A five-hitter by Gary Serum stopped the Brewers as the Twins posted a 7-2 victory. The Twins scored two runs in the second inning on consecutive singles by Larry Wolfe, Roy Smalley, Butch Wynegar and Bombo Rivera, and plated another pair in the third on singles by Dan Ford and Jose Morales, an infield out and a single by Wolfe. After walks to Rivera and Rod Carew, Ford slugged a double for the Twins' final two markers in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      4, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  5  0
Twins        0  2  2    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   7 11  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .301      Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Money 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .268      Carew 1b              4   1   0   0     1   1   .341
Davis dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Ford cf               5   2   3   2     0   1   .296
  May ph,dh           1   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Morales dh            4   1   1   0     0   0   .342
Hisle cf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .293      Norwood lf            3   0   1   1     1   1   .262
Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Wolfe 3b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .256
Lezcano rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .324      Smalley ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .277
Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .257      Wynegar c             3   0   1   1     1   0   .269
  Gantner 3b          0   0   0   0     1   0   .233      Rivera rf             3   1   1   1     1   1   .279
Yount ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .266      Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Moore c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Replogle p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stein p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   2     3   5             Totals               34   7  11   7     5   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 26,263
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Twins 9
DP: Brewers 0, Twins 0
Doubles: Yount (7), Ford (17)
Home Runs: Molitor (6)
Stolen Bases: Molitor (22), Norwood (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Morales (2)
Hit by Pitch: Hisle (4,by Serum)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers L(4-4)          2.2   7   4   4   0   1   0  15   5.64
Replogle                3.1   3   3   2   3   0   0  16   4.64
Stein                   1     1   0   0   2   2   0   6   4.70
McClure                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.08
Totals                  8    11   7   6   5   5   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum W(4-3)            9     5   2   2   3   5   1  36   3.51
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   5   1  36

Passed Balls: Moore (2)
Hit by Pitch: Serum (1)
Wild Pitches: Replogle (2)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor flied out to left; Money lined to pitcher;
Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
grounded out (second to first); Lezcano singled to left; Bando
walked [Lezcano to second]; Yount forced Bando (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Norwood
struck out; Wolfe singled; Smalley singled to left [Wolfe to
second]; Wynegar singled [Smalley to second, Wolfe scored];
Rivera singled to center [Wynegar to second, Smalley scored];
Randall flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Twins 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore made an out to first; Molitor singled to
right; Molitor stole second; Money was called out on strikes;
Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford singled;
Morales singled to left [Ford to second]; Norwood grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Morales to second, Ford to third]; Wolfe
singled to center [Morales scored, Ford scored]; REPLOGLE
REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING); Smalley flied out to left; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Hisle flied out to right; Oglivie was called out on
strikes; Lezcano lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Rivera popped
to third in foul territory; Randall walked; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
struck out; Moore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Ford singled to center; Morales out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Ford to second]; Replogle threw a wild
pitch [Ford to third]; Norwood singled to shortstop [Ford
scored]; Norwood stole second; Wolfe grounded out (second to
first) [Norwood to third]; Smalley grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Molitor homered; Money flied out to left; Davis
grounded out (third to first); Hisle was hit by a pitch; Oglivie
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
walked; Randall grounded out (second to first) [Rivera to
second]; Carew was walked intentionally; Moore allowed a passed
ball [Carew to second, Rivera to third]; Ford doubled to center
[Carew scored (unearned), Rivera scored]; Morales flied out to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 7.

BREWERS 7TH: Lezcano struck out; Bando was called out on
strikes; Yount grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: GANTNER REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); STEIN REPLACED
REPLOGLE (PITCHING); Norwood walked; On a bunt Wolfe forced
Norwood (pitcher to shortstop); Smalley singled to right [Wolfe
to third]; Wynegar walked [Smalley to second]; Rivera struck
out; Randall was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Brewers 1, Twins 7.

BREWERS 8TH: Moore flied out to left; Molitor flied out to
center; Money singled to center; MAY BATTED FOR DAVIS; May
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MCCLURE REPLACED
STEIN (PITCHING); Carew struck out; Ford struck out; Morales
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 7.

BREWERS 9TH: Hisle walked; Oglivie flied out to left; Lezcano
made an out to second; Gantner walked [Hisle to second]; Yount
doubled to left [Gantner to third, Hisle scored]; Moore grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Twins 7.