Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
May 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1978 at Arlington Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Texas Rangers 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 4 2 2 1
Norwood lf 4 1 1 0
  Carew ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Ford cf 5 1 2 1
Kusick 1b 4 1 2 1
  Chiles lf 0 0 0 0
Rivera rf 4 1 0 0
Morales dh 4 0 2 2
Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 1
Borgmann c 4 0 1 0
  Wilfong pr 0 1 0 0
  Wynegar c 0 0 0 0
Randall 2b 3 0 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein 3b 4 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 1
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 0 2 1
Oliver dh 4 0 0 0
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Ellis c 4 0 1 0
Thompson cf 3 0 1 0
  Beniquez ph 1 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 1 0
Mason ss 2 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman ss 0 0 0 0
Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Minnesota 400 000 1027120
Texas 000 002 000271
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (5-3) 7.2 7 2 2 1 5
  Marshall  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Umbarger  L (2-4) 0.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Medich   8.0 7 3 2 0 4
  Lindblad   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
2
4

  E–Mason (3).  DP–Minnesota 1, Texas 1.  2B–Minnesota Morales (6,off Umbarger); Kusick (3,off Medich); Borgmann (1,off Medich); Smalley (10,off Medich), Texas J Ellis (1,off Erickson); Hargrove (10,off Erickson); Bonds 2 (8,off Erickson 2).  3B–Texas Lowenstein (3,off Erickson).  SH–Smalley (5,off Medich); Randall (4,off Medich).  SF–Wolfe (1,off Medich).  IBB–Rivera (1,by Umbarger).  WP–Lindblad (1).  IBB–Umbarger (2,Rivera).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:29.  A–28,317.
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