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September 27, 1978

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Twins 5 12 1
Rangers 10 11 1
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Twins 5 12 1
Rangers 10 11 1

Dan Ford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .276
OBP .500 .332
At Bats 4 584
Hits 2 161
• Singles 1 104
• Doubles 1 36
• Triples 0 10
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 2 82

Paul Mirabella Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Arlington Stadium - September 27, 1978
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Paul Mirabella
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Nelson Norman
Toby Harrah
Al Oliver
Juan Beniquez
Johnny Grubb
Dan Ford
Roy Smalley
Bombo Rivera

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 5 12 1 8
Texas Rangers 10 11 1 6
Winning Pitcher Paul Mirabella
Losing Pitcher Stan Perzanowski
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Toby Harrah
Attendance 9,601
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. Rivera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beniquez. Rivera reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bob Randall pinch hits for Rob Wilfong. Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Norman hits a line drive towards third. Wolfe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grubb scores. Bonds scores. Beniquez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Beniquez takes first base on ball four. Grubb moves to third. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Grubb hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Grubb reaches second base with a double. There goes Sundberg trying to get to third. Powell throws the ball in to Smalley, who relays the ball to Wolfe who tags Sundberg for the out.
Bottom 8 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Edwards now playing left field. Tom Johnson now pitching. Jorgensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Dave Edwards pinch hits for Rich Chiles. Edwards strikes out.
Top 8 Kusick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Grubb now playing right field. Nelson Norman now playing third base. Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wills strikes out.
Bottom 7 Harrah hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Zisk hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Marshall now pitching. Beniquez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. Grubb scores. Bonds moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bonds takes first base on ball four. Grubb moves to second.
Bottom 7 Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Jim Mason. Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to third.
Bottom 7 Larry Wolfe now playing third base. Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Morales strikes out.
Top 7 Paul Mirabella now pitching. Jose Morales pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Mirabella fires to third, and has Powell trapped. The throw to the plate, and Powell is out.
Top 7 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Norwood scores. Powell moves to third.
Top 7 Smalley bunts towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Norwood moves to third. Powell moves to second.
Top 7 Willie Norwood pinch runs for Mike Cubbage. Powell bunts towards third. Mason juggles the ball. That's an error on Mason. Norwood moves to second.
Top 7 Cubbage hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stan Perzanowski now pitching. Jorgensen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kusick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beniquez scores. Harrah moves to third.
Bottom 6 Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Zisk strikes out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a line drive into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. There goes Chiles trying to get to third. Jorgensen throws to Mason who tags Chiles for the out.
Top 6 Chiles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adams scores.
Top 6 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wynegar bunts towards third. Mason fields it and throws to first for the out. Adams moves to second.
Top 6 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mason hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sundberg scores.
Bottom 5 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Chiles. Sundberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills strikes out.
Top 5 Ford strikes out.
Top 5 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cubbage 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 4 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonds tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds moves to third.
Bottom 4 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage juggles the ball. That's an error on Cubbage.
Top 4 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Chiles is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Kusick hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Adams tags and scores. Wynegar tags and moves to second.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adams moves to third.
Top 4 Adams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mason for the out.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a line drive towards the mound. Erickson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smalley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Wilfong scores.
Top 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Cubbage hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilfong moves to third.
Top 3 Wilfong hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Harrah is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wynegar scoops up the ball and tags Zisk for the out.
Top 2 Chiles hits a popup towards the mound. Jenkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kusick strikes out.
Top 2 Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Beniquez hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Adams strikes out.
Top 1 Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Ford reaches second base with a double. Powell scores.
Top 1 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Powell. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Powell steals second.
Top 1 Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.