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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 25, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 25, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 25, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 25, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Thormodsgard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pete Broberg |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: George Maloney 3B: Jim McKean |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Cubbage | Third Baseman |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Rod Carew | First Baseman |
| Butch Wynegar | Catcher |
| Glenn Adams | DH |
| Dan Ford | Center Fielder |
| Hosken Powell | Right Fielder |
| Willie Norwood | Left Fielder |
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Mitchell Page | Left Fielder |
| Gary Alexander | DH |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Tony Armas | Center Fielder |
| Gary Thomasson | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Winkles | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 25, 1978
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Broberg
Cubbage hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Broberg
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Broberg
Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wynegar vs. Broberg
There goes Carew. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Carew steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wynegar vs. Broberg
Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Adams vs. Broberg
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Thormodsgard
Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Thormodsgard
There goes Edwards. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Smalley applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Thormodsgard
Guerrero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Thormodsgard
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alexander vs. Thormodsgard
Alexander is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Broberg
Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Broberg
Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Ford trying to get to third. Thomasson throws the ball in to Gross, who tags Ford for the out. Powell moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Norwood vs. Broberg
Norwood hits a line drive towards short. Guerrero catches it and throws to second to double up Powell. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Thormodsgard
Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Thormodsgard
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Thormodsgard
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Thormodsgard
Armas strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Broberg
Randall hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Broberg
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering juggles the ball. That's an error on Revering. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Broberg
Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Broberg
Carew hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Thormodsgard
Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Thormodsgard
Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Thormodsgard
Guerrero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Thormodsgard
Page hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. Thormodsgard
Alexander hits a line drive into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Broberg
Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Broberg
Adams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Broberg
Ford strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Thormodsgard
Revering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Thormodsgard
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Thormodsgard
Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Broberg
Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Broberg
Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Broberg
Randall hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Thormodsgard
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Thormodsgard
Thomasson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Thormodsgard
Edwards hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ford. Edwards reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Thormodsgard
Guerrero hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Thormodsgard
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Guerrero moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alexander vs. Thormodsgard
Alexander hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Broberg
Dwayne Murphy now playing left field.
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards misplays the ball. That's an error on Edwards. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Broberg
Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cubbage moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carew vs. Broberg
Carew hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Armas. Carew reaches second base with a double. Cubbage scores. Smalley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynegar vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chiles vs. Sosa
Craig Kusick pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Elias Sosa now pitching. Rich Chiles pinch hits for Craig Kusick.
Chiles hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Sosa
Ford takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to third. Wynegar moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Powell vs. Sosa
Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carew tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Norwood vs. Sosa
Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Wynegar moves to third. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Randall vs. Sosa
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Scarce
Mac Scarce now pitching.
Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Scarce
Essian bunts towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. Revering moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Scarce
Gross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Gross reaches second base with a double. Revering scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Thayer
Greg Thayer now pitching.
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomasson vs. Thayer
Thomasson strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Sosa
Cubbage hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Sosa
Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Sosa
There goes Smalley. The throw from Essian and he is out, Guerrero applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Sosa
Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Thayer
Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Thayer
Guerrero bunts in front of the plate. Wynegar fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Thayer
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thayer fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alexander vs. Thayer
Alexander hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Thayer
Revering takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Serum
Gary Serum now pitching.
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Serum, and towards Smalley, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Sosa
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Sosa covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiles vs. Sosa
Chiles is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Sosa
Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Sosa
Powell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Johnson
Dave Johnson now pitching.
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Johnson
Armas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Johnson
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Sosa
Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Sosa
Jose Morales pinch hits for Bob Randall.
Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cubbage vs. Sosa
The umpire calls a balk on Sosa Norwood moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cubbage vs. Sosa
Cubbage hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smalley vs. Sosa
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Sosa
Carew hits a line drive towards short. Guerrero reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/25/1978, game 1 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Cubbage M, 3b 5 1 1 0 Edwards M, 2b 4 2 4 0
Smalley R, ss 4 1 2 0 Guerrero M, ss 3 0 1 1
Carew R, 1b 5 1 2 2 Page M, lf 3 0 2 0
Wynegar B, c 4 0 0 0 Murphy D, lf 1 0 0 0
Adams G, dh 2 0 0 0 Alexander G, dh 4 1 1 2
Kusick C, ph 0 0 0 0 Revering D, 1b 3 1 3 0
Chiles R, ph 2 0 0 0 Essian J, c 3 0 0 0
Ford D, cf 3 0 2 0 Gross W, 3b 4 0 1 1
Powell H, rf 3 0 1 1 Armas T, cf 4 0 1 0
Norwood W, lf 4 0 1 0 Thomasson G, rf 4 1 1 1
Randall B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Morales J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 9 3 33 5 14 5
Minnesota 000 003 000 -- 3
Oakland 000 021 20x -- 5
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard P 5.0 9 2 2 0 3
Scarce M 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Thayer G (L) 1.1 2 2 2 1 2
Serum G 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg P* 5.0 6 3 1 0 1
Lacey B+ 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Sosa E (W) 4.0 3 0 0 2 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
E -- Revering D, Edwards M, Gross W
DP -- Minnesota 2, Oakland 1
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Oakland 7
2B -- Edwards M, Carew R, Gross W
HR -- Thomasson G, Alexander G
SB -- Carew R
CS -- Edwards M, Smalley R
SH -- Essian J, Guerrero M
SF -- Powell H
Balk -- Sosa E
T -- 2:36
A -- 0
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