Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
August 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Minnesota Twins 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 0 2 1
Bailor rf 5 0 1 1
Howell 3b 5 0 1 0
Horton dh 5 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0
Woods lf 5 3 4 0
Ashby c 5 1 4 2
McKay 2b 3 1 2 0
Gomez ss 4 1 0 1
Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 16 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 3 1 2 0
  Rivera ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 0 0 0
  Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cubbage 3b 2 0 1 0
Ford cf 4 0 0 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Chiles lf 2 0 0 0
  Norwood ph,lf 2 1 2 0
Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0
  Randall ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Perzanowski p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 1
Toronto 000 410 0016162
Minnesota 100 000 100261
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Kirkwood  W (2-1) 6.0 3 1 1 3 1
  Willis   2.2 3 1 1 3 1
  Murphy  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perzanowski  L (2-5) 5.0 10 5 4 1 2
  Sutton   4.0 6 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
6
5
2
4

  E–Ashby (5), McKay (9), Kusick (4).  DP–Toronto 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Toronto Howell (26,off Perzanowski); A Woods (6,off Perzanowski); Ashby (11,off Sutton), Minnesota Cubbage (10,off Kirkwood); Norwood (20,off Willis).  3B–Toronto A Woods (2,off Perzanowski), Minnesota Norwood (2,off Willis).  SH–Gomez (16,off Perzanowski); Smalley (18,off Kirkwood).  IBB–McKay (2,by Sutton).  SB–Powell 2 (8,Home off Kirkwood/Ashby,2nd base off Kirkwood/Ashby); Cubbage (3,2nd base off Kirkwood/Ashby).  WP–Perzanowski (2).  IBB–Sutton (2,McKay).  U–Ken Kaiser, Mike Reilly, Ron Luciano.  T–2:50.  A–11,685.
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