Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
June 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1978 at Arlington 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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Minnesota Twins 7, Texas Rangers 10

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 2 1 0 0
  Rivera ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Ford cf 5 1 2 3
Cubbage 3b 4 0 2 1
Wynegar c 5 1 1 0
Adams dh 5 1 3 2
Kusick 1b 4 1 0 0
Chiles lf 4 1 3 0
Wilfong 2b 2 0 1 0
  Morales ph 1 1 1 1
  Randall 2b 2 0 1 0
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 1 1 0
Hargrove 1b 5 1 2 1
Wills 2b 4 1 0 1
Oliver dh 4 0 0 0
Zisk lf 4 1 3 2
  Thompson pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 2 1 0
Beniquez cf 3 1 3 1
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 4
Mason ss 1 1 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman ss 2 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 11 9
Minnesota 100 005 1007152
Texas 002 130 40x10112
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard   3.1 6 3 1 0 1
  Scarce   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Marshall  L (1-3) 2.0 2 4 4 2 3
Totals
8.0
11
10
8
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   5.0 8 4 3 3 1
  Lindblad   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Comer  W (1-1) 3.0 5 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
3
4

  E–Ford (3), Wilfong (2), Alexander 2 (3).  2B–Minnesota Wilfong (3,off Alexander); Wynegar (6,off Comer); Adams (5,off Comer); Randall (8,off Comer), Texas Beniquez (7,off Thormodsgard); Hargrove (11,off Scarce); Zisk (8,off Marshall).  3B–Minnesota Cubbage (4,off Alexander).  HR–Minnesota Adams (3,6th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out); Ford (6,6th inning off Lindblad 2 on, 2 out), Texas Harrah (2,7th inning off Marshall 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Smalley (7,off Alexander).  SF–Cubbage (2,off Alexander).  CS–Kusick (1,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  SB–Wills 2 (15,2nd base off Thormodsgard/Wynegar,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar); Beniquez (8,3rd base off Scarce/Wynegar).  WP–T Johnson (2), Comer (1).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:08.  A–16,084.
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