Royals @ Twins
August 16, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 11 15 0
Twins 7 13 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 11 15 0
Twins 7 13 1

Bob Randall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .286
OBP .250 .336
At Bats 4 238
Hits 1 68
• Singles 1 54
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 2 17

Steve Mingori Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 6
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 16, 1978
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Steve Mingori
Darrell Porter
John Wathan
Jerry Terrell
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Clint Hurdle
Willie Wilson
Al Cowens
Bob Randall
Rob Wilfong

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 11 15 0 6
Minnesota Twins 7 13 1 7
Winning Pitcher Paul Splittorff
Losing Pitcher Stan Perzanowski
Save Steve Mingori
Game Winning RBI George Brett
Attendance 14,640
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rob Wilfong pinch runs for Jose Morales. Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Morales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smalley scores. Carew scores.
Bottom 9 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mingori fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Carew reaches second base with a double. Smalley moves to third.
Bottom 9 Norwood strikes out.
Bottom 9 Roy Smalley pinch hits for Mike Cubbage. Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Darrell Jackson now pitching. Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cowens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Cowens reaches second base with a double. Hurdle scores. Wathan goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Wathan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brett scores. Porter scores. Hurdle moves to second.
Top 9 Hurdle takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to third. Porter moves to second.
Top 9 Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Brett moves to second.
Top 9 Brett is walked intentionally.
Top 9 There goes Wilson. The throw from Borgmann and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 9 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Terrell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 John Wathan now playing first base. Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first, in foul territory. Carew races over to make the catch. The throw to the third, AND Hurdle is out, for the double play.
Top 8 Cowens hits a line drive into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Sutton now pitching. John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock. Wathan is hit by the pitch. Hurdle moves to second.
Top 8 Jeff Holly now pitching. Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Glenn Adams pinch hits for Craig Kusick. Steve Mingori now pitching. Jose Morales pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Morales hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marty Pattin now pitching. Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 7 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Jerry Terrell now playing second base. Willie Wilson now playing center field. Clint Hurdle now playing left field. Al Cowens now playing right fiNorwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Braun moves to second.
Top 7 Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cowens scores.
Top 7 Tom Poquette pinch hits for U L Washington. Poquette strikes out.
Top 7 Patek strikes out.
Top 7 Cowens hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ford. Cowens reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Cubbage strikes out.
Bottom 6 Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wolfe hits a popup towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 LaCock hits a popup towards third. Cubbage settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a line drive towards first. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Porter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood who is chasing the ball. Porter reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Patek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Randall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew scores. Ford scores. Kusick moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kusick is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Braun. Ford reaches second base with a double. Cubbage scores. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 5 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. Cubbage moves to third.
Bottom 5 Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cubbage moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Borgmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. LaCock reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Hurdle 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 3 Kusick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Borgmann scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Norwood hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cubbage strikes out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Porter for a passed ball. Borgmann moves to second.
Bottom 3 Borgmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Braun. The throw from Borgmann and he is out, Wolfe applying the tag.
Top 3 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Randall hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kusick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perzanowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Carew. Patek moves to second.
Top 2 Cowens strikes out.
Top 2 LaCock strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ford hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Washington reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Norwood is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Hurdle reaches second base with a double. Norwood throws the ball in to Carew who tags Hurdle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Porter scores.
Top 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to home to get McRae. Porter moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. McRae moves to third.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. McRae reaches second base with a double. Braun scores.
Top 1 There goes Braun. The throw from Borgmann and he is safe. Braun steals second.
Top 1 Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.