Rangers @ Twins
September 21, 1978

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Rangers 6 10 0
Twins 2 4 2
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Rangers 6 10 1
Twins 3 5 2

Dan Ford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .277
OBP .000 .335
At Bats 3 559
Hits 0 155
• Singles 0 102
• Doubles 0 35
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 77

Jon Matlack Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 13 1
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 21, 1978
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Triple
Jon Matlack
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Nelson Norman
Toby Harrah
Al Oliver
Juan Beniquez
Johnny Grubb
Dan Ford
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ford hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Beniquez chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Wills. Wills fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Wills. Ford moves all the way to home. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Pat Putnam pinch hits for Bert Campaneris. Putnam 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 9 Oliver is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Wills strikes out.
Bottom 8 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 8 Rivera is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Johnny Grubb now playing right field. Nelson Norman now playing third base. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Norman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stan Perzanowski now pitching. Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Jim Mason. Grubb hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ford. Grubb reaches second base with a double. Beniquez scores. Jorgensen goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Campaneris scores. Beniquez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campaneris moves to third.
Top 8 Bert Campaneris pinch runs for Richie Zisk. Sundberg bunts towards the mound. Serum fields it and throws to first for the out. Campaneris moves to second.
Top 8 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mason fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a line drive into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Norwood hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds who is chasing the ball. Norwood reaches third base with a triple. Carew scores.
Bottom 6 Ford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rivera is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Mason hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Beniquez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Borgmann is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Wolfe strikes out.
Top 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Serum Oliver moves to second.
Top 5 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonds scores.
Top 5 Wills bunts in front of the plate. Borgmann fields it and throws to first for the out. Bonds moves to second.
Top 5 Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Randall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the 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 Norwood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Norwood reaches second base with a double. Carew goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Ford hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 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 4 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 4 Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Beniquez hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mason fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Bottom 3 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sundberg hits a line drive towards third. Wolfe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zisk takes first base on ball four. Wills moves to second.
Top 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Bonds. The throw from Borgmann and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.Ford fumbles the ball. That's an error on Ford. Bonds goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mason hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mason fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Randall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Norwood hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harrah strikes out.
Top 2 Jorgensen is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Beniquez hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sundberg moves to third.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Edwards. Sundberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Edwards strikes out.
Top 1 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonds tags and scores.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Bonds moves to third.
Top 1 Wills bunts towards the mound. Serum fields it and throws to first for the out. Bonds moves to second.
Top 1 Bonds takes first base on ball four.