by Pitch: Page (1,by Zahn)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    9     7   3   0   3   2   1  36   3.81
T. Johnson L(1-3)       4.2   5   1   1   3   3   0  22   2.65
Totals                 13.2  12   4   1   6   5   1  58

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford                6.1   3   3   1   4   0   1  27   2.13
Lacey                   0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.70
Heaverlo                6.1   5   0   0   1   2   0  25   0.95
Coleman W(1-0)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                 14     9   3   1   6   3   1  58

Hit by Pitch: Zahn (2)
Wild Pitches: Zahn (1)
Balks: T. Johnson (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


TWINS 1ST: Cubbage flied out to left; Smalley walked; Carew
forced Smalley (second to shortstop); Adams flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Guerrero
flied out to right; Page reached on an error by Cubbage [Page to
second]; Alexander flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford homered; Wynegar flied out to left; Powell flied
out to left; Norwood popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering was called out on strikes; Armas reached
on an error by Smalley; Gross singled to right [Armas to
second]; Newman flied out to right [Armas to third]; Thomasson
homered (unearned) [Armas scored (unearned), Gross scored
(unearned)]; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 3.

TWINS 3RD: Randall lined to shortstop; Cubbage popped to third
in foul territory; Smalley popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero flied out to right; Page was hit by a
pitch; Alexander grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Page out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 3.

TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); Adams singled
to center; Ford walked [Adams to second]; Wynegar walked [Adams
to third, Ford to second]; Powell flied out to left; Norwood
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to left; Armas lined to third;
Gross singled to center; Newman forced Gross (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 3.

TWINS 5TH: Randall grounded out (third to first); Cubbage
grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley walked; Carew flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Thomasson made an out to third; Edwards flied out
to left; Guerrero singled to center; Page singled to right
[Guerrero out at third (right to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 3.

TWINS 6TH: Adams flied out to center; Ford flied out to center;
Wynegar popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alexander singled to left; Alexander was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop to second); Revering
walked; Armas grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Revering out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Athletics 3.

TWINS 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); Powell
doubled to left; Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Powell to third]; Randall reached on an error by Gross [Powell
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Randall to second]; LACEY REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); WOLFE BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Wolfe grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Randall to third]; Smalley walked;
Carew singled to left [Randall scored (unearned), Smalley to
second]; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY
(PITCHING); Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOLFE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Gross flied out to left; Newman made an
out to first; Thomasson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
3, Athletics 3.

TWINS 8TH: Ford grounded out (second to first); Wynegar lined to
right; Powell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Edwards flied out to center; Guerrero grounded
out (third to first); Page walked; ESSIAN BATTED FOR MURPHY;
Essian walked [Page to second]; Zahn threw a wild pitch [Page to
third, Essian to second]; Revering grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

TWINS 9TH: DILONE REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING LF); Norwood grounded
out (shortstop to first); Randall singled to center; Wolfe flied
out to center; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas singled to left; Gross forced Armas (third
to shortstop); STAGGS RAN FOR GROSS; Newman forced Staggs
(second to shortstop); Thomasson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

TWINS 10TH: PEREZ REPLACED STAGGS (PLAYING 3B); Carew grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kusick made an out to first; Ford
singled to left; Wynegar singled to right [Ford to third (error
by Thomasson), Wynegar to second]; Powell was walked
intentionally; CHILES BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Chiles forced Powell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics
3.

ATHLETICS 10TH: T. JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); CHILES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Edwards struck out; Guerrero flied
out to right; Page singled to left; Dilone walked [Page to
second]; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Athletics 3.

TWINS 11TH: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Wolfe
grounded out (third to first); Smalley was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Armas singled to center; Perez out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Armas to second]; Newman
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Thomasson was walked
intentionally; Edwards struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
3, Athletics 3.

TWINS 12TH: Carew struck out; Kusick made an out to second; Ford
singled to right; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Guerrero made an out to first; Page flied out to
center; Dilone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
3, Athletics 3.

TWINS 13TH: Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Chiles
grounded out (second to first); Randall singled to center; Wolfe
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 13TH: Revering made an out to third; Armas singled to
left; Perez popped to first in foul territory; Newman forced
Armas (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Athletics 3.

TWINS 14TH: COLEMAN REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Smalley
grounded out (first to pitcher); Carew flied out to right;
Kusick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 14TH: Thomasson singled to center; Edwards struck out;
Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thomasson to
second]; T. Johnson balked [Thomasson to third]; Page was walked
intentionally; Dilone singled to left [Thomasson scored, Page to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 4.



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