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Raising his batting average to .407, Rod Carew stroked three hits, knocked in two runs and scored another to pace the Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Royals. Carew doubled in the fourth inning and scored on a single by Dan Ford. Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at Royals StadiumTwins 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
Royals 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Norwood lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Carew 1b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .407 Poquette ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Ford cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .296 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .286
Rivera rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Cowens rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .260
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .318
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Porter c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .303
Randall 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Patek ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .284
Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ph,ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .400
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 3 7 3 1 1 Totals 33 2 6 2 2 1
Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 29,079
Left on Base: Twins 4, Royals 6
DP: Twins 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Carew 2 (7), Norwood (11), Brett (10), Otis (10), White (6)
Triples: Cowens (4)
Stolen Bases: Washington (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Ford (2)
GIDP: Rivera (1)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Serum W(3-0) 8 6 2 2 2 1 0 32 3.60
Marshall SV(3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 1 0 35
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff L(4-4) 9 7 3 3 1 1 0 34 2.72
Totals 9 7 3 3 1 1 0 34
Wild Pitches: Splittorff (1)
Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak
TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to left; Carew grounded out (third
to first); Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to left; Brett doubled; Cowens tripled to right [Brett
scored]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 2ND: Morales struck out; Rivera singled; Smalley grounded
out (third to first) [Rivera to second]; Splittorff threw a wild
pitch [Rivera to third]; Wynegar grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Porter
walked; Patek struck out; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 3RD: Wolfe grounded out (second to first); Randall popped
to shortstop; Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae flied
out to center; Brett lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 4TH: Carew doubled; Ford singled to right [Carew scored];
Morales flied out to right; Rivera grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ford out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; Otis
doubled to left; Hurdle popped to first; Porter singled to
center [Otis scored]; WASHINGTON BATTED FOR PATEK; Washington
singled to left [Porter to third]; Washington stole second;
White lined to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2.
TWINS 5TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Smalley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar lined to center;
Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Wilson flied out to center; McRae flied out to
right; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2.
TWINS 6TH: Randall singled to right; Norwood doubled to right
[Randall to third]; Carew doubled to left [Randall scored,
Norwood scored]; Ford out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Carew to third]; Morales reached on a fielder's choice [Carew
out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Rivera lined to center; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis lined
to right; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
TWINS 7TH: Smalley flied out to right; Wynegar walked; Wolfe
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wynegar to second]; Randall
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Porter grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); White doubled to left; POQUETTE
BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
TWINS 8TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Norwood flied
out to center; Carew singled to left; Ford flied out to center;
Morales forced Carew (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: McRae flied out to right; Brett walked; Cowens
popped to second; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
TWINS 9TH: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Smalley popped
to catcher in foul territory; Wynegar popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Hurdle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Porter popped to third; LAHOUD BATTED
FOR WASHINGTON; Lahoud popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.
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