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Kansas City Royals 1 Minnesota Twins 5

August 16,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (65-53)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (53-67)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:30

Umpires

[HP]: Ted Hendry [1B]: Greg Kosc [2B]: Jerry Neudecker [3B]: George Maloney

Kansas City Royals 1 Minnesota Twins 5

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	65-53		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			1	6	3		1	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	53-67		4	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	x			5	13	1		5	11	21	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	George Brett	3b	25.093	L	3	0	1	0		2	0	.315		85	688
2	Joe Zdeb	lf	25.050	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.252		52	157
3	Hal McRae	dh	33.037	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.279		115	1052
4	Al Cowens	cf	26.295	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.279		89	633
5	John Wathan	c	28.316	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.286		42	124
6	Clint Hurdle	rf	21.017	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.275		104	113
7	Freddie Patek	ss	33.311	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.279		104	1384
	Jerry Terrell	2b	32.034	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.184		55	585
8	Pete LaCock	1b	26.211	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.301		84	435
	Frank White	ph	27.346	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.274		103	668
9	U L Washington	2b-ss	24.293	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.271		51	61
Totals

Errors: John Wathan, U L Washington

2B: George Brett (35)

HR: Hal McRae (13)

RBI: Hal McRae (54)

GDP: Freddie Patek (6)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Hosken Powell	rf	23.094	L	5	2	3	0		0	0	.238		87	87
2	Roy Smalley	ss	25.295	B	5	1	2	1		0	2	.282		116	488
3	Rod Carew	1b	32.319	L	4	1	3	2		1	0	.336		114	1596
4	Glenn Adams	dh	30.316	L	5	1	1	2		0	1	.248		84	308
5	Mike Cubbage	3b	28.026	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.298		94	408
6	Butch Wynegar	c	22.155	B	4	0	1	0		0	2	.249		100	393
7	Rich Chiles	lf	28.267	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.271		67	260
8	Willie Norwood	cf-lf	27.282	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.271		96	135
9	Rob Wilfong	2b	24.349	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.268		64	136
Totals

Errors: Rob Wilfong

2B: Roy Smalley (23)

3B: Rod Carew (8)

HR: Glenn Adams (6)

RBI: Roy Smalley (59), Rod Carew 2 (59), Glenn Adams 2 (21)

SB: Hosken Powell (6), Rod Carew 2 (22)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Doug Bird	R	L 4-6	4.0	10	5	5	0	6	1		5.65	1.50		33	285
2	Randy McGilberry	R		4.0	3	0	0	2	0	0		4.50	1.93		7	10
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Doug Bird (0-0-0), Randy McGilberry (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Geoff Zahn	L	W 9-11	9.0	6	1	1	4	2	1		3.10	1.36		26	108
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Geoff Zahn (0-0-0)