Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
June 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1978 at Comiskey Park I. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Chicago White Sox 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Randall 2b 4 1 2 1
Rivera rf 3 1 1 0
  Powell ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Morales dh 5 1 1 1
Ford cf 3 2 2 1
Kusick 1b 2 0 0 0
  Chiles lf 2 0 1 0
Wolfe 3b 2 1 0 0
  Cubbage ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Norwood lf 1 0 0 0
  Carew ph,1b 2 2 1 2
Smalley ss 4 1 1 4
Borgmann c 2 0 0 0
  Wynegar ph,c 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 9
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bosley rf 5 1 2 0
Garr lf 3 0 0 0
  Bannister ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Orta 2b 5 1 3 3
Breazeale 1b 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 1 1 0
Nordhagen c 5 1 2 0
Molinaro dh 4 1 2 1
Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 1
Kessinger ss 3 1 2 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 1
  Pryor ss 0 0 0 0
Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
  Kucek p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 14 6
Minnesota 000 700 0119100
Chicago 003 100 2006141
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (8-5) 5.0 11 4 4 2 1
  Scarce   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Marshall  SV (10) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
5
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton  L (1-1) 3.1 4 5 5 3 2
  Willoughby   0.2 2 2 2 1 2
  Kucek   3.2 3 1 1 3 3
  LaGrow   1.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
9
7

  E–Nordhagen (5).  DP–Minnesota 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Orta (10,off Erickson).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (7,4th inning off Willoughby 3 on, 1 out), Chicago Orta (9,3rd inning off Erickson 2 on, 1 out); Molinaro (1,4th inning off Erickson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Smalley (8,off Kucek).  SF–Carew (5,off LaGrow); Lamar Johnson (3,off Scarce).  CS–Rivera (2,2nd base by Hinton/Nordhagen).  SB–Molinaro (13,3rd base off Scarce/Borgmann).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:09.  A–20,137.
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