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Twins 5 @ Royals 3
Royals Stadium
May 19, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on May 19, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 19, 1978 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 3 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Winning Pitcher—Roger Erickson  
Losing Pitcher—Marty Pattin  
Save—Mike Marshall  
Game Winning RBI—Jose Morales 

Game Info

DateMay 19, 1978 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherRoger Erickson  
Home Starting PitcherAndy Hassler  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance31,574 
Time of Game2 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Voltaggio
1B: Nestor Chylak
2B: Ron Luciano
3B: Rich Garcia

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Norwood  Left Fielder 
Bob Randall  Second Baseman 
Dan Ford  Center Fielder 
Jose Morales  DH 
Craig Kusick  First Baseman 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Larry Wolfe  Third Baseman 
Bombo Rivera  Right Fielder 
Glenn Borgmann  Catcher 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Clint Hurdle  First Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Twins 5 @ Royals 3
Royals Stadium
May 19, 1978

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         Game of 5/19/1978 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Norwood W, lf         3  0  1  0   Wilson W, lf          3  0  0  0   
Carew R, ph           0  0  0  1   Poquette T, ph-lf     1  0  0  0   
Powell H, rf          1  0  0  0   McRae H, dh           4  1  1  1   
Randall B, 2b         5  0  0  0   Brett G, 3b           4  2  3  0   
Ford D, cf            4  2  1  0   Cowens A, rf          3  0  1  1   
Morales J, dh         4  0  0  1   Porter D, c           4  0  0  0   
Kusick C, 1b          4  1  1  0   Otis A, cf            4  0  1  1   
Smalley R, ss         4  0  1  1   Hurdle C, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Wolfe L, 3b           3  1  1  0   Patek F, ss           3  0  1  0   
Rivera B, rf-lf       4  1  4  2   LaCock P, ph          1  0  0  0   
Borgmann G, c         2  0  0  0   White F, 2b           2  0  0  0   
Wynegar B, ph-c       1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5 10  5                        33  3  8  3

Minnesota        000 102 110 --  5
Kansas City      201 000 000 --  3

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erickson R (W)        7.0  8  3  3  0  1
Marshall M (S)        2.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hassler A             5.1  7  3  2  3  3
Pattin M (L)          2.1  3  2  2  0  2
Hrabosky A            1.1  0  0  0  0  2

E -- Hassler A, Hurdle C
DP -- Minnesota 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Kansas City 5
2B -- Brett G 2
3B -- Ford D
HR -- McRae H, Rivera B
SB -- Norwood W, Cowens A
SH -- White F
SF -- Carew R, Morales J
HBP -- by Erickson R (Cowens A)
WP -- Erickson R
T -- 2:16
A -- 31574

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