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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 7, 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 July 7, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 7, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 7, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Geoff Zahn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Renko |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: Joe Brinkman 2B: Russ Goetz 3B: Nick Bremigan |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Norwood | Left Fielder |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Rod Carew | First Baseman |
| Dan Ford | Center Fielder |
| Mike Cubbage | Third Baseman |
| Jose Morales | DH |
| Butch Wynegar | Catcher |
| Hosken Powell | Right Fielder |
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Wallis | Center Fielder |
| Glenn Burke | Left Fielder |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Taylor Duncan | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
| Jim Essian | Catcher |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
July 7, 1978
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Renko
Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Renko
Smalley hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Renko
Carew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Renko
Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Zahn
Wallis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Zahn
Burke bunts in front of the plate. Wynegar fields it and throws to first for the out. Wallis moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Zahn
Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Wallis trying to get to home. Powell throws the ball in to Wynegar who tags Wallis who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Zahn
Page hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Renko
Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Renko
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Renko
Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Zahn
Duncan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Zahn
Newman hits a line drive towards third. Cubbage reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Zahn
There goes Duncan. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Randall applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Zahn
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Renko
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Powell for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Renko
Randall 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: ---
Norwood vs. Renko
Norwood hits a popup, foul, towards first. Newman settles under it 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: ---
Armas vs. Zahn
Armas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Zahn
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Zahn
Wallis hits a fly ball into right field. Powell 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: ---
Smalley vs. Renko
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Renko
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Renko
Ford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cubbage vs. Renko
Cubbage strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Zahn
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Zahn
Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Zahn
Page takes first base on ball four. Guerrero moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Duncan vs. Zahn
There's a wild pitch. Guerrero moves to third. Page moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Duncan vs. Zahn
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Newman vs. Zahn
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Essian vs. Zahn
Essian hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wynegar settles under it 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: ---
Morales vs. Renko
Morales takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynegar vs. Renko
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Renko fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Renko
Powell takes first base on ball four. Wynegar moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randall vs. Renko
Randall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Norwood vs. Renko
Norwood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynegar scores. Powell moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smalley vs. Renko
There goes Norwood. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Norwood steals second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smalley vs. Renko
Smalley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Zahn
Armas hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Zahn
Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wallis vs. Zahn
Wallis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burke vs. Zahn
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Renko
Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Renko
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Renko
Cubbage hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Renko
Morales hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Zahn
Guerrero hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Zahn
Zahn fires to first and has Guerrero trapped. There's the throw to Randall who tags Guerrero for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Zahn
Page is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Zahn
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Renko
Wynegar hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Renko
Powell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Essian settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Renko
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops it up and throws to first, with Renko covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Zahn
Newman hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Zahn
Essian hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Zahn
Armas hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Renko
Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Renko
Smalley bunts in front of the plate. Essian fields it and throws to first for the out. Norwood moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Renko
Carew is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Renko
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards second. Edwards scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Zahn
Dave Revering pinch hits for Mike Edwards.
Revering hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Zahn
Wallis strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Zahn
Mike Adams pinch hits for Glenn Burke.
Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Zahn
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cubbage vs. Renko
Mike Adams now playing second base. Dwayne Murphy now playing left field.
Cubbage hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching. Rob Wilfong pinch runs for Mike Cubbage.
Morales bunts towards the mound. Lacey fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilfong moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynegar vs. Lacey
Wynegar is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kusick vs. Lacey
Craig Kusick pinch hits for Hosken Powell.
Kusick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilfong scores. Wynegar moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randall vs. Lacey
Bombo Rivera pinch runs for Craig Kusick.
Randall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynegar scores. Rivera moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Norwood vs. Heaverlo
Dave Heaverlo now pitching.
Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heaverlo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Zahn
Larry Wolfe now playing third base. Bombo Rivera now playing right field.
Page hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera who is chasing the ball. Page reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Duncan vs. Marshall
Mike Marshall now pitching.
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Page scores. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Marshall
Newman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Marshall
Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Jeff Newman.
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe juggles the ball. That's an error on Wolfe. Dilone moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Armas vs. Marshall
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dilone moves to third. Essian moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Marshall
Murphy is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/7/1978, game 1 -- Minnesota at Oakland (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Norwood W, lf 5 0 2 1 Wallis J, cf 4 0 2 0
Smalley R, ss 3 0 0 0 Burke G, lf 2 0 0 0
Carew R, 1b 2 0 0 0 Adams M, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Ford D, cf 3 0 0 0 Guerrero M, ss 4 0 3 0
Cubbage M, 3b 4 0 2 0 Page M, dh 3 1 1 0
Wilfong R, pr 0 1 0 0 Duncan T, 3b 4 0 1 1
Wolfe L, 3b 0 0 0 0 Newman J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Morales J, dh 2 0 0 0 Dilone M, pr 0 0 0 0
Wynegar B, c 3 2 0 0 Essian J, c 4 0 0 0
Powell H, rf 2 0 0 0 Armas T, rf 4 0 0 0
Kusick C, ph 1 0 1 1 Edwards M, 2b 2 0 1 0
Rivera B, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Revering D, ph 1 1 1 1
Randall B, 2b 4 0 1 1 Murphy D, lf 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 3 6 3 33 2 10 2
Minnesota 000 010 002 -- 3
Oakland 000 000 011 -- 2
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn G (W)* 8.0 9 2 2 2 3
Marshall M (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Renko S (L)+ 8.0 4 2 2 5 2
Lacey B 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Heaverlo D 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Wolfe L
DP -- Minnesota 1, Oakland 2
LOB -- Minnesota 7, Oakland 7
3B -- Page M
HR -- Revering D
SB -- Norwood W
CS -- Duncan T, Guerrero M
SH -- Burke G, Smalley R, Morales J
WP -- Zahn G
T -- 2:33
A -- 0
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