A blistering 18-hit attack led by Mike Cubbage, who drove in four runs with a triple, double and single, carried the Twins to a 15-9 thumping of the Orioles. Three Oriole errors and three walks followed by an RBI single by Cubbage gave the Twins four runs in the first inning.

The Twins added two more in the second with Rod Carew contributing a run-scoring single and Cubbage delivering triple. After Cubbage's three-base hit, Bird starter Jim Palmer was relieved. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 15, Baltimore Orioles 9
Game Played on Sunday, May       7, 1978 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        4  2  3    1  0  0    3  1  1  -  15 18  1
Orioles      0  2  1    0  2  0    1  2  1  -   9 16  4


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norwood lf            5   4   3   0     1   0   .250      Bumbry lf             4   2   2   1     1   0   .237
Smalley ss            1   3   1   1     5   0   .287      Smith 2b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Carew 1b              3   2   2   3     2   1   .378      Harlow cf             2   0   0   1     0   1   .339
Cubbage 3b            5   3   4   4     0   0   .329        Lopez ph,cf         3   1   2   1     0   0   .257
Ford cf               4   1   1   0     1   1   .304      Singleton rf          5   1   1   1     0   1   .339
Wynegar c             5   0   4   3     0   0   .258      Murray 1b             5   1   4   0     0   0   .242
Adams dh              1   1   0   0     1   0   .181      Crowley dh            2   0   0   1     0   0   .333
  Kusick ph,dh        3   0   0   0     0   0   .196        May ph,dh           3   1   2   2     0   1   .250
  Chiles ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      DeCinces 3b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .261
Powell rf             6   0   1   1     0   1   .208      Dempsey c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .246
Randall 2b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .273      Belanger ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Flinn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  15  18  13    10   3             Totals               41   9  16   9     2   3

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance:  8,923
Left on Base: Twins 11, Orioles 7
DP: Twins 2, Orioles 3
Errors: Powell, Smith, Dempsey, Belanger, Flinn
Doubles: Norwood 2 (9), Ford (9), Cubbage (2), Smalley (6), Murray (3), Bumbry (4), Belanger (6)
Triples: Cubbage (2), Bumbry (2)
Home Runs: Singleton (2), May (5), DeCinces (2)
Stolen Bases: Norwood 3 (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Cubbage (2), Ford (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Wynegar (1), Carew (3)
GIDP: Kusick (6), Wynegar (1), Powell (1), DeCinces (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum                   4.1   8   5   5   0   1   1  20   3.94
Scarce W(1-1)           4.1   8   4   4   2   2   2  22   3.97
D. Johnson              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   8.18
Totals                  9    16   9   9   2   3   3  43

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(3-2)           1.2   3   6   4   5   2   0  13   2.23
Kerrigan                1     3   3   3   1   0   0   7   8.36
T. Martinez             5.1  10   5   5   4   1   0  28   7.63
Flinn                   1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.40
Totals                  9    18  15  13  10   3   0  53

Wild Pitches: Palmer (2), Kerrigan (2)
Balks: Serum (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Norwood walked; Norwood stole second [Norwood to
third (error by Dempsey)]; Smalley walked; Palmer threw a wild
pitch [Smalley to second, Norwood scored]; Carew walked; Cubbage
singled to left [Smalley scored, Carew scored (error by
Belanger) (unearned), Cubbage to third (error by Smith)]; Ford
was called out on strikes; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Cubbage scored (unearned)]; Adams walked; Powell struck out; 4
R (2 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to right; Smith made an out to
shortstop; Harlow was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Orioles 0.

TWINS 2ND: Randall grounded out (second to first); Norwood
doubled to left; Norwood stole third; Smalley walked; Carew hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Norwood scored]; Cubbage tripled to
right [Smalley scored]; KERRIGAN REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING);
Ford popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton homered; Murray doubled to right [Murray
to third (error by Powell)]; Crowley grounded out (second to
first) [Murray scored]; DeCinces grounded out (third to first);
Dempsey singled to center; Belanger forced Dempsey (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Orioles 2.

TWINS 3RD: Wynegar singled to center; Adams forced Wynegar
(first to shortstop); Kerrigan threw a wild pitch [Adams to
second]; Powell grounded out (first unassisted) [Adams to
third]; Randall singled to center [Adams scored]; Norwood
singled to center [Randall to third]; Norwood stole second;
Smalley walked; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); Carew
singled to right [Randall scored, Norwood scored, Smalley to
second]; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 9, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry tripled to center; Smith grounded out (third
to first); Harlow grounded out (second to first) [Bumbry
scored]; Singleton flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 9, Orioles 3.

TWINS 4TH: Ford doubled to right; Wynegar singled to right [Ford
to third]; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Ford stayed at third,
Wynegar out at second]; Powell singled to pitcher [Ford scored];
Randall singled to left [Powell to second]; Norwood grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 10, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray singled
to left; Serum balked [Murray to second]; Crowley grounded out
(first unassisted) [Murray to third]; DeCinces hit into a double
play (left to catcher) [Murray out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 10, Orioles 3.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley walked; Carew walked [Smalley to second];
Cubbage out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Carew to
second, Smalley to third]; Ford was walked intentionally;
Wynegar grounded into a double play (catcher to first) [Smalley
out at home]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 10, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey flied out to left; Belanger singled to
left; Bumbry doubled to left [Belanger scored]; Smith singled to
left [Bumbry scored]; LOPEZ BATTED FOR HARLOW; SCARCE REPLACED
SERUM (PITCHING); Lopez lined to left; Singleton struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 10, Orioles 5.

TWINS 6TH: LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Kusick made an out
to shortstop; On a bunt Powell grounded out (first to pitcher);
Randall lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 10,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray singled to center; MAY BATTED FOR CROWLEY;
May struck out; DeCinces grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 10, Orioles 5.

TWINS 7TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Norwood lined to
second; Smalley walked; Carew singled to left [Smalley to
second]; Cubbage doubled [Carew scored, Smalley scored]; Ford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar singled to left
[Cubbage scored]; Kusick forced Wynegar (third to second); 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 13, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey walked; Belanger made an out to second;
Bumbry walked [Dempsey to second]; Smith flied out to left;
Lopez singled to left [Bumbry to third, Dempsey scored];
Singleton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 13, Orioles 6.

TWINS 8TH: Powell lined to left; Randall flied out to right;
Norwood doubled to left; Smalley doubled to left [Norwood
scored]; Carew struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 14,
Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); May
homered; DeCinces homered; Dempsey flied out to center; Belanger
doubled to center; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 14, Orioles 8.

TWINS 9TH: FLINN REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Cubbage
singled to right; Ford reached on an error by Flinn on a
sacrifice bunt [Cubbage to second]; Wynegar singled to left
[Ford to second, Cubbage scored]; CHILES BATTED FOR KUSICK;
Chiles flied out to right [Ford to third]; Powell grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 15, Orioles 8.

ORIOLES 9TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Smith grounded
out (shortstop to first); Lopez singled to left; Singleton flied
out to right; Murray singled to center [Lopez to second]; May
singled to right [Murray to third, Lopez scored]; D. JOHNSON
REPLACED SCARCE (PITCHING); DeCinces lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 15, Orioles 9.