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Friday September 22, 1978
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Minnesota Twins 4, Kansas City Royals 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 22, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2
Twins        0  0  1    1  0  2    0  0  x  -   4  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Cubbage 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .274      Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .298      Carew 1b              3   2   1   0     1   1   .338
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      xAdams dh             3   1   1   1     0   1   .000
Wathan 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Ford cf               3   0   1   2     0   1   .277
Cripe 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Powell rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Zdeb lf               2   0   1   0     1   0   .248      Chiles lf             3   1   1   0     0   1   .269
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .254        Edwards lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Kusnyer c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .182      Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilfong 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .254
                                                          Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   6   0     1   4             Totals               29   4   5   3     1   4

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance:  5,175
Left on Base: Royals 4, Twins 3
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: Patek, Kusnyer
Doubles: Kusnyer (1), McRae (38), Carew (24)
Triples: Ford (10)
Stolen Bases: Chiles (1)
Caught Stealing: Patek (10)
GIDP: Otis (10)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(3-3)           8     5   4   2   1   4   0  31   3.49
Totals                  8     5   4   2   1   4   0  31

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn W(14-13)           9     6   0   0   1   4   0  31   3.11
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   4   0  31

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly


ROYALS 1ST: White flied out to right; McRae singled to center;
Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Cubbage flied out to left; Smalley grounded out
(first unassisted); Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens struck out; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cripe flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams struck out; Ford flied out to right; Powell
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Zdeb singled to left; Patek forced Zdeb (pitcher to
shortstop); Kusnyer popped to first in foul territory; Patek was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Chiles singled to center; Chiles stole second;
Wynegar flied out to center; Wilfong grounded out (second to
first) [Chiles to third]; Cubbage reached on an error by Patek
[Chiles scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Smalley flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to right; McRae flied out to right;
Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
1.

TWINS 4TH: Carew doubled to right; Adams singled to center
[Carew scored, Adams out at second (center to catcher to
second)]; Ford struck out; Powell flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (second to first); Wathan
grounded out (second to first); Cripe flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Chiles grounded out (second to first); Wynegar flied
out to right; Wilfong singled to right; Cubbage grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Zdeb popped to first in foul territory; Patek flied
out to right; Kusnyer doubled to left; White lined to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew
walked; Adams reached on catcher's interference by Kusnyer
[Carew to second]; Ford tripled to left [Carew scored, Adams
scored (unearned)]; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chiles struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
4.

ROYALS 7TH: EDWARDS REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING LF); McRae doubled
to right; Otis singled to third [McRae out at second (third to
shortstop)]; Cowens forced Otis (shortstop to second); Wathan
lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar lined to first; Wilfong grounded out (second
to first); Cubbage flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Cripe was called out on strikes; Zdeb walked; Patek
grounded out (third to first) [Zdeb to second]; Kusnyer was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Smalley flied out to right; Carew grounded out
(pitcher to first); Adams popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 9TH: White struck out; McRae flied out to right; Otis
singled to center; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.



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