After hitting his first home run of the year in the fifth inning, Glenn Borgmann hit a run-scoring single in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie and trigger the Twins to a 5-2 victory over the Rangers. Bombo Rivera led off the Twins' seventh with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, took third on an infield out and scored on Borgmann's single.

The Twins added a pair of insurance markers in the eighth on a double by Dan Ford, walk to Roy Smalley and triple by Mike Cubbage. Jim Sundberg's consecutive-game hitting streak was stopped at 22. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       23, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  1  0    1  2  x  -   5  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           1   0   0   0     3   0   .261      Norwood lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .256
  Thompson pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Carew 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .399
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Ford cf               4   2   3   1     0   1   .308
Oliver lf             4   0   2   2     0   0   .274      Kusick dh             3   0   0   0     0   2   .179
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Chiles ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Rivera rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .320
Lowenstein 3b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .340      Smalley ss            2   1   0   0     1   0   .248
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Wolfe 3b              2   0   1   0     1   0   .226
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .229        Cubbage ph,3b       1   0   1   2     0   0   .327
Beniquez cf           3   1   1   0     1   1   .254      Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Mason ss              4   1   1   0     0   2   .227        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wilfong pr,2b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .105
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            4   1   2   2     0   0   .217
                                                          Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     5   5             Totals               31   5   9   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  6,791
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Twins 7
DP: Rangers 0, Twins 0
Doubles: Ford (11)
Triples: Cubbage (3)
Home Runs: Ford (5), Borgmann (1)
Caught Stealing: Wills (2), Beniquez (5), Wolfe (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger L(2-3)         7     8   4   4   2   3   2  30   4.44
Cleveland               1     1   1   1   2   0   0   6   2.45
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   3   2  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson W(4-3)         9     6   2   2   5   5   0  36   4.85
Totals                  9     6   2   2   5   5   0  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Oliver popped to shortstop; Bonds
flied out to center; Zisk singled to right [Hargrove to third];
Lowenstein walked [Zisk to second]; Sundberg was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (second to first); Ford homered; Kusick struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Wills singled to right; Wills was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first);
Beniquez walked; Beniquez was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first); Mason was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Smalley lined
to left; Wolfe singled to left; Wolfe was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove flied out to left; Oliver singled to
center; Bonds grounded out (third to first) [Oliver to second];
Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Randall made an out to second; Borgmann grounded out
(third to first); Norwood flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Lowenstein flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out
(third to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: On a bunt Carew singled to pitcher; Ford singled to
left [Carew to second]; Kusick struck out; Rivera flied out to
center [Carew to third]; Smalley flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez struck out; Mason struck out; Hargrove
walked; Oliver popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Wolfe grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall
flied out to center; Borgmann homered; Norwood grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Bonds flied out to right; Zisk flied out to center;
Lowenstein flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford struck out;
Kusick grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Wills grounded out
(second to first); Beniquez singled to left; Mason singled to
center [Beniquez to second]; Hargrove walked [Beniquez to third,
Mason to second]; THOMPSON RAN FOR HARGROVE; Oliver singled to
right [Beniquez scored, Mason scored, Thompson to second]; Bonds
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING 1B); Rivera
singled to center; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Rivera to second]; Wolfe walked; MORALES BATTED FOR
RANDALL; Morales forced Wolfe (shortstop to second) [Rivera to
third]; WILFONG RAN FOR MORALES; Borgmann singled to shortstop
[Rivera scored, Wilfong to second]; Norwood walked [Wilfong to
third, Borgmann to second]; Carew grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 3.

RANGERS 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Zisk grounded
out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein popped to third in foul
territory; Sundberg flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Ford doubled to left; CLEVELAND REPLACED UMBARGER
(PITCHING); CHILES BATTED FOR KUSICK; Chiles grounded out
(second to first) [Ford to third]; Rivera made an out to second;
Smalley walked; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage tripled to
right [Ford scored, Smalley scored]; Wilfong walked; Borgmann
forced Wilfong (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
2, Twins 5.

RANGERS 9TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CUBBAGE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Wills flied out to left; Beniquez flied
out to center; Mason flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 5.