The Minnesota Twins were defeated 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

16

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

30

7th

R

113

19th

SO

259

3rd

ERA

3.95

16th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
8:10 PM

Last Game

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LAA Angels

10-17

5

Final

16

MIN Twins

13-13

Sat 27 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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM