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April 25, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 9 0
Athletics 5 14 3
Top 9 R H E
Twins 3 9 0
Athletics 5 14 3

Rod Carew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .387
OBP .500 .435
At Bats 4 75
Hits 2 29
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 2 15

Elias Sosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 3
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - April 25, 1978
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Out
Elias Sosa
Jim Essian
Dave Revering
Mike Edwards
Wayne Gross
Mario Guerrero
Dwayne Murphy
Tony Armas
Gary Thomasson
Rod Carew
Roy Smalley
Willie Norwood

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 3 9 0 9
Oakland Athletics 5 14 3 7
Winning Pitcher Elias Sosa
Losing Pitcher Greg Thayer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gary Alexander
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Carew hits a line drive towards short. Guerrero reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Cubbage hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 The umpire calls a balk on Sosa Norwood moves to second.
Top 9 Jose Morales pinch hits for Bob Randall. Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Armas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dave Johnson now pitching. Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Powell strikes out.
Top 8 Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Chiles is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Sosa covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Serum now pitching. Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Serum, and towards Smalley, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Revering takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Alexander hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thayer fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 7 Guerrero bunts in front of the plate. Wynegar fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Smalley. The throw from Essian and he is out, Guerrero applying the tag.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cubbage hits a fly ball into left field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomasson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Greg Thayer now pitching. Armas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Gross reaches second base with a double. Revering scores.
Bottom 6 Essian bunts towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. Revering moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mac Scarce now pitching. Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Randall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Wynegar moves to third. Ford moves to second.
Top 6 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carew tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Ford takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to third. Wynegar moves to second.
Top 6 Craig Kusick pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Elias Sosa now pitching. Rich Chiles pinch hits for Craig Kusick. Chiles hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bob Lacey now pitching. Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Armas. Carew reaches second base with a double. Cubbage scores. Smalley goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cubbage moves to third.
Top 6 Dwayne Murphy now playing left field. Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards misplays the ball. That's an error on Edwards.
Bottom 5 Alexander hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Guerrero moves to second.
Bottom 5 Guerrero hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards scores.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ford. Edwards reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Thomasson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Armas strikes out.
Top 5 Randall hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Revering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ford strikes out.
Top 4 Adams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alexander hits a line drive into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Page hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 3 Guerrero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carew hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering juggles the ball. That's an error on Revering.
Top 3 Randall hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Norwood hits a line drive towards short. Guerrero catches it and throws to second to double up Powell.
Top 2 Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Ford trying to get to third. Thomasson throws the ball in to Gross, who tags Ford for the out. Powell moves to second.
Top 2 Ford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alexander is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Guerrero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Edwards. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Smalley applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Carew. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Carew steals second.
Top 1 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third.
Top 1 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Cubbage hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.