Monday May 29, 1978
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Minnesota Twins 7, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, May 29, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 7 12 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Smalley ss 4 2 2 1 0 1 .253 Lowenstein 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .302 Norwood lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .238 Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .256 Carew ph,1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .383 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Ford cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .319 Bonds rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .259 Kusick 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .211 Oliver dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Chiles lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Zisk lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Rivera rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .333 J. Ellis c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Morales dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .300 Thompson cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .220 Beniquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Borgmann c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Wilfong pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .160 Mason ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Wynegar c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Randall 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 12 7 2 4 Totals 33 2 7 2 1 6 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 28,317 Left on Base: Twins 7, Rangers 5 DP: Twins 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Mason Doubles: Morales (6), Kusick (3), Borgmann (1), Smalley (10), J. Ellis (1), Hargrove (10), Bonds 2 (8) Triples: Lowenstein (3) Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (5), Randall (4) Sacrifice Flies: Wolfe (1) GIDP: Wolfe (4), Mason (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson W(5-3) 7.2 7 2 2 1 5 0 30 4.61 Marshall SV(5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.23 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 6 0 34 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Umbarger L(2-4) 0.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 6 5.12 Medich 8 7 3 2 0 4 0 31 5.06 Lindblad 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.93 Totals 9 12 7 6 2 4 0 41 Wild Pitches: Lindblad (1) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); Norwood singled to third; Ford singled to right [Norwood to third]; Kusick singled to left [Norwood scored, Ford to third, Kusick to second (on throw)]; Rivera was walked intentionally; Morales doubled [Ford scored, Kusick scored, Rivera to third]; MEDICH REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rivera scored]; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Lowenstein made an out to third; Hargrove lined to shortstop; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Randall grounded out (pitcher to first); Smalley struck out; Norwood flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Zisk lined to shortstop; J. Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. TWINS 3RD: Ford grounded out (third to first); Kusick made an out to second; Rivera grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (second to first); Mason struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to right; Wolfe grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; Borgmann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Lowenstein struck out; Hargrove flied out to left; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. TWINS 5TH: Randall singled to right; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Randall to second]; Norwood popped to catcher in foul territory; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Zisk flied out to right; J. Ellis doubled to center; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. TWINS 6TH: Kusick doubled to right; Rivera reached on a fielder's choice [Kusick out at third (pitcher to third)]; Morales grounded out (third to first) [Rivera to second]; Wolfe popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: On a bunt Wills singled to third; Mason grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wills out at second]; Lowenstein tripled to center; Hargrove doubled to center [Lowenstein scored]; Bonds doubled to right [Hargrove scored]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 2. TWINS 7TH: Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Randall flied out to right; Smalley singled to right; Norwood reached on an error by Mason [Smalley to second]; Ford singled to center [Smalley scored (unearned), Norwood to second]; Kusick flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk flied out to center; J. Ellis flied out to left; On a bunt Thompson singled to first; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 2. TWINS 8TH: Rivera struck out; Morales grounded out (second to first); Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MASON; Bevacqua grounded out (pitcher to first); Lowenstein flied out to left; Hargrove walked; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Bonds doubled to left [Jorgensen to third]; MARSHALL REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 2. TWINS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); NORMAN REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING SS); Borgmann doubled to right; WILFONG RAN FOR BORGMANN; Randall out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wilfong to third]; Smalley doubled to center [Wilfong scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); CAREW BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Carew singled to left [Smalley scored]; Lindblad threw a wild pitch [Carew to second]; Ford flied out to center; Kusick walked; Rivera popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CHILES REPLACED KUSICK (PLAYING LF); WYNEGAR REPLACED WILFONG (PLAYING C ); Zisk struck out; J. Ellis flied out to left; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Beniquez made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Rangers 2.

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