Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
April 6, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1978 at Kingdome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera ph,rf 3 1 1 0
Smalley ss 5 1 3 2
Carew 1b 5 0 3 1
Adams dh 1 0 1 0
  Kusick ph,dh 4 0 1 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Ford cf 4 1 1 0
Cubbage 3b 3 1 1 0
Norwood lf 3 1 2 2
Wilfong 2b 1 0 0 0
  Randall 2b 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Baez 2b 4 0 2 0
  Cruz pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Bochte lf 4 1 2 0
Meyer 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanton dh 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 2 2 1
Stein 3b 4 0 0 0
Hale rf 4 1 2 0
Stinson c 4 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Milbourne ss 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
Pole p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 2
Minnesota 130 000 0015130
Seattle 000 001 2014100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (1-0) 6.1 5 3 3 1 4
  Johnson  SV (1) 2.2 5 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Pole  L (0-1) 1.2 7 4 4 0 0
  Rawley   4.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Burke   3.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 3.  2B–Minnesota Ford (1,off Pole); Norwood (2,off Pole), Seattle Stinson (1,off T Johnson).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (1,1st inning off Pole 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Ruppert Jones (1,9th inning off T Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wilfong (1,off Rawley); Norwood (1,off Rawley).  HBP–Wilfong (1,by Rawley).  WP–Erickson 2 (2), T Johnson (1), Rawley (1).  BK–Erickson (1).  HBP–Rawley (1,Wilfong).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:33.  A–10,311.
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