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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. Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 2Game Played on Tuesday, May 23, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRangers 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.
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