Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
June 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1978 at Metropolitan 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 2
Thompson 1b 4 1 2 1
May c 3 0 1 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 1
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 2 2 1 0
Smalley ss 3 1 0 0
Carew 1b 3 2 3 0
Ford cf 4 1 2 3
Wynegar c 4 0 2 1
Cubbage 3b 1 0 1 2
  Wolfe ph,3b 2 1 0 0
Adams dh 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Norwood lf 3 0 0 1
Wilfong 2b 0 0 0 0
  Randall ph,2b 3 1 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 8 10 7
Detroit 101 001 100491
Minnesota 300 110 03x8101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  L (6-4) 0.1 1 3 3 3 0
  Sykes   3.1 4 1 1 3 1
  Foucault   2.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Morris   2.0 3 3 3 3 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
11
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  W (4-4) 7.0 6 4 3 3 2
  Marshall  SV (9) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
3

  E–May (4), Carew (5).  DP–Detroit 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Morales (8,off Foucault); Ford (15,off Morris); Wynegar (8,off Morris).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (2,off Goltz).  HR–Detroit Thompson (16,6th inning off Goltz 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Staub (4,off Goltz); Norwood (2,off Foucault).  SH–Wolfe (1,off Morris); Powell (1,off Morris).  HBP–Wynegar (3,by Slaton).  IBB–Morales (3,by Morris); Carew (5,by Morris).  SB–LeFlore 2 (22,2nd base off Goltz/Wynegar,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar); Carew 2 (9,2nd base off Foucault/May 2).  CS–Powell (1,2nd base by Sykes/May).  BK–Foucault (1).  HBP–Slaton (7,Wynegar).  IBB–Morris 2 (2,Morales,Carew).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:39.  A–21,480.
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