Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 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 9, Detroit Tigers 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 5 1 2 1
Rivera rf 4 1 2 0
Ford cf 5 0 0 0
Morales dh 5 0 1 0
Kusick 1b 5 1 2 1
Randall 2b 5 2 2 0
Wolfe 3b 5 3 3 5
Borgmann c 3 1 1 0
Norwood lf 4 0 2 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 1
Mankowski 3b 3 0 0 1
Staub dh 2 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
May c 4 0 1 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Minnesota 020 140 0209151
Detroit 020 000 000251
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  W (2-3) 9.0 5 2 1 4 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (3-3) 4.2 8 5 5 1 1
  Foucault   2.1 5 2 2 0 1
  Crawford   2.0 2 2 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
2
3

  E–Norwood (5), Corcoran (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Minnesota Smalley (12,off Sykes).  3B–Detroit Thompson (1,off Goltz).  HR–Minnesota Wolfe 2 (2,4th inning off Sykes 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Foucault 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Mankowski (1,off Goltz).  SB–Randall (1,2nd base off Sykes/May).  WP–Crawford 2 (4).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:21.  A–21,227.
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