The Minnesota Twins came up just a bit short against the Oakland Athletics, 6 to 5, on April 19, 1978.

1978 Minnesota Twins

Final

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

3

0

8

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1

9

1

2

10

0

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11

1

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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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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

14

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

3.45

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

27

13th

R

97

25th

SO

254

2nd

ERA

3.90

16th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Tue
4/30
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Wed
5/1
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM

Last Game

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LAA Angels

10-16

3

Final

5

MIN Twins

12-13

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM