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.

Mike Marshall picked up his fifth save in the nightcap as the Twins got four runs in their first turn at bat. Consecutive singles by Willie Norwood, Dan Ford and Craig Kusick brought in one run and, after Bombo Rivera was intentionally walked, Jose Morales got a ground-rule double to plate two more. A sacrifice fly by Larry Wolfe drove in the fourth run of the inning. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 7, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, May       29, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        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.