Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
July 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Oakland Athletics 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 5 1 1 1
Smalley ss 5 0 4 3
Carew 1b 5 0 2 0
Wynegar c 6 1 1 0
Cubbage 3b 2 1 2 0
  Wolfe ph,3b 4 0 0 0
Chiles lf 1 1 1 1
  Rivera ph,lf 3 1 2 0
Adams dh 2 2 2 1
  Kusick ph,dh 2 0 1 0
  Morales ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Norwood cf 6 1 4 2
Wilfong 2b 4 1 2 1
  Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Holly p 0 0 0 0
  Serum p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 23 9
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 6 1 1 0
Murphy lf 6 2 4 0
  Burke pr 0 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Adams ph,2b,3b 3 1 0 1
Page dh 4 1 2 3
Duncan 3b 4 0 2 0
  Dilone pr 0 1 0 0
  Fuentes 2b 0 0 0 0
Revering 1b 5 0 1 1
Newman c 3 0 0 0
  Essian c 1 0 1 1
Armas rf 5 0 0 0
Edwards 2b,ss 5 1 1 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 12 6
Minnesota 042 000 010 119230
Oakland 000 340 000 108120
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   4.0 7 7 7 1 5
  Holly   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Serum   3.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Marshall  W (4-6) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
12
8
8
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg   1.1 6 4 4 0 0
  McCatty   1.1 5 2 2 0 0
  Johnson   3.0 4 0 0 1 2
  Sosa   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Heaverlo  L (3-4) 3.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Minetto   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
23
9
9
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 3.  PB–Wynegar (2).  2B–Minnesota Chiles (6,off Broberg); Adams (8,off McCatty), Oakland Page (12,off Erickson); Murphy (1,off Serum).  3B–Minnesota Smalley (1,off Sosa); Powell (1,off Heaverlo).  SH–Powell (2,off Sosa).  SF–Powell (3,off McCatty); Chiles (3,off McCatty); Smalley (5,off Heaverlo); Page (2,off Holly).  IBB–Carew (9,by Sosa).  HBP–Guerrero (3,by Erickson).  SB–Dilone (28,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar).  WP–Serum 2 (2).  BK–Holly (1).  HBP–Erickson (6,Guerrero).  IBB–Sosa (7,Carew).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:35.  A–12,201.
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