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May 20, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 9 0
Royals 6 15 0
Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 9 0
Royals 6 15 0

Willie Norwood Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .264
OBP .500 .328
At Bats 4 121
Hits 2 32
• Singles 2 18
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 12

Al Hrabosky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 4
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Royals Stadium - May 20, 1978
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Out
Al Hrabosky
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Willie Norwood
Roy Smalley
Jose Morales

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 3 9 0 7
Kansas City Royals 6 15 0 10
Winning Pitcher Rich Gale
Losing Pitcher Paul Thormodsgard
Save Al Hrabosky
Game Winning RBI Amos Otis
Attendance 30,312
Time of Game 2 hours 51 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Norwood hits a popup towards the mound. Hrabosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Craig Kusick pinch hits for Bob Randall. Kusick strikes out.
Top 9 Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. Rivera strikes out.
Top 9 Smalley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Morales moves to third.
Top 9 Jose Morales pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Morales takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Brett is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. McRae reaches second base with a double. Patek scores.
Bottom 8 Wilson hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White bunts towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Randall covering, for the out. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 8 There goes Patek. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 8 Larry Wolfe now playing third base. Bob Randall now playing second base. Tom Johnson now pitching. Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wynegar hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Larry Wolfe pinch hits for Mike Cubbage. Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Carew hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 There goes Norwood. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Norwood steals second.
Top 8 Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Pete LaCock now playing first base. Rich Chiles pinch hits for Rob Wilfong. Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Porter hits a line drive into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens scores. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 7 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Cowens. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Cowens steals second.
Bottom 7 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett scores.
Bottom 7 Brett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Brett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ford throws the ball in to Smalley who tags McRae trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Smalley reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hurdle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adams for the out.
Top 7 Wynegar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greg Thayer now pitching. There goes Patek. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hurdle scores.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out. Hurdle moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Hurdle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gale fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Norwood hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wilfong hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong catches it and throws to first to double up Patek.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Porter strikes out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynegar moves to second.
Top 4 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hurdle fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Ford for the double play.
Top 4 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hurdle hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae scores.
Bottom 3 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brett hits a line drive into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson scores. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 3 There goes Wilson. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Norwood. The throw from Porter and he is out, White applying the tag.
Top 3 Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wilfong hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to third. Porter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Otis. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Bottom 2 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cowens hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gale fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Smalley strikes out.
Top 2 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cubbage hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Cubbage reaches second base with a double. Ford goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Ford takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson throws the ball in to White who tags Carew, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.