The Minnesota Twins were decisively beaten by the Detroit Tigers, 9 to 6, on August 21, 1978.

1978 Minnesota Twins

Final

DET

Tigers

68-54

9

MIN

Twins

56-69

6

1

3

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

4

1

8

0

2

9

0

1

R

9

6

H

11

14

E

0

0

Top 1st

DET

MIN

Tigers

Triple by Lance Parrish; John Wockenfuss and Rusty Staub scored.

2

0

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez; Lance Parrish scored.

3

0

Bottom 4th

DET

MIN

Twins

Glenn Adams grounded out; Dan Ford scored.

3

1

Top 5th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Home run by John Wockenfuss; Ron LeFlore scored.

5

1

Bottom 6th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Willie Norwood; Dan Ford scored.

5

2

Top 7th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Home run by Lance Parrish; Tim Corcoran, Ron LeFlore, and Rusty Staub scored.

9

2

Bottom 7th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Mike Cubbage; Hosken Powell scored.

9

3

Bottom 8th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Willie Norwood; Butch Wynegar and Glenn Adams scored.

9

5

Bottom 9th

DET

MIN

Twins

Home run by Roy Smalley.

9

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
John Wockenfuss LF 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Rusty Staub DH 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Lance Parrish C 5 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 7
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mickey Stanley 1B 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Steve Dillard 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Corcoran RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9 2 4 5 1 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Billingham (W) 7.0 13 5 5 2 1 0
John Hiller 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 14 6 6 2 2 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Hosken Powell RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Jose Morales PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Randall 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smalley SS 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Mike Cubbage 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dan Ford CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Butch Wynegar C 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Glenn Adams DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Willie Norwood LF 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Kusick 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rob Wilfong 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bombo Rivera PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6 1 2 2 0 1 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Geoff Zahn (L) 6.1 8 7 7 1 4 1
John Sutton 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 1
Jeff Holly 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 9 9 4 5 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

21

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.300

Miranda

Jose Miranda

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Paddack

Chris Paddack

K

45

López

Pablo López

ERA

3.38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

33

16th

R

151

14th

SO

316

2nd

ERA

3.80

16th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
21 12 .636
Twins Twins
19 13 .594 1.5
Royals Royals
20 14 .588 1.5
Tigers Tigers
18 15 .545 3.0
White Sox White Sox
7 26 .212 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/5
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Mon
5/6
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Tue
5/7
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Wed
5/8
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Thu
5/9
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

19-13

3

Final

1

BOS Red Sox

18-16

Sat 4 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
Fri
5/3
ATL ATL
@
LAD LAD
2-11
Fri
5/3
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
2-1
Fri
5/3
TOR TOR
@
WSH WSH
6-3
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
15-4
Fri
5/3
SDP SDP
@
ARI ARI
13-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/5
COL COL
@
PIT PIT
1:35 PM
Sun
5/5
TOR TOR
@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Sun
5/5
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
1:35 PM
Sun
5/5
NYM NYM
@
TBR TBR
1:40 PM
Sun
5/5
LAA LAA
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM