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.

Mike Cubbage drove in two tallies with a single. Butch Wynegar singled home another run and Jose Morales delivered a pinch-hit double. Rod Carew and Willie Norwood hit solo homers for the Twins. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 6
Game Played on Thursday, May       18, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        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.