Texas Rangers 10, Minnesota Twins 5

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins        1  0  1    1  0  1    1  0  0  -   5 12  1
Rangers      0  0  0    1  1  1    5  2  x  -  10 11  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .281      Bonds dh              3   3   0   0     2   0   .265
  Norwood pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .259      Beniquez cf           4   2   2   2     1   0   .261
  Wolfe 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Oliver lf             5   0   2   2     0   0   .326
Powell rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .248      Zisk rf               3   0   0   1     0   1   .260
  Rivera ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .263        Norman 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Smalley ss            2   0   1   1     2   0   .277      Harrah ss             4   1   2   3     0   1   .228
Ford cf               5   0   2   2     0   1   .275      Wills 2b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .250
Adams dh              2   2   1   0     1   1   .263      Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .188
  Morales ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .315      Sundberg c            3   2   1   0     1   0   .281
Wynegar c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Mason 3b              2   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Kusick 1b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .176        Grubb ph,rf         2   2   2   0     0   0   .272
Chiles lf             3   0   1   1     0   1   .269      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Edwards ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Mirabella p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilfong 2b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .271
  Randall ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perzanowski p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  12   5     3   6             Totals               34  10  11  10     5   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  9,601
Left on Base: Twins 8, Rangers 6
DP: Twins 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Cubbage, Mason
Doubles: Ford (36), Smalley (31), Rivera (8), Sundberg (22), Grubb (18)
Home Runs: Harrah (11)
Stolen Bases: Powell (11)
Caught Stealing: Powell (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (11), Powell (7), Smalley (23)
Sacrifice Flies: Kusick (4), Zisk (5)
GIDP: Powell (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                5.2   6   3   2   0   3   0  24   3.96
Perzanowski L(2-7)      0.1   1   3   3   2   0   0   4   5.24
Marshall                1     2   2   2   0   1   1   5   2.51
T. Johnson              1     2   2   2   3   0   0   7   5.51
Totals                  8    11  10   9   5   4   1  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins                 6.1  11   5   5   2   4   0  31   3.00
Mirabella W(3-2)        2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   6.39
Totals                  9    12   5   5   3   6   0  40

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


TWINS 1ST: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Powell
singled to center; Powell stole second; Smalley flied out to
center; Ford doubled to left [Powell scored]; Adams struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez
flied out to right; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar flied out to right; Kusick struck out; Chiles
made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (catcher unassisted); Harrah was
called out on strikes; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong singled to right; Cubbage singled to right
[Wilfong to third]; Powell grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Wilfong stayed at third, Cubbage out at
second]; Smalley doubled to left [Wilfong scored]; Ford grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Jorgensen flied out to left; Sundberg lined to
pitcher; Mason grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Adams walked; Wynegar singled to right [Adams to
third]; Kusick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Adams scored,
Wynegar to second]; Chiles was called out on strikes; Wilfong
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bonds reached on an error by Cubbage; Beniquez
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bonds to second]; Oliver
singled to left [Bonds to third]; Zisk hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Bonds scored (unearned)]; Harrah forced Oliver (shortstop
to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Powell flied
out to center; Smalley walked; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills struck out; Jorgensen flied out to center;
Sundberg doubled to left; Mason singled to right [Sundberg
scored]; Bonds flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
3, Rangers 2.

TWINS 6TH: Adams singled to second; Wynegar out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Adams to second]; Kusick grounded out
(shortstop to first); Chiles singled to left [Adams scored];
Wilfong singled to shortstop [Chiles out at third (first to
third)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez singled to left; Oliver lined to left;
Zisk struck out; Harrah singled to left [Beniquez to second];
Wills singled to right [Beniquez scored, Harrah to third];
PERZANOWSKI REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Jorgensen popped to
first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers
3.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage singled to center; NORWOOD RAN FOR CUBBAGE;
Powell reached on an error by Mason on a sacrifice bunt [Norwood
to second]; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Norwood to third, Powell to second]; Ford singled to right
[Norwood scored, Powell to third]; MIRABELLA REPLACED JENKINS
(PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Powell was picked off and
caught stealing home (pitcher to first to catcher); Morales
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOLFE REPLACED
NORWOOD (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg walked; GRUBB BATTED FOR MASON;
Grubb singled to center [Sundberg to third]; Bonds walked [Grubb
to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED PERZANOWSKI (PITCHING); Beniquez
singled to center [Sundberg scored, Grubb scored, Bonds to
third]; Oliver flied out to right; Zisk popped to shortstop;
Harrah homered [Bonds scored, Beniquez scored]; Wills struck
out; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 8.

TWINS 8TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORMAN REPLACED
ZISK (PLAYING 3B); Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kusick made an out to second; EDWARDS BATTED FOR CHILES; Edwards
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 8TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); T. JOHNSON
REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Jorgensen walked; Sundberg forced
Jorgensen (third to second); Grubb doubled to right [Sundberg
out at home (right to shortstop to third to catcher to third)];
Bonds walked; Beniquez walked [Grubb to third, Bonds to second];
Oliver singled to left [Grubb scored, Bonds scored, Beniquez to
third]; Norman lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5,
Rangers 10.

TWINS 9TH: RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wolfe grounded out (shortstop to first);
RIVERA BATTED FOR POWELL; Rivera doubled to center; Smalley
walked; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 5, Rangers 10.