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May 28, 1978

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Bottom 11 R H E
Royals 7 10 1
Twins 7 16 2
Bottom 11 R H E
Royals 7 10 1
Twins 7 16 2

Dan Ford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .318
OBP .600 .379
At Bats 5 157
Hits 3 50
• Singles 2 32
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 1 26

Larry Gura Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 28, 1978
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Intentional Walk
Larry Gura
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Willie Wilson
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Dan Ford
Rod Carew
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ford is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Carew hits a line drive into left field. Wilson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wilson. Carew moves to second.
Top 11 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marshall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 10 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 10 Wilfong takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Larry Gura now pitching. Powell hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Otis is called out on strikes.
Top 10 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Mike Cubbage now playing third base. Hosken Powell now playing right field. Patek strikes out.
Bottom 9 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Bombo Rivera. Cubbage hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Glenn Adams pinch hits for Craig Kusick. Adams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Doug Bird now pitching. Ford hits a popup towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 9 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mike Marshall now pitching. Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 LaCock strikes out.
Top 9 Rob Wilfong now playing second base. Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Norwood is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Jose Morales pinch hits for Bob Randall. Morales hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivera tags and scores. Smalley tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 Wolfe takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Rivera reaches second base with a double. Ford scores. Kusick scores.
Bottom 8 Kusick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Kusick reaches second base with a double. Ford moves to third.
Bottom 8 Willie Wilson now playing left field. Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hurdle strikes out.
Top 8 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patek moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 8 White bunts towards first. Carew juggles the ball. That's an error on Carew. Patek moves to second.
Top 8 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Carew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Norwood strikes out.
Bottom 7 Randall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wolfe moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cowens hits a line drive towards third. Wolfe catches it and throws to first to double up Porter.
Top 7 Porter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Steve Mingori now pitching. Rivera strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kusick takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brett hits a line drive towards first. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a popup, foul, towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wynegar juggles the ball. That's an error on Wynegar.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Otis reaches second base with a double. Cowens scores. White scores.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Porter scores. Cowens moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 6 White is hit by the pitch. Porter moves to third. Cowens moves to second.
Top 6 Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wynegar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cowens takes first base on ball four. Porter moves to second.
Top 6 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Carew trying to get to home. Hurdle throws the ball in to Brett who relays the ball to Porter, who tags Carew, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 5 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards second. White scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Randall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 LaCock strikes out.
Top 5 Brett is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mac Scarce now pitching. Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hurdle for the out.
Bottom 4 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kusick hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ford tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Ford hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis, who is chasing the ball. Ford reaches third base with a triple. Carew goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. LaCock scores. Porter moves to third.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Porter moves to second.
Top 4 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LaCock moves to third.
Top 4 Porter takes first base on ball four. LaCock moves to second.
Top 4 LaCock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett scores.
Top 4 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Brett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Wolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 McRae hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hurdle hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Otis tags and scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Otis moves to third.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Otis reaches second base with a double. White goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Patek reaches second base with a double. Norwood throws the ball in to Wolfe who tags Patek trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 2 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 The umpire calls a balk on Hassler Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kusick hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormodsgard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew strikes out.
Bottom 1 Norwood hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Otis. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 1 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.