While Roger Erickson scattered nine hits in his winning performance, Roy Smalley homered with a man on base and Jose Morales accounted for two RBIs as the Twins defeated the Brewers, 7-2. The Twins took command with four runs in the sixth inning. Rod Carew singled, advanced to third on a wild pitch and a flyout and scored on a single by Morales. Willie Norwood doubled, Morales stopping at third.

Larry Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Morales, before Smalley capped the inning with his homer. Morales accounted for his second RBI with a single in the seventh when the Twins wrapped up their attack with the final three runs. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Monday, July      3, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  9  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  4    3  0  x  -   7 11  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Randall 2b            3   1   0   0     2   0   .281
Money 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .269      Carew 1b              4   2   2   1     1   2   .346
Davis dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .259      Ford cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .291
Hisle cf              3   0   1   0     0   2   .295      Morales dh            4   1   3   2     0   0   .345
Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .264      Norwood lf            4   1   3   1     0   0   .261
Lezcano rf            4   0   3   1     0   1   .326      Wolfe 3b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .248
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Smalley ss            3   1   1   2     1   1   .274
Yount ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Martinez c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Rivera rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .277
  Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moore c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stein p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     0   8             Totals               32   7  11   7     5   6

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 19,062
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Twins 7
DP: Brewers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Wolfe
Doubles: Davis (9), Morales (9), Norwood 2 (17)
Home Runs: Smalley (9)
Stolen Bases: Wynegar (1), Randall (3), Carew (14)
Caught Stealing: Carew (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Wolfe (2)
GIDP: Martinez (3), Wynegar (4)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (3,by Erickson)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine L(9-9)        5.2   8   4   4   2   3   1  25   4.59
Rodriguez               0.2   3   3   3   2   0   0   7   4.36
Stein                   1.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   6   4.81
Totals                  8    11   7   7   5   6   1  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson W(9-5)         9     9   2   2   0   8   0  36   4.62
Totals                  9     9   2   2   0   8   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Erickson (5)
Wild Pitches: Augustine (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
made an out to shortstop; Davis grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

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

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle was hit by a pitch; Hisle was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Oglivie was called out on strikes;
Lezcano singled to center; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Norwood singled to left; Wolfe flied out to center;
Smalley walked [Norwood to second]; Wynegar grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Smalley out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Yount singled to right; On a bunt Martinez grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Yount out
at second]; Molitor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Rivera was called out on strikes; Randall grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis
singled to left; Hisle singled to center [Davis to second];
Oglivie struck out; Lezcano singled to right [Hisle to second,
Davis scored]; Bando forced Hisle (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
doubled to right; Norwood flied out to center; Wolfe lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount flied out to left; Martinez lined to left;
Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley was called out on strikes; Wynegar singled to
left; Wynegar stole second; Rivera made an out to second;
Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Twins 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis
reached on an error by Wolfe; Hisle struck out; Oglivie forced
Davis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to center; Augustine threw a wild pitch
[Carew to second]; Ford flied out to right [Carew to third];
Morales singled to left [Carew scored]; Norwood doubled to right
[Morales to third]; Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly to right [Morales
scored]; Smalley homered [Norwood scored]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED
AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Wynegar grounded out (first to pitcher); 4
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Lezcano was called out on strikes; Bando flied out
to right; Yount flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Randall walked;
Randall stole second; Carew singled to right [Randall scored];
Carew stole second; Ford walked; Morales singled to right [Ford
to second, Carew scored]; Norwood doubled to left [Morales to
third, Ford scored]; STEIN REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Wolfe
grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley grounded out (first
unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 7.

BREWERS 8TH: MUSER BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Muser struck out;
Molitor lined to second; Money singled to center; Davis doubled
to center [Money scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 2, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING C ); Wynegar struck
out; Rivera struck out; Randall walked; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Twins 7.

BREWERS 9TH: Oglivie flied out to left; Lezcano singled to left;
Bando singled to right [Lezcano to second]; Yount struck out;
Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Twins 7.