Follwing an announcement earlier in the day that Gene Mauch's contract had been extended for three years through 1981, the Twins presented their manager with a victory when Willie Norwood smashed a two-run homer with two out in the 10th inning to beat the Yankees, 7-5.

The Twins had a homer by Roy Smalley in the first inning and held a 5-3 lead until the eighth when Lou Piniella walked, Reggie Jackson singled and Graig Nettles tied the score with a double. In the Twins 10th, Dan Ford led off with a double but was thrown out at third on an attempted sacrifice by Mike Cubbage. Butch Wynegar then went out before Norwood came to the plate and hit his homer off Sparky Lyle. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        1  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  0    2  -   7 11  0
Yankees      0  0  0    2  0  1    0  2  0    0  -   5 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .239      Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Smalley ss            5   2   2   1     0   0   .273      Randolph 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Carew 1b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .336      Munson c              5   1   1   0     0   1   .295
Ford cf               5   1   2   0     0   1   .304      Piniella lf           4   2   3   0     1   1   .314
Cubbage 3b            5   2   2   1     0   0   .315      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   1     1   0   .285
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Jackson rf            4   1   2   0     1   0   .273
Chiles lf             2   1   2   2     0   0   .297      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   3     0   2   .258
  Norwood ph,lf       3   1   1   2     0   0   .267      White dh              2   0   1   1     1   0   .259
Adams dh              2   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .220
  Morales ph,dh       3   0   1   0     0   0   .315        Blair ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .275        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Doyle ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   7  11   7     2   1             Totals               36   5  10   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 25,037
Left on Base: Twins 7, Yankees 7
DP: Twins 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Stanley
Doubles: Chiles (8), Ford (22), Piniella (17), Nettles (12)
Triples: White (2)
Home Runs: Smalley (11), Norwood (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (5)
Sacrifice Flies: White (2), Nettles (4)
GIDP: Chambliss (5), Munson (11)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    7     8   3   3   2   3   0  29   3.17
Marshall W(5-8)         3     2   2   2   2   2   0  13   2.90
Totals                 10    10   5   5   4   5   0  42

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow                  4.2   8   5   4   0   1   1  23   3.94
Lyle L(7-2)             5.1   3   2   2   2   0   1  21   3.43
Totals                 10    11   7   6   2   1   2  44

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


TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley
homered; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Ford struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Randolph flied out to
right; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage singled to center; Wynegar flied out to
center; Chiles singled to right [Cubbage to second]; Adams flied
out to left [Cubbage to third]; Wilfong grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella singled to right; Chambliss grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Piniella out at
second]; Jackson singled to first; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

TWINS 3RD: Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley
grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: White tripled to left; Stanley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rivers lined to center; Randolph grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Yankees 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to third; Cubbage reached on an error by
Stanley [Ford to second, Cubbage to first]; Wynegar out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Ford to third, Cubbage to
second]; Chiles doubled to right [Ford scored, Cubbage scored
(unearned)]; Adams singled to right [Chiles scored]; Wilfong
flied out to center; Powell forced Adams (second to shortstop);
3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled to right; Piniella doubled to left
[Munson to third]; Chambliss singled to shortstop [Munson
scored, Piniella to third]; Jackson walked [Chambliss to
second]; Nettles struck out; White hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Piniella scored]; Stanley struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 4, Yankees 2.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley singled to right; Carew lined to left; Ford
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Smalley to second]; Cubbage
singled to center [Smalley scored]; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); Wynegar flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph
singled to right; Munson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Randolph out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 5, Yankees 2.

TWINS 6TH: NORWOOD BATTED FOR CHILES; Norwood flied out to
center; MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wilfong walked; Powell walked [Wilfong to
second]; Smalley popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORWOOD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Piniella singled to center; Chambliss
walked [Piniella to second]; Jackson flied out to left [Piniella
to third, Chambliss to second]; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Piniella scored, Chambliss to third]; White grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

TWINS 7TH: Carew flied out to left; Ford grounded out (first to
pitcher); Cubbage grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: BLAIR BATTED FOR STANLEY; Blair grounded out (third
to first); Rivers lined to second; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

TWINS 8TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Wynegar flied out
to center; Norwood grounded out (second to first); Morales
singled to left; Wilfong flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Munson struck
out; Piniella walked; Chambliss forced Piniella (pitcher to
shortstop); Jackson singled to right [Chambliss to third];
Nettles doubled to right [Chambliss scored, Jackson scored];
White walked; THOMASSON BATTED FOR BLAIR; Thomasson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 5.

TWINS 9TH: DOYLE REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING SS); Powell popped
to first; Smalley popped to third; Carew popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph
grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 5.

TWINS 10TH: Ford doubled to right; Cubbage reached on a
fielder's choice [Ford out at third (pitcher to third)]; Wynegar
flied out to center; Norwood homered [Cubbage scored]; Morales
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7,
Yankees 5.

YANKEES 10TH: Piniella struck out; Chambliss popped to
shortstop; Jackson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
7, Yankees 5.