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Twins 7 @ Royals 3
Royals Stadium
September 30, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 30, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 7 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 30, 1978 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 7 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 3 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning Pitcher—Mike Marshall  
Losing Pitcher—Randy McGilberry  
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Game Winning RBI—(none) 

Game Info

DateSeptember 30, 1978 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherGary Serum  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Busby  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance29,089 
Time of Game3 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dave Phillips
1B: Larry McCoy
2B: Steve Palermo
3B: Don Denkinger

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hosken Powell  Right Fielder 
Mike Cubbage  Third Baseman 
Rod Carew  First Baseman 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Dan Ford  Center Fielder 
Glenn Adams  DH 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Dave Edwards  Left Fielder 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Steve Braun  Left Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Darrell Porter  DH 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Jim Gaudet  Catcher 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Twins 7 @ Royals 3
Royals Stadium
September 30, 1978

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         Game of 9/30/1978 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Powell H, rf          5  0  1  2   Braun S, lf           3  0  1  0   
Cubbage M, 3b         4  0  2  0   Poquette T, lf        1  0  0  0   
Carew R, 1b           5  0  1  2   Brett G, 3b           3  1  1  0   
Smalley R, ss         4  1  0  0   Quirk J, 3b           2  0  0  0   
Ford D, cf            4  1  1  0   Otis A, cf            4  1  1  1   
Adams G, dh           4  0  0  0   Porter D, dh          3  1  2  0   
Norwood W, pr         0  1  0  0   Silverio L, pr        2  0  1  0   
Wynegar B, c          2  0  0  0   LaCock P, 1b          4  0  0  1   
Borgmann G, c         2  1  1  0   Cowens A, rf          3  0  1  0   
Edwards D, lf         1  1  0  0   Hurdle C, rf          2  0  0  0   
Chiles R, ph          1  0  0  0   White F, 2b           4  0  1  1   
Rivera B, lf          1  1  1  1   Patek F, ss           2  0  0  0   
Wilfong R, 2b         5  1  1  0   Washington U, ss      2  0  0  0   
                                   Gaudet J, c           3  0  0  0   
                                   Zdeb J, ph            0  0  0  0   
                                   Wilson W, pr          0  0  0  0   
                                   Kusnyer A, c          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  7  8  5                        38  3  8  3

Minnesota        010 020 000 04 --  7
Kansas City      010 101 000 00 --  3

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Serum G*              9.0  8  3  3  2  4
Marshall M (W)        2.0  0  0  0  0  3

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Busby S               5.0  4  3  3  4  2
Gale R                2.0  1  0  0  1  2
Bird D                2.0  0  0  0  0  2
Hrabosky A            1.0  0  0  0  0  1
McGilberry R (L)      1.0  3  4  1  2  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 10th

E -- Gaudet J, Kusnyer A, McGilberry R
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Kansas City 6
2B -- Otis A, Carew R
3B -- Brett G
SB -- LaCock P, Wilson W
CS -- Silverio L
SH -- Cubbage M, Poquette T
SF -- Otis A
HBP -- by Busby S (Edwards D)
Balk -- Busby S
T -- 3:13
A -- 29089

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