The Twins and Rangers divided a doubleheader, the Rangers winning the first game, 7-1, and the Twins taking the second, 7-2. In the opener, Dock Ellis and Roger Moret, making his first appearance since being released from a psychiatric hospital, combined on a three-hitter. Ellis was forced to leave the game after seven innings because of a developing blister. Al Oliver set the hitting pace for the Rangers, driving in four runs. The left fielder started Texas soaring in a three run the third inning by driving in Mike Hargrove with a sacrifice fly, hit a solo homer in the fifth, hit an RBI single in the sixth and produced another sacrifice fly in the eighth. Texas Rangers 7, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Monday, May 29, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 2 Rangers 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 x - 7 14 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Smalley ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .247 Wills 2b 3 3 3 0 2 0 .240 Carew 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .379 Bevacqua 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Bonds rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Oliver lf 3 1 2 4 0 0 .287 Adams dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .206 Zisk dh 5 1 1 1 0 1 .283 Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .194 Sundberg c 4 0 2 0 1 0 .340 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Beniquez cf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .284 Chiles lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Harrah 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .203 Rivera ph,rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .357 Mason ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Norwood cf,lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Norman pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Wilfong 2b 1 0 1 0 1 0 .160 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ford ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 3 1 2 6 Totals 35 7 14 7 5 5 Time of Game: 2:30 Left on Base: Twins 4, Rangers 11 DP: Twins 1, Rangers 0 Errors: Cubbage, Wynegar Doubles: Wills (5) Home Runs: Smalley (4), Oliver (5) Stolen Bases: Wills (13), Beniquez 2 (7), Harrah (8) Sacrifice Flies: Oliver 2 (5) GIDP: Sundberg (5) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Serum L(3-2) 4.1 9 5 5 3 3 1 25 3.83 Thayer 3.2 5 2 2 2 2 0 17 3.96 Totals 8 14 7 7 5 5 1 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis W(3-2) 7 1 0 0 2 3 0 24 3.26 Moret 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 8 3.00 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 6 1 32 Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc TWINS 1ST: Powell popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley flied out to center; Carew flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Wills singled to right; Wills stole second [Wills to third (error by Wynegar)]; Bonds struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Cubbage struck out; Adams grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk reached on an error by Cubbage; Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Harrah singled to left [Beniquez scored]; Harrah stole second; Mason grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 3RD: Chiles flied out to left; Norwood grounded out (second to first); Wilfong singled to right; Powell popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to left; Wills doubled to right [Hargrove to third]; Bonds flied out to left; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hargrove scored]; Zisk singled to center [Wills scored]; Sundberg singled to center [Zisk to second]; Beniquez singled to left [Zisk scored, Sundberg to third]; Harrah was called out on strikes; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. TWINS 4TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded out (second to first); Cubbage made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Mason grounded out (second to first); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Wills walked; Bonds forced Wills (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. TWINS 5TH: Adams struck out; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); Chiles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver homered; Zisk was called out on strikes; Sundberg walked; Beniquez singled to third [Sundberg to second]; THAYER REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Harrah struck out; Mason lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 5. TWINS 6TH: Norwood grounded out (third to first); Wilfong walked; Powell grounded out (third to first) [Wilfong to second]; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [Wilfong to third]; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 5. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Wills walked; Bonds grounded out (third to first) [Wills to second]; Oliver singled to left [Wills scored, Oliver out at second (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Carew grounded out (second to first); Cubbage lined to second; Adams walked; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk flied out to center; Sundberg singled to left; Beniquez singled to left [Sundberg to third]; Harrah flied out to right; Beniquez stole second; Mason walked; NORMAN RAN FOR MASON; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 8TH: NORMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MORET REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); RIVERA BATTED FOR CHILES; Rivera singled to center; Norwood struck out; FORD BATTED FOR WILFONG; Ford flied out to right; RANDALL BATTED FOR POWELL; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORWOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Wills singled to center; Bonds singled to center [Wills to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wills scored]; Zisk flied out to right; Sundberg forced Bonds (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 7. TWINS 9TH: BEVACQUA REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Smalley homered; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); MORALES BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Morales struck out; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 7. |
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