The Minnesota Twins handily beat the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 1, on August 16, 1978.

1978 Minnesota Twins

Final

KCR

Royals

64-53

1

MIN

Twins

53-66

5

KCR

MIN

1

0

4

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

1

5

H

6

13

E

3

1

Bottom 1st

KCR

MIN

Twins

Double by Roy Smalley; Hosken Powell scored.

0

1

Twins

Triple by Rod Carew; Roy Smalley scored.

0

2

Twins

Home run by Glenn Adams; Rod Carew scored.

0

4

Bottom 2nd

KCR

MIN

Twins

Single by Rod Carew; Hosken Powell scored.

0

5

Top 8th

KCR

MIN

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae.

1

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Joe Zdeb LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Al Cowens CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wathan C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clint Hurdle RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Terrell 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank White PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B,SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 1 6 1 1 4 2 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doug Bird (L) 4.0 10 5 5 0 6 1
Randy McGilberry 4.0 3 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 8.0 13 5 5 2 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Hosken Powell RF 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Roy Smalley SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Rod Carew 1B 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 5
Glenn Adams DH 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Mike Cubbage 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Butch Wynegar C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Rich Chiles LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dan Ford CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Norwood CF,LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rob Wilfong 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5 1 2 6 3 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Geoff Zahn (W) 9.0 6 1 1 4 2 1
Totals 9.0 6 1 1 4 2 1

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AVG

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K

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11 5 .688
Royals Royals
11 6 .647 0.5
Tigers Tigers
9 7 .563 2.0
Twins Twins
6 9 .400 4.5
White Sox White Sox
2 14 .125 9.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Wed
4/17
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
1:05 PM
Fri
4/19
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8:10 PM
Sat
4/20
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sun
4/21
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM

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7

Trout

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7

Ozuna

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7

O'Neill

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22

Ozuna

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19

Ward

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Steer

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Contreras

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Volpe

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Kwan

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Jr.

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Contreras

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.483

Winker

Jesse Winker

.479

Contreras

William Contreras

.476

Altuve

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SLG Leaders

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.750

O'Neill

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.746

Ozuna

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.731

Busch

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SB Leaders

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8

Turang

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7

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

7

Thomas

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3

Peguero

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3

Bradford

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3

Detmers

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Strikeout Leaders

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34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

31

Crochet

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30

Wheeler

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ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

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0.86

Blanco

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0.98

Singer

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WHIP Leaders

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0.62

Bradford

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0.68

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.71

Suárez

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K/9 Leaders

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13.50

Detmers

Reid Detmers

13.25

Peralta

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12.94

Gore

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K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Peralta

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12.50

Jones

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12.00

Ryan

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Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

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2

Bradford

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2

Kirby

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FanDuel Points Leaders

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333

Betts

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272

Ohtani

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268.2

Ozuna

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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250

Betts

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210

Ohtani

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205

Altuve

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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
Sun
4/14
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
4-3
Sun
4/14
STL STL
@
OAK OAK
3-1
Sun
4/14
CHC CHC
@
ARI ARI
3-2
Sun
4/14
CIN CIN
@
SEA SEA
3-9
Sun
4/14
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
6-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/16
COL COL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM