Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox
September 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1978 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 1, Chicago White Sox 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Randall 2b 3 0 1 0
Carew 1b 4 0 1 0
Ford rf 5 0 1 0
Morales dh 3 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Rivera lf 4 0 0 0
Edwards cf 2 1 1 0
Wolfe 3b 3 0 2 1
Borgmann c 4 0 0 0
Serum p 0 0 0 0
  Perzanowski p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Chappas ss 4 1 2 0
Washington rf 4 2 2 1
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 2 4
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 0 0
Colbern c 4 1 1 0
Bosley lf 1 0 0 0
Gates 2b 2 1 1 1
Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Minnesota 010 000 000170
Chicago 200 040 00x6101
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Serum  L (8-8) 4.2 9 6 6 1 3
  Perzanowski   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Johnson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
1
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hinton  W (2-4) 9.0 7 1 1 7 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
7
2

  E–Bosley (3).  DP–Minnesota 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Lemon (22,off Serum); Washington (16,off Serum).  SH–Carew (2,off Hinton); Wolfe (3,off Hinton); Bosley (2,off Serum).  HBP–Gates (1,by Perzanowski).  SB–Edwards (1,2nd base off Hinton/Colbern); Carew (26,2nd base off Hinton/Colbern); Gates (1,2nd base off Perzanowski/Borgmann).  CS–Lamar Johnson (5,2nd base by Serum/Borgmann).  HBP–Perzanowski (4,Gates).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:28.  A–6,279.
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