Rod Carew tripled with the bases loaded for his fourth hit of the night to highlight a seven-run, ninth-inning rally that brought the Twins an 8-7 victory over the Orioles. A three-run double by Billy Smith helped the Orioles build up a 5-1 lead before the Twins made their comeback.

A wild throw by shortstop Kiko Garcia with the bases loaded resulted in two runs. After a single by Hosken Powell drove in another run, Roy Smalley walked to fill the sacks again and Carew cleared them with his triple. Mike Cubbage followed with a single and Carew scored what proved to be the winning run as the Orioles fell short in their half with two tallies on a bases-loaded single by Terry Crowley. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 7

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  7  -   8 11  1
Orioles      0  0  5    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   7 12  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .211      Bumbry lf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .226
Smalley ss            4   1   1   0     1   0   .281      Smith 2b              4   2   2   3     1   0   .254
Carew 1b              5   1   4   3     0   0   .371      Murray 1b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .211
Cubbage 3b            5   0   1   1     0   1   .300        Belanger pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Ford cf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .306      Singleton rf          3   0   1   1     1   2   .352
Adams dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .183        Lopez rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Chiles lf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .258        Crowley ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .429
  Norwood lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Harlow cf             3   0   0   0     2   2   .352
Wynegar c             3   0   1   2     1   0   .228      May dh                5   0   0   0     0   2   .237
  Wilfong pr,2b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .500      DeCinces 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .265
Randall 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Garcia ss             4   1   1   0     0   1   .286
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .364      Skaggs c              3   1   2   1     0   0   .167
  Borgmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Kelly ph            1   1   0   0     0   0   .278
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thayer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Flinn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  11   7     3   5             Totals               37   7  12   7     5   9

Time of Game: 3:13   Attendance: 26,870
Left on Base: Twins 6, Orioles 8
DP: Twins 3, Orioles 2
Errors: Cubbage, Garcia 2
Doubles: Smalley (5), Smith (4)
Triples: Carew (3)
Stolen Bases: Ford (3)
Caught Stealing: Murray (2)
GIDP: Ford (4), Murray (1), May (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                2     5   5   5   2   1   0  11   4.70
Scarce                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.29
Thayer W(1-1)           5.2   4   0   0   1   6   0  21   3.00
T. Johnson SV(2)        1     2   2   1   1   2   0   7   3.13
Totals                  9    12   7   6   5   9   0  42

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez             8     8   3   3   1   4   0  33   4.62
Stanhouse L(0-2)        0.1   1   4   3   2   1   0   5   2.63
T. Martinez             0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   7.20
Flinn                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    11   8   7   3   5   0  41

Balks: Thayer (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Powell struck out; Smalley grounded out (first to
pitcher); Carew singled to left; Cubbage forced Carew (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith
singled; Murray grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford reached on an error by Garcia [Ford to first];
Ford stole second; Adams lined to right; Chiles grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton walked; Harlow struck out; May grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Singleton out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to center; Powell grounded out
(second to first); Smalley doubled to right; Carew singled to
second [Smalley to third]; Cubbage struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: On a bunt DeCinces singled; Garcia singled to third
[DeCinces to second]; Skaggs singled to center [Garcia to third,
DeCinces scored]; Bumbry walked [Skaggs to second]; Smith
doubled to left [Bumbry scored, Skaggs scored, Garcia scored];
SCARCE REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Murray grounded out (second
to first) [Smith to third]; Singleton singled to center [Smith
scored]; Harlow walked [Singleton to second]; THAYER REPLACED
SCARCE (PITCHING); May made an out to second; DeCinces lined to
left; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 5.

TWINS 4TH: Ford singled; Adams grounded out (first unassisted)
[Ford to second]; Chiles flied out to center; Wynegar singled
[Ford scored]; Randall grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia lined to left; Skaggs singled to second;
Bumbry singled to left [Skaggs to second]; Smith lined to right
[Skaggs to third]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 5TH: Powell lined to left; Smalley flied out to center;
Carew singled to center; Cubbage grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton was called out on strikes; Harlow walked;
May flied out to center; DeCinces lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 6TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Adams struck out;
Chiles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Garcia lined to center; Skaggs flied out to center;
Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar walked; Randall forced Wynegar (first to
shortstop); Powell lined into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Randall out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles
5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Smith lined to first; Murray singled to right;
Singleton struck out while Murray was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles
5.

TWINS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Smalley lined
to third; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); May
struck out; DeCinces singled to shortstop; Thayer balked
[DeCinces to second]; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 9TH: Ford singled to center; Adams singled [Ford to
third]; STANHOUSE REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Chiles walked
[Adams to second]; Wynegar reached on an error by Garcia [Chiles
to third, Adams scored (no RBI), Ford scored]; WILFONG RAN FOR
WYNEGAR; MORALES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Morales was called out on
strikes; Powell singled to center [Wilfong to second, Chiles
scored]; Smalley walked [Wilfong to third, Powell to second]; T.
MARTINEZ REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Carew tripled to center
[Smalley scored, Powell scored, Wilfong scored (unearned)];
Cubbage singled to right [Carew scored]; FLINN REPLACED T.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Ford grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Cubbage out at second]; Debut game for John
Flinn; 7 R (6 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: NORWOOD REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING LF); WILFONG
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BORGMANN REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING
C ); KELLY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; T. JOHNSON REPLACED THAYER
(PITCHING); Kelly reached on an error by Cubbage [Kelly to
first]; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kelly to
second]; Smith walked; Murray singled to center [Smith to
second, Kelly to third]; BELANGER RAN FOR MURRAY; CROWLEY BATTED
FOR LOPEZ; Crowley singled to center [Belanger to second, Smith
scored, Kelly scored (unearned)]; Harlow struck out; May struck
out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 8, Orioles 7.

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