Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
August 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Cleveland Indians 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Norwood lf 4 2 2 1
  Wynegar c 1 0 0 0
Rivera rf,lf 5 1 1 1
Ford cf 6 2 2 2
Morales dh 5 1 3 4
Kusick 1b,lf 3 0 0 0
  Powell rf 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 0
  Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0
Wolfe 3b,ss 2 2 0 0
Randall 2b 3 1 3 0
Borgmann c 2 0 0 0
  Carew ph,lf,1b 1 0 1 1
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Serum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 0 0
Bell 3b 5 1 1 0
Grubb lf 5 2 3 3
Thornton 1b 3 1 2 3
Alexander dh 5 1 2 2
Blanks 2b 4 0 3 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 2 0
Cox rf 3 0 1 0
  Norris ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 1 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Minnesota 140 110 1109120
Cleveland 260 000 0008151
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   1.2 7 7 7 1 1
  Sutton   4.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Marshall  W (6-11) 1.2 3 0 0 1 0
  Serum  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits   1.2 3 5 5 4 0
  Reuschel   4.2 7 3 3 2 1
  Monge  L (3-2) 1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Kern   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
9
3

  E–Veryzer (16).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Minnesota Ford 2 (27,off Waits,off Reuschel); Morales (11,off Reuschel), Cleveland Bell (23,off Jackson); Thornton (17,off Jackson).  3B–Cleveland Thornton (4,off Jackson).  HR–Minnesota Morales (2,8th inning off Monge 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Grubb (14,1st inning off Jackson 1 on, 1 out); Alexander (22,2nd inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Randall 2 (10,off Waits,off Kern); Blanks (5,off Marshall); Veryzer (10,off Serum).  IBB–Carew (14,by Kern).  IBB–Kern (5,Carew).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:06.  A–6,971.
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