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Sunday June 25, 1978
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Minnesota Twins 9, Chicago White Sox 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, June 25, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins        0  0  0    7  0  0    0  1  1  -   9 10  0
White Sox    0  0  3    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   6 14  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randall 2b            4   1   2   1     1   1   .280      Bosley rf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .297
Rivera rf             3   1   1   0     1   2   .288      Garr lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .261
  Powell ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .214        Bannister ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Morales dh            5   1   1   1     0   1   .327        Cruz ph,lf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .246
Ford cf               3   2   2   1     2   0   .300      Orta 2b               5   1   3   3     0   0   .276
Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Breazeale 1b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .269
  Chiles lf           2   0   1   0     1   1   .238      Lemon cf              3   1   1   0     2   0   .291
Wolfe 3b              2   1   0   0     1   1   .252      Nordhagen c           5   1   2   0     0   0   .319
  Cubbage ph,3b       2   0   1   0     0   0   .318      Molinaro dh           4   1   2   1     1   0   .290
Norwood lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .241
  Carew ph,1b         2   2   1   2     1   0   .347      Kessinger ss          3   1   2   0     0   1   .270
Smalley ss            4   1   1   4     0   0   .272        Lamar Johnson ph    0   0   0   1     0   0   .243
Borgmann c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .218        Pryor ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Wynegar ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Hinton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kucek p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   9  10   9     9   7             Totals               37   6  14   6     5   1

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 20,137
Left on Base: Twins 8, White Sox 10
DP: Twins 2, White Sox 2
Errors: Nordhagen
Doubles: Orta (10)
Home Runs: Smalley (7), Orta (9), Molinaro (1)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro (13)
Caught Stealing: Rivera (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Carew (5), Lamar Johnson (3)
GIDP: Bosley (2), Orta (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson W(8-5)         5    11   4   4   2   1   2  27   4.82
Scarce                  2     3   2   2   2   0   0  10   3.94
Marshall SV(10)         2     0   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.35
Totals                  9    14   6   6   5   1   2  43

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hinton L(1-1)           3.1   4   5   5   3   2   0  15   2.57
Willoughby              0.2   2   2   2   1   2   1   5   2.89
Kucek                   3.2   3   1   1   3   3   0  18   7.50
LaGrow                  1.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   6   4.05
Totals                  9    10   9   9   9   7   1  44

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger


TWINS 1ST: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
walked; Rivera was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley lined to second; Garr made an out to
shortstop; Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford singled to center; Kusick lined into a double
play (second to first) [Ford out at first]; Wolfe struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Breazeale grounded out (second to first); Lemon
singled to center; Nordhagen singled to first [Lemon out at
third (first to third)]; Molinaro singled to shortstop
[Nordhagen to second]; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: Norwood flied out to left; Smalley flied out to
center; Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger singled to center; On a bunt Bosley
singled [Kessinger to second]; Garr flied out to right; Orta
homered [Kessinger scored, Bosley scored]; Breazeale grounded
out (second to first); Lemon flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 3.

TWINS 4TH: Randall walked; Rivera singled to left [Randall to
second]; Morales singled to center [Randall scored, Rivera to
third]; Ford singled to right [Rivera scored, Morales to
second]; Kusick struck out; Wolfe walked [Morales to third, Ford
to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); CAREW BATTED
FOR NORWOOD; Carew singled to center [Morales scored, Ford to
third, Wolfe to second]; Smalley homered [Ford scored, Wolfe
scored, Carew scored]; Borgmann walked; Randall struck out;
Rivera was called out on strikes; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
7, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CHILES
REPLACED KUSICK (PLAYING LF); Nordhagen grounded out (third to
first); Molinaro homered; Soderholm singled to center; Kessinger
struck out; Bosley singled to center [Soderholm to third]; Garr
flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 4.

TWINS 5TH: KUCEK REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford made an out to third;
Chiles singled to center; Wolfe grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Orta doubled to center; Breazeale walked; Lemon
walked [Orta to third, Breazeale to second]; Nordhagen popped to
catcher in foul territory; Molinaro popped to third in foul
territory; Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 7, White Sox 4.

TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Smalley
grounded out (second to first); Borgmann reached on an error by
Nordhagen; Randall singled to right [Borgmann to second]; Rivera
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, White
Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger singled to center; SCARCE REPLACED
ERICKSON (PITCHING); Bosley lined to second; BANNISTER BATTED
FOR GARR; Bannister flied out to left; Orta singled to center
[Kessinger to second]; Breazeale lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 4.

TWINS 7TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Morales struck
out (catcher to first); Ford walked; Chiles struck out; CUBBAGE
BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 7, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Lemon
walked; Nordhagen singled to left [Lemon to second]; Molinaro
walked [Lemon to third, Nordhagen to second]; Soderholm singled
to third [Lemon scored, Nordhagen to third, Molinaro to second];
LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Lamar Johnson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Nordhagen scored]; Molinaro stole third;
Bosley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Soderholm out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
7, White Sox 6.

TWINS 8TH: PRYOR REPLACED LAMAR JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); Carew
walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Carew to second]; WYNEGAR BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Wynegar made an
out to third; Randall singled to right [Carew scored]; POWELL
BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell walked [Randall to second]; LAGROW
REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); Morales forced Powell (third to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 8, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WYNEGAR
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MARSHALL REPLACED SCARCE
(PITCHING); CRUZ BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Cruz walked; Orta
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Cruz
out at second]; Breazeale grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, White Sox 6.

TWINS 9TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Ford walked; Chiles
walked [Ford to second]; Cubbage singled to second [Ford to
third, Chiles to second]; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Ford scored, Chiles to third]; Smalley flied into a double play
(center to shortstop) [Cubbage out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 9, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nordhagen flied out to left; Molinaro grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, White Sox 6.



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