Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 3 2 2 0
Smalley ss 4 1 2 2
Carew 1b 4 0 0 0
Ford cf 5 0 2 1
Cubbage 3b 4 0 1 1
Adams dh 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Chiles lf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Borgmann c 4 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 2 2
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Staub dh 5 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 2 0
Mankowski 3b 3 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 2 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Minnesota 101 200 000490
Detroit 000 010 001290
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (6-3) 8.2 8 2 2 4 1
  Marshall  SV (7) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (4-3) 3.2 7 4 4 2 0
  Crawford   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Morris   3.1 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Cubbage (5,off Billingham); Smalley (11,off Billingham); Morales (7,off Crawford), Detroit Staub (10,off Erickson); Corcoran (3,off Erickson).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (1,off Erickson); Trammell (1,off Erickson); LeFlore (1,off Erickson).  WP–Crawford (2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:38.  A–21,127.
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