Gary Serum provided the right pitching medicine for the Twins with a two-hitter in a 5-0 victory over the Blue Jays. The Twins settled the issue on loser Jerry Garvin's first delivery of the game when Willie Norwood connected for a homer.

A single by Rod Carew, triple by Dan Ford and single by Butch Wynegar added two runs before the inning ended. Bombo Rivera homered in the second. The Twins' last run came in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to Ford by Blue Jay reliever Joe Coleman. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Toronto Blue Jays 0

Game Played on Saturday, August 19, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0
Twins        3  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   5 14  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .257      Norwood lf            3   1   1   1     0   0   .266
Bailor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Powell ph,rf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Carew 1b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .340
Horton dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Ford cf               4   1   1   2     1   0   .295
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Kusick dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .186
A. Woods lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .231        Adams ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Ashby c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Smalley ss            3   0   3   0     1   0   .289
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Wynegar c             4   0   2   1     0   1   .251
Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Wolfe 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .237
  Johnson ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Rivera rf,lf          3   1   2   1     0   0   .276
Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   2   0     0   5             Totals               35   5  14   5     3   2

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 10,745
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Twins 10
DP: Blue Jays 2, Twins 1
Errors: Norwood, Ford
Triples: Ford (8)
Home Runs: Norwood (8), Rivera (3)
Stolen Bases: Smalley (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rivera (4)
GIDP: McKay (12), Randall (5)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(3-12)          5    11   5   5   1   2   2  27   5.81
Coleman                 3     3   0   0   2   0   0  12   3.33
Totals                  8    14   5   5   3   2   2  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum W(7-5)            9     2   0   0   0   5   0  30   3.74
Totals                  9     2   0   0   0   5   0  30

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti popped to first; Bailor grounded out
(shortstop to first); Howell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Norwood homered; On a bunt Carew singled to third;
Ford tripled to center [Carew scored]; Kusick struck out;
Smalley walked; Wynegar singled to left [Ford scored, Smalley to
second]; Randall flied out to left; Wolfe flied out to left; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Horton struck out; Mayberry grounded out
(shortstop to first); A. Woods grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 2ND: Rivera homered; Norwood grounded out (third to
first); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby singled to right; McKay was called out on
strikes; Gomez forced Ashby (shortstop to second); Bosetti
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Kusick flied to left in foul territory; Smalley
singled to center; Wynegar singled to left [Smalley to second];
Randall flied out to right; Wolfe flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor lined to third; Howell flied out to
center; Horton reached on an error by Ford; Mayberry grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Rivera popped to first; Norwood grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carew singled to center; Ford grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: On a bunt A. Woods singled to third; Ashby forced
A. Woods (first to shortstop); McKay grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Ashby out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
singled to left; Smalley stole second; Wynegar struck out;
Randall lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Gomez struck out; Bosetti struck out; Bailor
reached on an error by Norwood [Bailor to second]; Howell flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Wolfe singled to left; Rivera singled to right [Wolfe
to second]; COLEMAN REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); POWELL BATTED
FOR NORWOOD; Powell popped to shortstop; Carew singled to
shortstop [Wolfe to third, Rivera to second]; Ford walked [Wolfe
scored, Rivera to third, Carew to second]; ADAMS BATTED FOR
KUSICK; Adams lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Ford
out at first]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); POWELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RIVERA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Horton flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); A. Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley singled to right; Wynegar forced Smalley
(second to shortstop); Randall grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ashby flied out to left; McKay grounded out
(second to first); EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED EWING (PLAYING SS); Wolfe singled to
center; Rivera out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Wolfe to second]; Powell walked; Carew flied out to left; Ford
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bosetti lined to first; Bailor grounded out
(shortstop to first); Howell grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 5.

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