Tight pitching by Gary Serum and Roger Erickson enabled the Twins to post a doubleheader sweep over the A's, 3-1 and 2-1. In the first game, singles by Dan Ford, Mike Cubbage and Glenn Adams in the second inning produced the Twins' initial run. In the third, Rod Carew beat out a bunt, reached second when catcher Jim Essian threw wildly to first and tallied on a single by Cubbage. Roy Smalley singled in the seventh for the Twins' final tally.

The second game was 1-1 going into the bottom of the eighth when Cubbage drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a groundout and tallied the winning run on a single by Butch Wynegar. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    13, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  1
Twins        0  1  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   3 12  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Norwood lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .271
  Newman ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Smalley ss            4   0   1   1     0   1   .285
  Picciolo ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Carew 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .333
Dilone cf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Ford cf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .292
  Wallis cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Cubbage 3b            4   0   3   1     0   0   .302
  Horton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
  Burke cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Adams dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .251
Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Powell rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Duncan 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Wilfong 2b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .284
Revering 1b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .268      Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Langford pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guerrero ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .287
  Woodard pr,2b       1   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Alston lf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .275
Armas rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .229
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   7   1     0   6             Totals               33   3  12   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:18
Left on Base: A's 5, Twins 7
DP: A's 1, Twins 1
Errors: Essian
Doubles: Adams (11)
Triples: Guerrero (4), Ford (6)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (23), Norwood (24)
Caught Stealing: Smalley (7)
GIDP: Guerrero (12), Adams (8)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(7-10)          8    12   3   2   1   6   0  34   2.90
Totals                  8    12   3   2   1   6   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum W(6-5)            9     7   1   1   0   6   0  33   4.07
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   6   0  33

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards struck out; Dilone grounded out (catcher
to first); Page grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Norwood singled to center; Norwood was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Smalley struck out; Carew struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering singled to right; Guerrero grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Revering out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford singled to right; Cubbage singled to center
[Ford to second]; Wynegar struck out; Adams singled to right
[Ford scored, Cubbage to second]; Powell struck out; Wilfong
walked [Cubbage to third, Adams to second]; Norwood flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alston grounded out (second to first); Armas
lined to pitcher; Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley flied out to left; On a bunt Carew singled to
catcher [Carew to second (error by Essian)]; Ford popped to
first; Cubbage singled to center [Carew scored (unearned)];
Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone
was called out on strikes; Page grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Adams doubled to right; Powell made an out to second;
Wilfong flied out to left; Norwood grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan flied out to center; Revering singled to
left; Guerrero struck out; Alston grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: WALLIS REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING CF); Smalley lined to
center; Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford tripled to
center; Cubbage made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas flied out to left; Essian popped to catcher
in foul territory; Edwards singled to center; HORTON BATTED FOR
WALLIS; Edwards stole second; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: BURKE REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); Wynegar singled
to center; Adams grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Wynegar out at second]; Powell flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page flied out to center; Duncan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: On a bunt Wilfong singled to third; Norwood forced
Wilfong (pitcher to shortstop); Norwood stole second; Smalley
singled to center [Norwood scored]; Smalley was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Carew struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero tripled to right; WOODARD RAN FOR
GUERRERO; Alston grounded out (second to first) [Woodard
scored]; Armas grounded out (third to first); Essian singled to
center; NEWMAN BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Newman forced Essian
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins
3.

TWINS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING SS); WOODARD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Ford was called out on strikes; Cubbage
singled to center; Wynegar flied out to left; Adams forced
Cubbage (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke struck out; Page flied out to left; Duncan
singled to center; Revering singled to center [Duncan to
second]; LANGFORD RAN FOR REVERING; Woodard grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 3.