Snapping his personal four-game losing streak, Scott McGregor pitched the Orioles to a 5-1 victory over the Twins. Doug DeCinces knocked in three runs with a double and single. In the fifth, DeCinces' double accounted for two runs in an inning that saw the Orioles score four times with the aid of other doubles by Mark Belanger and Eddie Murray. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Friday, July      14, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  4  0    1  0  x  -   5 11  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norwood lf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .272      Belanger ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .211
Carew 1b,2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .351      Dauer 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Ford cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Singleton rf          1   1   1   1     3   0   .287
Rivera rf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .304        Harlow pr,cf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .250
Morales dh            3   0   0   1     0   0   .323      Murray 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .270
Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      May dh                4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Mora lf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .252
Wolfe 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .277      DeCinces 3b           4   0   2   3     0   1   .250
  Kusick ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Lopez cf,rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .217
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .255
  Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   8   1     0   2             Totals               34   5  11   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 24,195
Left on Base: Twins 5, Orioles 9
DP: Twins 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Wynegar
Doubles: Ford (20), Rivera 2 (5), Belanger (11), Murray (16), DeCinces (15)
Caught Stealing: Norwood (8), Lopez (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (3)
GIDP: Morales (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(8-7)             4.2   9   4   1   3   2   0  25   3.22
Harrison                2.1   2   1   1   1   1   0  10   7.71
Marshall                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.57
Totals                  8    11   5   2   4   3   0  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(9-8)         9     8   1   1   0   2   0  33   3.71
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   2   0  33

Wild Pitches: Zahn (4)
Balks: McGregor 2 (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Norwood struck out; Carew singled to right; McGregor
balked [Carew to second]; Orioles Manager Earl Weaver ejected
by 1B umpire Russ Goetz; Ford flied out to left; Rivera
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); Dauer
singled to right; Singleton walked [Dauer to second]; Zahn threw
a wild pitch [Dauer to third, Singleton to second]; Murray
reached on a fielder's choice [Dauer out at home (third to
catcher to third)]; May lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 2ND: Morales grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley
singled to left; McGregor balked [Smalley to second]; Wynegar
struck out; Wolfe flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Mora singled to center; DeCinces was called out on
strikes; Lopez struck out; Dempsey forced Mora (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to center; Norwood singled to left;
Norwood was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Carew
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger popped to first in foul territory; Dauer
grounded out (third to first); Singleton walked; Murray singled
to left [Singleton to second]; May flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Rivera singled to
left; Morales grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Rivera out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Mora made an out to pitcher; DeCinces grounded out
(third to first); Lopez singled to left; Lopez was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley popped to third in foul territory; Wynegar
popped to first in foul territory; Wolfe grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey singled to right; Belanger doubled to left
[Dempsey scored (error by Wynegar; assist by Norwood)
(unearned)]; Dauer grounded out (second to first) [Belanger to
third]; Singleton singled to third [Belanger scored]; Murray
doubled to right [Singleton to third]; May popped to catcher in
foul territory; Mora walked; DeCinces doubled to left [Singleton
scored (unearned), Murray scored (unearned), Mora to third];
HARRISON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Lopez flied out to right; 4 R
(1 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

TWINS 6TH: Randall popped to third in foul territory; Norwood
flied out to center; Carew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dempsey flied out to center; Belanger flied out to
center; Dauer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Orioles 4.

TWINS 7TH: Ford doubled to right; Rivera doubled to right [Ford
to third]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ford scored];
Smalley grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton walked; HARLOW RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray
flied out to left; May singled to center [Harlow to third]; Mora
was called out on strikes; DeCinces singled to left [Harlow
scored, May to second]; Lopez grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 8TH: HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LOPEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ANDERSON REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF);
Wolfe flied out to center; KUSICK BATTED FOR RANDALL; Kusick
popped to catcher in foul territory; Norwood singled to
shortstop; Carew made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CAREW CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); MARSHALL REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING);
Dempsey lined to center; Belanger grounded out (third to first);
Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Orioles 5.

TWINS 9TH: Ford lined to second; Rivera doubled to right;
Morales grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 5.