Rangers @ Twins
May 23, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 6 0
Twins 5 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 6 0
Twins 5 9 0

Jim Mason Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .238
OBP .333 .273
At Bats 3 21
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 0

Roger Erickson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 23, 1978
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Out
Roger Erickson
Glenn Borgmann
Rod Carew
Rob Wilfong
Mike Cubbage
Roy Smalley
Willie Norwood
Dan Ford
Bombo Rivera
Jim Mason

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 2 6 0 7
Minnesota Twins 5 9 0 7
Winning Pitcher Roger Erickson
Losing Pitcher Jim Umbarger
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Glenn Borgmann
Attendance 6,791
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mason hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Beniquez hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mike Cubbage now playing third base. Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Wilfong takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Larry Wolfe. Cubbage hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Cubbage reaches third base with a triple. Ford scores. Smalley goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Reggie Cleveland now pitching. Rich Chiles pinch hits for Craig Kusick. Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ford moves to third.
Bottom 8 Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Ford reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lowenstein hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rob Wilfong now playing second base. Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Umbarger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Norwood takes first base on ball four. Wilfong moves to third. Borgmann moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rob Wilfong pinch runs for Jose Morales. Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivera scores. Wilfong moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jose Morales pinch hits for Bob Randall. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Smalley bunts towards the mound. Umbarger fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Rivera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bobby Thompson pinch runs for Mike Hargrove. Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beniquez scores. Mason scores. Thompson moves to second.
Top 7 Hargrove takes first base on ball four. Beniquez moves to third. Mason moves to second.
Top 7 Mason hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to second.
Top 7 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wills 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 7 Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kusick for the out.
Bottom 6 Ford strikes out.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Borgmann hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Randall hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hargrove takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mason strikes out.
Top 5 Beniquez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kusick strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carew bunts towards the mound. Umbarger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Wills strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Norwood hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Randall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to second.
Top 3 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Umbarger fires to first and picks off Wolfe.
Bottom 2 Wolfe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mason is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Erickson fires to first and picks off Beniquez.
Top 2 Beniquez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Erickson fires to first and has Wills trapped. There's the throw to Randall who tags Wills for the out.
Top 2 Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kusick strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ford hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Carew 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 1 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sundberg is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Lowenstein takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to second.
Top 1 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hargrove moves to third.
Top 1 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hargrove takes first base on ball four.