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The Twins built an early 7-1 lead and Mike Marshall came on to earn his first save in an 8-6 triumph over the Royals. A five-run third inning sent Dennis Leonard to an early shower. Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 6Game Played on Thursday, May 18, 1978 (Night game) at Royals StadiumTwins 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 8 9 1
Royals 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 - 6 10 0
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Norwood lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .254 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261
Carew 1b 3 2 2 1 2 0 .394 Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Ford cf 3 2 0 0 0 0 .296 Wathan 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .268
Cubbage 3b 4 1 1 2 1 0 .321 Lahoud ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .100
Wynegar c 5 1 3 2 0 0 .282 Zdeb pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Adams dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 McRae dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .289
Morales ph,dh 3 0 1 2 1 1 .371 Cowens rf,3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .261
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Otis cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .313
Powell rf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .211 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .321
Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Patek ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .259
Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 White 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0 .250
Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176
T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Poquette ph,rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .283
Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 8 9 8 6 1 Totals 36 6 10 6 3 2
Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 17,459
Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 6
DP: Twins 2, Royals 2
Errors: Norwood
Doubles: Morales (5), Wynegar (4), Powell (5), Otis (9), Poquette (5)
Triples: Otis (2)
Home Runs: Carew (3), Norwood (3), McRae (7)
Stolen Bases: Wilfong (1), Wilson (15), Wathan (1), White (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (2)
GIDP: Smalley 2 (7), Poquette (2), McRae (5)
Hit by Pitch: Ford 2 (4,by Leonard,by Gura)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Zahn W(3-2) 5.1 5 4 4 3 2 1 24 3.07
T. Johnson 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 9 3.45
Marshall SV(1) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
Totals 9 10 6 6 3 2 1 39
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Leonard L(3-7) 2.2 4 6 6 2 0 1 14 4.58
Gura 3.2 3 2 2 2 1 1 17 3.94
Mingori 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.23
Bird 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6.23
Totals 9 9 8 8 6 1 2 42
Hit by Pitch: Leonard (3), Gura (3)
Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano
TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew
homered; Ford grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Cubbage popped
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan
flied out to center; McRae homered; Cowens struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1.
TWINS 2ND: Wynegar singled to right; Adams lined to left;
Smalley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Otis lined to center; Porter walked; Patek flied out
to left; White lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1,
Royals 1.
TWINS 3RD: Powell walked; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Powell to second]; Norwood grounded out (second to
first) [Powell to third]; Carew walked; Ford was hit by a pitch
[Carew to second]; Cubbage singled to left [Powell scored, Carew
scored, Ford to third]; Wynegar singled to right [Ford scored,
Cubbage to third]; GURA REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); MORALES
BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales doubled to left [Cubbage scored,
Wynegar scored]; Smalley flied out to left; Royals Manager
Whitey Herzog ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia sometime in third
inning; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Terrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson struck out; Wathan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
6, Royals 1.
TWINS 4TH: Powell lined to center; Wilfong flied out to left;
Norwood homered; Carew singled to center; Ford grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: McRae lined to left; Cowens grounded out (second to
first); Otis walked; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 7, Royals 1.
TWINS 5TH: Cubbage flied out to right; Wynegar popped to first
in foul territory; Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 7, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to right; White singled to right;
Terrell singled to left [White to second]; Wilson walked [White
to third, Terrell to second]; Wathan singled to center [White
scored, Terrell scored, Wilson to second]; McRae flied out to
left; Wilson stole third and Wathan stole second; Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins
7, Royals 3.
TWINS 6TH: Smalley popped to catcher in foul territory; Powell
walked; Wilfong forced Powell (pitcher to shortstop); Wilfong
stole second; Norwood lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 7, Royals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Otis doubled to left; Porter grounded out (first
unassisted) [Otis to third]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); Patek singled to center [Otis scored]; Geoff Zahn
left with blister; White forced Patek (third to second);
POQUETTE BATTED FOR TERRELL; White stole second; Poquette
doubled to left [White scored]; Wilson grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 5.
TWINS 7TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); COWENS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ford was hit by a pitch; Cubbage walked [Ford to second];
MINGORI REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Wynegar doubled to right [Ford
scored, Cubbage to third]; Morales was walked intentionally;
Smalley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Morales out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8,
Royals 5.
ROYALS 7TH: Wathan singled to center; McRae forced Wathan (third
to second); Cowens forced McRae (third to second); Otis tripled
to right [Cowens scored]; Porter grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.
TWINS 8TH: Powell doubled to left; RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG;
Randall grounded out (third to first); Norwood flied out to
center; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Carew was walked
intentionally; Ford popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 8, Royals 6.
ROYALS 8TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MARSHALL
REPLACED T. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Patek grounded out (shortstop to
first); LACOCK BATTED FOR WHITE; LaCock reached on an error by
Norwood; WASHINGTON RAN FOR LACOCK; Poquette grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Washington out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.
TWINS 9TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cubbage
popped to shortstop; Wynegar popped to third in foul territory;
Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8,
Royals 6.
ROYALS 9TH: HURDLE BATTED FOR WILSON; Hurdle popped to catcher
in foul territory; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WATHAN; Lahoud singled to
center; ZDEB RAN FOR LAHOUD; McRae grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Zdeb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.
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