Recording his first complete game, rookie righthander Steve Comer hurled the Rangers to a 2-0 whitewashing of the Twins. The Rangers got one run on a double by Al Oliver and single by Richie Zisk in the fourth inning and added another in the sixth when Juan Beniquez led off with a double and scored when left fielder Rich Chiles mishandled a single by Oliver. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 2, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    23, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Powell rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .248
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   2   .286
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .225      Carew 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .341
Beniquez cf           3   1   1   0     0   1   .254      Ford cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .295
Oliver lf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .313      Cubbage 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Adams dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Zisk dh               3   0   1   1     1   0   .256      Chiles lf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Wynegar c             3   0   2   0     0   0   .252
Lowenstein 3b         2   0   0   0     2   0   .212      Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Harrah ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .220      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   7   1     4   4             Totals               32   0   6   0     1   6

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance:  7,157
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Twins 6
DP: Rangers 0, Twins 1
Errors: Chiles
Doubles: Oliver (26), Beniquez (14), Ford (31)
Caught Stealing: Lowenstein (3), Carew (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (9)
GIDP: Hargrove (9)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer W(6-3)            9     6   0   0   1   6   0  33   1.69
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   6   0  33

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson L(13-8)        9     7   2   1   4   4   0  36   4.24
Totals                  9     7   2   1   4   4   0  36

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Larry Barnett


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to center; On a bunt Wills
grounded out (pitcher to first); Beniquez flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley
singled to right; Carew forced Smalley (second to shortstop);
Ford forced Carew (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver struck out; Bonds was called out on strikes;
Zisk walked; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage flied out to right; Adams lined to right;
Chiles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lowenstein walked; Lowenstein was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Harrah walked; Hargrove forced
Harrah (third to second); Wills grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Wilfong
grounded out (first unassisted); Powell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez struck out; Oliver doubled; Bonds grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Zisk singled to
second [Oliver scored]; Sundberg forced Zisk (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley struck out; Carew singled to right; Carew was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Ford struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Lowenstein grounded out (third to first); Harrah
lined to left; Hargrove singled to center; Wills flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage made an out to shortstop; Adams flied out to
center; Chiles singled to second; Wynegar singled to center
[Chiles to third, Wynegar to second (on throw to 3b)]; Wilfong
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez doubled to left; Oliver singled to left
[Beniquez scored (error by Chiles) (unearned), Oliver to
second]; Bonds flied out to left; Zisk popped to first; Sundberg
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
struck out; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Harrah
singled to right; Hargrove grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Ford
grounded out (second to first); Cubbage grounded out (second to
shortstop to first); Adams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills singled to right; Beniquez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; Oliver grounded out
(third to first); Bonds lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Chiles struck out; Wynegar singled to right; Wilfong
popped to shortstop; Powell walked [Wynegar to second]; Smalley
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
flied out to center; Lowenstein walked; Harrah flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford doubled to
left; Cubbage popped to third in foul territory; Adams grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins
0.