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Royals 8 @ Twins 7
Metropolitan Stadium
May 28, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 28, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 28, 1978 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 8 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 7 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 7
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherLarry Gura  
Losing PitcherMike Marshall  
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Game Winning RBIFrank White 

Game Info

DateMay 28, 1978 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherAndy Hassler  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Thormodsgard  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance22,266 
Time of Game3 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Clark
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Terry Cooney

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

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

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Norwood  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  First Baseman 
Dan Ford  Center Fielder 
Craig Kusick  DH 
Bombo Rivera  Right Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Larry Wolfe  Third Baseman 
Bob Randall  Second Baseman 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

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Royals 8 @ Twins 7
Metropolitan Stadium
May 28, 1978

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         Game of 5/28/1978 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Otis A, cf            6  1  3  3   Norwood W, lf         6  0  0  0   
Hurdle C, lf          4  0  0  1   Carew R, 1b           5  2  3  0   
Wilson W, lf          2  0  0  0   Ford D, cf            5  2  3  1   
McRae H, dh           5  0  0  0   Kusick C, dh          2  1  1  1   
Brett G, 3b           5  1  1  0   Adams G, ph           1  1  1  2   
LaCock P, 1b          6  1  1  1   Borgmann G, ph        1  0  0  0   
Porter D, c           4  1  2  0   Rivera B, rf          4  1  3  2   
Cowens A, rf          5  2  1  0   Cubbage M, ph-3b      2  0  0  0   
Patek F, ss           5  0  1  0   Smalley R, ss         5  0  2  0   
White F, 2b           4  2  3  2   Wynegar B, c          6  0  0  0   
                                   Wolfe L, 3b           2  0  1  0   
                                   Powell H, rf          2  0  0  0   
                                   Randall B, 2b         3  0  2  0   
                                   Morales J, ph         0  0  0  1   
                                   Wilfong R, 2b         0  0  0  0   
                                   Chiles R, ph          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  8 12  7                        45  7 16  7

Kansas City      002 203 000 001 --  8
Minnesota        000 200 032 000 --  7

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hassler A*            5.0  9  2  2  1  1
Mingori S+            2.0  5  3  3  1  3
Hrabosky A#           1.0  0  1  1  2  1
Bird D                1.0  1  1  1  1  0
Gura L (W)            3.0  1  0  0  2  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard P        4.0  7  4  4  1  0
Scarce M              4.2  3  3  3  3  3
Marshall M (L)        3.1  2  1  1  2  4
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 8th
  # Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Wynegar B, Carew R, Wilson W
DP -- Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Kansas City 12, Minnesota 11
2B -- Patek F, Otis A 2, Brett G, Kusick C, Rivera B, White F
3B -- Ford D
HR -- Adams G
SB -- Otis A
SH -- White F
SF -- Hurdle C, Kusick C, Morales J
HBP -- by Scarce M (Brett G), by Scarce M (White F)
WP -- Thormodsgard P, Scarce M, Hrabosky A
Balk -- Hassler A
T -- 3:55
A -- 22266

    

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