The Minnesota Twins squeaked out a win over the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, on August 17, 1978.

Final

Royals

65-54

5

Twins

54-67

6

KCR

MIN

1

3

4

2

0

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

8

2

0

9

0

10

0

1

R

5

6

H

8

10

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

KCR

MIN

George Brett grounded out; Steve Braun scored.

1

0

Single by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae scored.

2

0

Single by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

3

0

Bottom 1st

KCR

MIN

Double by Dan Ford; Rod Carew scored.

3

1

Single by Roy Smalley; Dan Ford scored.

3

2

Double by Butch Wynegar; Craig Kusick and Roy Smalley scored.

3

4

Bottom 3rd

KCR

MIN

Single by Roy Smalley; Dan Ford scored.

3

5

Top 8th

KCR

MIN

Single by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

4

5

Triple by Al Cowens; Willie Wilson scored.

5

Bottom 10th

KCR

MIN

Single by Dan Ford; Bombo Rivera scored.

5

6

Royals

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Steve Braun LF	4	1	0	0	1	1	0
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	2
George Brett 3B	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darrell Porter C	5	2	3	1	0	0	4
Clint Hurdle RF	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	0	2	2	0	1	2
Willie Wilson PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Wathan 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cowens CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	3
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
U L Washington 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	5	8	5	4	3	12

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Larry Gura (L)	9.2	9	6	6	2	3
Al Hrabosky	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.2	10	6	6	2	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Willie Norwood LF	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rod Carew 1B	5	1	2	0	0	1	2
Dan Ford CF	5	2	3	2	0	0	6
Craig Kusick DH	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Roy Smalley SS	4	1	2	2	0	0	2
Butch Wynegar C	4	0	1	2	0	0	2
Bob Randall 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Larry Wolfe 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bombo Rivera RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	37	6	10	6	2	3	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Roger Erickson (W)	10.0	8	5	5	4	3	0
Totals	10.0	8	5	5	4	3	0

Explore

More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Julien

RBI

12

Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

W

1

Alcala

K

30

Ryan

ERA

3.57

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

18

25th

R

74

28th

SO

212

5th

ERA

4.08

17th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	16	6	.727
Tigers	13	10	.565	3.5
Royals	13	10	.565	3.5
Twins	8	13	.381	7.5
White Sox	3	19	.136	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/23	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 4/24	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	CWS	@	MIN	1:10 PM
Fri 4/26	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sat 4/27	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM

Last Game

Twins

8-13

7

Final

0

White Sox

3-19

Mon 22 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Ozuna

8

Trout

7

Alonso

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.368

Ohtani

.359

Rosario

.358

Kwan

Hit Leaders

35

Ohtani

34

Kwan

33

Betts

Run Leaders

24

Betts

21

Kwan

21

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.469

Betts

.439

Soto

.439

Winker

SLG Leaders

.687

Ozuna

.676

Abrams

.663

Ohtani

SB Leaders

11

Cruz

10

Turang

10

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.08

Blackburn

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

14.00

Houck

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Houck

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

410.3

Betts

361.3

Ohtani

359.5

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

309

Betts

280

Ohtani

272

Cruz

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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