Rookie third baseman Larry Wolfe hit the first two homers of his major league career, plus a single, and drove in five runs as the Twins defeated the Tigers, 9-2. Wolfe singled home the Twins' initial run in the second inning and scored himself on a double by Roy Smalley. Wolfe then broke a 2-2 tie with a homer in the fourth and added his other round-tripper with a man on base in the eighth.

Dave Goltz, starting for only the second time since April 21 after suffering a cracked rib and a blister on his pitching hand, hurled the route and limited the Tigers to five hits. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      3, 1978 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        0  2  0    1  4  0    0  2  0  -   9 15  1
Tigers       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smalley ss            5   1   2   1     0   0   .268      Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .322
Rivera rf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .328      Mankowski 3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .279
Ford cf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Staub dh              2   0   0   0     2   0   .293
Morales dh            5   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Thompson 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .291
Kusick 1b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .212      Kemp lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Randall 2b            5   2   2   0     0   0   .268      May c                 4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Wolfe 3b              5   3   3   5     0   0   .250      Corcoran rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Borgmann c            3   1   1   0     1   0   .229      Stanley cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Norwood lf            4   0   2   0     0   2   .245      Trammell ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .277
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sykes p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   9  15   7     2   3             Totals               31   2   5   2     4   1

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 21,227
Left on Base: Twins 7, Tigers 7
DP: Twins 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Norwood, Corcoran
Doubles: Smalley (12)
Triples: Thompson (1)
Home Runs: Wolfe 2 (2)
Stolen Bases: Randall (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Mankowski (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(2-3)            9     5   2   1   4   1   0  36   3.13
Totals                  9     5   2   1   4   1   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes L(3-3)            4.2   8   5   5   1   1   1  23   3.30
Foucault                2.1   5   2   2   0   1   1  10   3.38
Crawford                2     2   2   0   1   1   0  10   2.61
Totals                  9    15   9   7   2   3   2  43

Wild Pitches: Crawford 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Joe Brinkman


TWINS 1ST: Smalley popped to first in foul territory; Rivera
singled to left; Ford flied out to right; Morales forced Rivera
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mankowski grounded out (second to first); Staub walked; Thompson
singled to center [Staub to second]; Kemp walked [Staub to
third, Thompson to second]; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Randall singled
to center; Randall stole second; Wolfe singled to center
[Randall scored]; Borgmann walked [Wolfe to second]; Norwood
struck out; Smalley doubled to left [Wolfe scored, Borgmann to
third]; Rivera grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Corcoran struck out; Stanley singled to right;
Trammell walked [Stanley to second]; Whitaker singled to left
[Stanley scored, Trammell to third, Whitaker to second (error by
Norwood)]; Mankowski hit a sacrifice fly to right [Trammell
scored (unearned), Whitaker to third]; Staub walked; Thompson
popped to third; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 2.

TWINS 3RD: Ford grounded out (second to first); Morales lined to
shortstop; Kusick made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Kemp flied out to left; May grounded out (second to
first); Corcoran flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Tigers 2.

TWINS 4TH: Randall made an out to shortstop; Wolfe homered;
Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Norwood singled to left;
Smalley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell
flied out to center; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 2.

TWINS 5TH: Rivera singled to center; Ford flied out to right;
Morales grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivera to second];
Kusick singled to left [Rivera scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED SYKES
(PITCHING); On a bunt Randall singled to pitcher [Kusick to
second]; Wolfe homered [Kusick scored, Randall scored]; Borgmann
grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Staub
flied out to left; Thompson tripled to center; Kemp grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 2.

TWINS 6TH: Norwood singled to center [Norwood out at second
(center to second)]; Smalley singled to center; Rivera struck
out; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: May singled to center; Corcoran flied out to left;
Stanley flied out to right; Trammell forced May (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Morales grounded out (first unassisted); Kusick
singled to left; Randall lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Kusick out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mankowski grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 2.

TWINS 8TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Wolfe flied
out to right; Borgmann singled to center; Norwood was called out
on strikes; Smalley reached on an error by Corcoran [Borgmann
scored (unearned), Smalley to third]; Crawford threw a wild
pitch [Smalley scored (unearned)]; Rivera walked; Ford forced
Rivera (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 9, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Thompson flied out to right; Kemp grounded out
(second to first); May grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, Tigers 2.

TWINS 9TH: Morales singled to right; Crawford threw a wild pitch
[Morales to second]; Kusick flied out to center; Randall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wolfe flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 9, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley
grounded out (second to first); Trammell grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, Tigers 2.