Twins @ Rangers
September 25, 1978

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Bottom 11 R H E
Twins 2 8 1
Rangers 2 6 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Twins 2 8 1
Rangers 3 7 1

Al Oliver Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .321
OBP .250 .354
At Bats 4 502
Hits 1 161
• Singles 0 108
• Doubles 1 34
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 85

Mike Marshall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 11 21
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Arlington Stadium - September 25, 1978
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Single
Mike Marshall
Butch Wynegar
Rod Carew
Rob Wilfong
Mike Cubbage
Roy Smalley
Willie Norwood
Dan Ford
Hosken Powell
Al Oliver
Bobby Bonds

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 2 8 1 8
Texas Rangers 3 7 1 4
Winning Pitcher Reggie Cleveland
Losing Pitcher Mike Marshall
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Oliver
Attendance 6,404
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonds scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bonds moves to third.
Bottom 11 Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Bonds reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 11 Rob Wilfong now playing second base. Mike Marshall now pitching. Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Rich Chiles pinch hits for Bob Randall. Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chiles for the out.
Top 11 Smalley strikes out.
Top 11 There goes Norwood. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Norwood steals second.
Top 11 Wilfong strikes out.
Top 11 Norwood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Hosken Powell now playing right field. Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hosken Powell pinch hits for Bombo Rivera. Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Bobby Thompson now playing center field. Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Beniquez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Zisk is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Mike Cubbage now playing third base. Mike Marshall now pitching. Oliver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Larry Wolfe. Cubbage strikes out.
Top 9 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smalley moves to second.
Top 9 Rob Wilfong pinch runs for Glenn Adams. Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Reggie Cleveland now pitching. Glenn Adams pinch hits for Jose Morales. Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norwood scores.
Top 9 Toby Harrah now playing shortstop. Kurt Bevacqua now playing third base. Norwood hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beniquez. Norwood reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bonds hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Jim Mason. Grubb hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 John Lowenstein pinch hits for Nelson Norman. Lowenstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Serum covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ford is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Carew hits a popup towards short. Norman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground for an out. Zisk moves to second.
Bottom 7 Zisk is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Oliver reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Wynegar hits a line drive into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wolfe hits a popup towards first. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Randall hits a line drive towards short. Norman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a line drive into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bonds hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wynegar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mason hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mason fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mason juggles the ball. That's an error on Mason. Carew scores. Norwood moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Norwood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to second.
Top 6 Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Norman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Beniquez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Smalley. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Norman applying the tag.
Top 4 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops it up and throws to first, with Matlack covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Wills. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Smalley applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Wills bunts towards the mound. Serum fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Bonds is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ford hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carew takes first base on ball four. Randall moves to third. Wynegar moves to second.
Top 3 Rivera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randall moves to second.
Top 3 Wolfe hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Randall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Norman hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew juggles the ball. That's an error on Carew. Jorgensen moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Beniquez. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Smalley applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Smalley strikes out.
Top 2 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Norwood strikes out.
Bottom 1 Zisk strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Wills. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bonds strikes out.
Top 1 Ford strikes out.
Top 1 Carew hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivera is called out on strikes.