The Minnesota Twins couldn't pull it off against the Oakland Athletics, 6 to 5, on April 19, 1978.

1978 Minnesota Twins

Final

OAK

Athletics

8-3

6

MIN

Twins

6-9

5

OAK

MIN

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

3

0

8

0

1

9

1

2

10

0

0

11

1

0

R

6

5

H

14

10

E

3

1

Bottom 2nd

OAK

MIN

Twins

Home run by Dan Ford.

0

1

Top 4th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Gary Alexander scored.

1

1

Bottom 6th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Home run by Butch Wynegar.

1

2

Top 7th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Mario Guerrero; Tony Armas and Miguel Dilone scored.

3

2

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Dave Revering; Bill North scored.

4

2

Bottom 8th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Single by Dan Ford; Butch Wynegar scored.

4

3

Top 9th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Double by Jim Essian; Mario Guerrero scored.

5

3

Bottom 9th

OAK

MIN

Twins

Single by Rich Chiles; Hosken Powell and Willie Norwood scored.

5

5

Top 11th

OAK

MIN

Athletics

Single by Tony Armas; Mike Adams scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Miguel Dilone LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
Mike Edwards 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill North PH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Staggs 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mario Guerrero SS 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Gary Alexander DH 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Mike Adams PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Revering 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jim Essian C 5 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
Wayne Gross 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Tony Armas CF 6 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Gary Thomasson RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 14 6 0 7 7 1 2 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford 6.1 5 2 2 2 1 2
Bob Lacey 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Heaverlo 0.2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Elias Sosa (W) 2.2 1 0 0 2 1 0
Totals 11.0 10 5 4 4 2 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Cubbage 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jose Morales PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Wolfe 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Chiles PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bombo Rivera LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smalley SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rod Carew 1B,2B 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Butch Wynegar C 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Dan Ford CF 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Glenn Adams DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Kusick PH,1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hosken Powell RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Norwood LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Gary Serum P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Randall 2B,3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 42 5 10 5 2 4 2 1 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Geoff Zahn 6.1 7 4 4 3 3 0
Tom Johnson (L) 3.2 5 2 2 4 3 0
Gary Serum 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 14 6 6 7 7 0

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Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

12

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

3.77

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

21

23rd

R

86

27th

SO

235

2nd

ERA

4.07

19th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 7 .708
Royals Royals
15 10 .600 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 3.5
Twins Twins
10 13 .435 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 21 .125 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
4/29
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

10-13

6

Final

3

CWS White Sox

3-21

Wed 24 Apr 2024

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

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RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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Ohtani

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.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

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Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

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ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

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K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

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9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

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Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

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430.6

Cruz

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414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM