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April 19, 1978

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Athletics 6 14 3
Twins 5 10 1
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Athletics 6 14 3
Twins 5 10 1

Rod Carew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .397
OBP .200 .437
At Bats 5 63
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 12

Elias Sosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Metropolitan Stadium - April 19, 1978
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Out
Elias Sosa
Jim Essian
Dave Revering
Steve Staggs
Wayne Gross
Mario Guerrero
Miguel Dilone
Tony Armas
Dwayne Murphy
Rod Carew

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 6 14 3 15
Minnesota Twins 5 10 1 10
Winning Pitcher Elias Sosa
Losing Pitcher Tom Johnson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Armas
Attendance 1,935
Time of Game 3 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Staggs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Serum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Armas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Adams scores. Essian moves to second.
Top 11 Gross hits a line drive into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Essian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adams moves to second.
Top 11 Bombo Rivera now playing left field. Gary Serum now pitching. Mike Adams pinch runs for Gary Alexander. Revering strikes out.
Top 11 Alexander takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 There goes Norwood. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Norwood steals second.
Bottom 10 Norwood takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sosa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Kusick hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Staggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 There goes Dilone. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Smalley applying the tag.
Top 10 Dilone is hit by the pitch.
Top 10 Bob Randall now playing third base. Craig Kusick now playing first base. Rod Carew now playing second base. Tom Johnson now pitching. Murphy hits a line drive into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wynegar is walked intentionally. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 9 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chiles moves to third.
Bottom 9 Elias Sosa now pitching. Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 9 Rich Chiles pinch hits for Larry Wolfe. Chiles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Powell scores. Norwood scores.
Bottom 9 Randall bunts towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Staggs covering, for the out. Powell moves to third. Norwood moves to second.
Bottom 9 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero misplays the ball. That's an error on Guerrero. Powell moves to second.
Bottom 9 Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Armas strikes out.
Top 9 Gross is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Essian hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Essian reaches second base with a double. Guerrero scores.
Top 9 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Revering for the out. Guerrero moves to third.
Top 9 Alexander bunts towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Guerrero moves to second.
Top 9 Guerrero hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Craig Kusick pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynegar scores.
Bottom 8 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dilone. Wynegar reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Carew hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Essian fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dwayne Murphy now playing right field. Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Staggs is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Dilone hits a popup towards third. Wolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomasson strikes out.
Top 8 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gross moves to second.
Top 8 Larry Wolfe now playing third base. Gross takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bob Lacey now pitching. Jose Morales pinch hits for Mike Cubbage. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Randall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Steve Staggs now playing second base. Norwood strikes out.
Top 7 Essian hits a popup towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Revering hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. North tags and scores. Guerrero tags and moves to third.
Top 7 Alexander takes first base on ball four. North moves to third. Guerrero moves to second.
Top 7 Tom Johnson now pitching. Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Armas scores. Dilone scores. North moves to second.
Top 7 Bill North pinch hits for Mike Edwards. North is hit by the pitch. Armas moves to third. Dilone moves to second.
Top 7 Dilone takes first base on ball four. Armas moves to second.
Top 7 Thomasson strikes out.
Top 7 Armas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Powell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Essian settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a line drive into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ford hits a popup in front of the plate. Essian settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wynegar hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Essian takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Alexander hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Smalley takes first base on ball four. Randall moves to third. Cubbage moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cubbage takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Randall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Edwards hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Edwards reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Dilone strikes out.
Top 5 Thomasson hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Powell hits a line drive into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Armas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Revering moves to third.
Top 4 Essian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander scores. Revering moves to second.
Top 4 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew fields it and throws to home to get Guerrero. Alexander moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Alexander takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Guerrero hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ford who is chasing the ball. Guerrero reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Zahn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Top 3 Dilone hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomasson hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Randall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Powell moves to third.
Bottom 2 Norwood hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering juggles the ball. That's an error on Revering.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ford hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Gross strikes out.
Top 2 Essian hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Revering moves to second.
Top 2 Revering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wynegar hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smalley bunts towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. Cubbage moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cubbage hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Alexander hits a line drive into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Dilone. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Cubbage applying the tag.
Top 1 There goes Dilone. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Top 1 Edwards hits a popup in front of the plate. Wynegar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley.