Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
May 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Minnesota Twins 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein 3b 5 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
  Thompson pr 0 1 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 3 2
Zisk dh 5 0 1 0
Wills 2b 5 1 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0
Mason ss 3 0 0 0
  Norman ss 1 0 0 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 7 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Chiles lf 4 0 1 0
  Norwood ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Carew 1b 4 0 0 0
Ford cf 5 0 1 0
Cubbage 3b 2 0 2 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Wolfe 3b 1 0 0 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Smalley ss 5 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 1 1 0
  Rivera ph,dh,rf 1 0 0 0
Powell rf 3 0 1 1
  Kusick ph 1 1 1 1
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0
  Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 8 2
Texas 100 010 000 01371
Minnesota 000 010 001 00280
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   7.0 7 1 1 3 0
  Lindblad  W (1-0) 3.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Medich  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
3
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard   9.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Marshall  L (1-1) 2.0 2 1 1 3 5
Totals
11.0
7
3
3
5
9

  E–Beniquez (3).  DP–Texas 1, Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Cubbage (4,off D Ellis); Adams (4,off D Ellis).  HR–Texas Wills (4,5th inning off Thormodsgard 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Kusick (1,9th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Cubbage (3,off D Ellis).  SB–Lowenstein (3,2nd base off Thormodsgard/Wynegar); Thompson (2,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar).  CS–Sundberg (2,2nd base by Marshall/Wynegar); Carew (2,2nd base by D Ellis/Sundberg).  WP–Thormodsgard (2).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:01.  A–7,598.
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