The Brewers lost to the Twins, 5-2, and fell six games off the pace in the East division. The Twins, who collected seven hits, began their scoring in the first inning with two-out doubles by Rod Carew and Glenn Adams. A single by Dave Edwards, triple by Roy Smalley and single by Carew added a pair in the third. An error by Cecil Cooper enabled the Twins to chalk up two unearned runs in the fourth before Ben Oglivie batted in the Brewers' runs with a double in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1978 (Night game) at County Stadium
Twins        1  0  2    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            4   0   1   1     1   1   .281      Yount ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .302
Smalley ss            3   1   1   1     0   1   .284      Money 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .290
Carew 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .337      Cooper 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .316
Adams dh              4   0   1   1     0   0   .254      Hisle lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Powell rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .245      Oglivie rf            4   0   1   2     0   1   .296
Ford cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Lezcano dh            4   0   2   0     0   0   .290
Wynegar c             4   1   0   0     0   0   .236      Bando 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .292
Wilfong 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Thomas cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .247
Edwards lf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .385      Martinez c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .214
  Rivera pr,lf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .268        Yurak ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   7   4     1   4             Totals               37   2  10   2     1   8

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 37,809
Left on Base: Twins 5, Brewers 9
DP: Twins 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Cooper 2
Doubles: Carew (22), Adams (16), Thomas (23), Oglivie (24)
Triples: Smalley (3)
Caught Stealing: Carew (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (20)
Hit by Pitch: Edwards (1,by Sorensen)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(13-10)          8    10   2   2   1   7   0  35   2.45
Marshall SV(20)         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.39
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   8   0  38

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen L(17-11)       3.2   7   5   3   0   1   0  19   3.23
Rodriguez               5.1   0   0   0   1   3   0  18   4.28
Totals                  9     7   5   3   1   4   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Sorensen (4)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


TWINS 1ST: Cubbage lined to right; Smalley struck out; Carew
doubled to left; Adams doubled to left [Carew scored]; Powell
lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount grounded out (third to first); Money grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cooper walked; Hisle struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded
out (shortstop to first); Wilfong grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Lezcano
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando singled to right;
Thomas popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers
0.

TWINS 3RD: Edwards singled to left; Cubbage grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Edwards to second]; Smalley tripled to
right [Edwards scored]; Carew singled to left [Smalley scored];
Carew was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Martinez singled to left; Yount flied out to right;
Money singled to left [Martinez to second]; Cooper forced
Martinez (pitcher to third) [Money to second]; Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Powell singled to right; Ford grounded out (first
unassisted) [Powell to second]; Wynegar reached on an error by
Cooper [Powell scored (unearned), Wynegar to second]; Wilfong
grounded out (second to first) [Wynegar to third]; Edwards was
hit by a pitch; RIVERA RAN FOR EDWARDS; Cubbage singled to
center [Wynegar scored (unearned), Rivera to second]; RODRIGUEZ
REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); Smalley flied out to center; 2 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Oglivie lined
to left; Lezcano singled to right; Bando struck out; Thomas
doubled to left [Lezcano to third]; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Carew lined to shortstop; Adams flied out to left;
Powell reached on an error by Cooper [Powell to second]; Ford
reached on a fielder's choice [Powell out at third (third
unassisted)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount popped to first in foul territory; Money
struck out; Cooper singled to left; Hisle singled to left
[Cooper to second]; Oglivie doubled to left [Cooper scored,
Hisle scored]; Lezcano flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 5, Brewers 2.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Wilfong struck out;
Rivera lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
struck out; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Cubbage to second]; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Adams made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
flied out to left; Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 2.

TWINS 8TH: Powell flied out to center; Ford flied out to center;
Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Oglivie was
called out on strikes; Lezcano singled to left; Bando singled to
left [Lezcano to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 2.

TWINS 9TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Rivera struck
out; Cubbage was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); YURAK BATTED
FOR MARTINEZ; Yurak lined to left; Yount struck out; Money
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 2.