The Minnesota Twins decisively defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 9 to 6, on May 15, 1978.

1978 Minnesota Twins

Final

BAL

Orioles

13-18

6

MIN

Twins

11-23

9

1

3

0

2

1

2

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

0

3

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

2

0

10

0

3

R

6

9

H

8

7

E

1

2

Top 1st

BAL

MIN

Orioles

Single by Eddie Murray; Larry Harlow scored.

1

0

Orioles

Lee May grounded out; Ken Singleton scored.

2

0

Orioles

Single by Pat Kelly; Eddie Murray scored.

3

0

Top 2nd

BAL

MIN

Orioles

Sacrifice fly by Billy Smith; Mark Belanger scored.

4

0

Bottom 2nd

BAL

MIN

Twins

Home run by Glenn Adams; Mike Cubbage scored.

4

2

Bottom 4th

BAL

MIN

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Rich Chiles; Mike Cubbage scored.

4

3

Bottom 5th

BAL

MIN

Twins

Single by Rod Carew; Willie Norwood scored.

4

4

Twins

Single by Jose Morales; Roy Smalley scored.

4

5

Twins

Single by Butch Wynegar; Rod Carew scored.

4

6

Top 9th

BAL

MIN

Orioles

Home run by Douglas DeCinces; Pat Kelly scored.

6

6

Bottom 10th

BAL

MIN

Twins

Home run by Willie Norwood; Rich Chiles and Rob Wilfong scored.

6

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Larry Harlow CF 3 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
Billy Smith 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Singleton RF 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Carlos Lopez RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Murray 1B 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lee May DH 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pat Kelly LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Douglas DeCinces 3B 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
Mark Belanger SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Dave Skaggs C 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 6 1 12 6 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Martinez 4.1 4 6 3 4 1 1
Tippy Martinez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Briles 3.2 2 0 0 3 3 0
John Flinn (L) 1.1 1 3 3 3 1 1
Totals 9.2 7 9 6 10 5 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Norwood CF 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 4
Roy Smalley SS 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Carew 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mike Cubbage 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Glenn Adams DH 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Jose Morales PH 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Butch Wynegar C 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rich Chiles LF 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Hosken Powell RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rob Wilfong 2B 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 7 9 2 10 5 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Erickson 5.1 7 4 4 8 0 0
Greg Thayer 3.0 1 2 2 3 4 1
Mike Marshall (W) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 10.0 8 6 6 12 6 1

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

RBI

29

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.345

Larnach

Trevor Larnach

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Paddack

Chris Paddack

K

55

López

Pablo López

ERA

1.74

Richardson

Simeon Woods Richardson

Team Rankings

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HR

40

9th

R

179

11th

SO

377

1st

ERA

3.94

14th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
24 14 .632
Twins Twins
22 15 .595 1.5
Royals Royals
23 16 .590 1.5
Tigers Tigers
19 18 .514 4.5
White Sox White Sox
10 28 .263 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Sat
5/11
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sun
5/12
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Tue
5/14
NYY NYY
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Wed
5/15
NYY NYY
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

22-15

11

Final

1

SEA Mariners

20-18

Thu 9 May 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
Wed
5/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
4-3
Wed
5/8
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
5-4
Wed
5/8
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
2-3
Wed
5/8
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
1-11
Wed
5/8
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
10-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
5/10
ARI ARI
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
5/10
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM