Rod Carew rapped three singles to raise his batting average to .550 as the Twins prevailed over the Mariners, 8-6. The Mariners vaulted into a 5-4 lead in the fourth inning on the strength of a grand-slam homer by Leon Roberts.

But the Twins tied the contest in the next frame on Roy Smalley's sacrifice fly and went ahead as Bob Randall grounded into a forceout. Smalley hit a homer in the seventh to account for the Twins' final tally. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, Seattle Mariners 6

Game Played on Sunday, April 9, 1978 (Day game) at Kingdome

Twins 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 - 8 15 1 Mariners 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .200 Cruz 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Rivera rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .300 Hale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Carew 1b 4 1 3 1 1 0 .550 Bochte lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .368 Morales dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Meyer 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .158 Adams ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Stanton dh 3 1 2 0 1 0 .235 Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Ruppert Jones cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .429 Ford cf 4 2 3 0 1 0 .235 Stein 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .053 Smalley ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .350 Roberts rf 4 1 1 4 0 0 .250 Wolfe 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Pasley c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Cubbage ph,3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .438 Stinson ph,c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .385 Randall 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .200 Milbourne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 8 15 7 4 2 Totals 34 6 9 6 5 1 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 11,803 Left on Base: Twins 10, Mariners 6 DP: Twins 2, Mariners 1 Errors: Zahn, Meyer, Stein Doubles: Ford (2) Home Runs: Smalley (2), Roberts (1), Bochte (2) Caught Stealing: Ford (1) Sacrifice Flies: Norwood (1), Smalley (1) GIDP: Kusick (2), Stein (2), Milbourne (1) Hit by Pitch: Randall (1,by House) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn 4 6 5 5 5 0 1 21 11.25 Serum W(1-0) 5 3 1 1 0 1 1 18 1.80 Totals 9 9 6 6 5 1 2 39 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA House L(0-1) 4 8 6 5 1 2 0 22 11.25 Burke 3.1 3 2 2 3 0 1 16 4.05 Rawley 1.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 15 8 7 4 2 1 45 Hit by Pitch: House (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly TWINS 1ST: Norwood struck out; Rivera was called out on strikes; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz was picked off first but was safe on an error by Zahn [Cruz to third]; Bochte grounded out (second to first); Meyer singled to third [Cruz scored]; Stanton singled to third [Meyer to second]; Ruppert Jones walked [Meyer to third, Stanton to second]; Stein grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ruppert Jones out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Mariners 1. TWINS 2ND: Morales grounded out (second to first); Ford doubled to right; Smalley made an out to shortstop; Wolfe flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Mariners 1. MARINERS 2ND: Roberts flied out to left; Pasley singled to center; Milbourne grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pasley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Mariners 1. TWINS 3RD: Randall grounded out (pitcher to first); Borgmann singled to left; Norwood walked [Borgmann to second]; Rivera singled to center [Borgmann scored, Norwood out at third (center to third), Rivera to second (on throw to 3b)]; Carew singled to left [Rivera scored]; Morales flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Mariners 1. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Mariners 1. TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to left; On a bunt Smalley made an out to first; Wolfe singled to center [Ford to second]; Randall was hit by a pitch [Ford to third, Wolfe to second]; Borgmann reached on an error by Stein [Ford scored, Wolfe to third, Randall to second]; Norwood hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wolfe scored (unearned)]; Rivera flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones singled to center [Stanton to second]; Stein singled to left [Stanton to third, Ruppert Jones to second]; Roberts homered [Stanton scored, Ruppert Jones scored, Stein scored]; Pasley grounded out (third to first); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Mariners 5. TWINS 5TH: Carew singled to first; Morales singled to left [Carew to second]; BURKE REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Ford walked [Carew to third, Morales to second]; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carew scored]; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage singled to right [Morales to third, Ford to second]; Randall forced Cubbage (shortstop to second) [Morales scored (RBI), Ford scored (no RBI), Randall to first (error by Meyer; assist by Cruz)]; Borgmann singled to second [Randall to second]; Norwood flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 5. MARINERS 5TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Bochte walked; Meyer walked [Bochte to second]; SERUM REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Stanton lined to third; Ruppert Jones grounded out (third to first) [Bochte to third, Meyer to second]; Stein grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 5. TWINS 6TH: Rivera grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams flied out to center; Ford lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 5. MARINERS 6TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Roberts grounded out (third to first); STINSON BATTED FOR PASLEY; Stinson singled to right; Milbourne lined to second; Cruz forced Stinson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Mariners 5. TWINS 7TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Smalley homered; Cubbage flied out to right; Randall lined to center; Borgmann flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 5. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to center; Meyer flied out to center; Stanton singled to left; Ruppert Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 5. TWINS 8TH: Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera walked; RAWLEY REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Carew singled to left [Rivera to second]; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 5. MARINERS 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Stein was called out on strikes; Roberts grounded out (third to first); Stinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 5. TWINS 9TH: Ford singled to left; Ford was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Smalley singled to center; Cubbage singled to right [Smalley to second]; Randall forced Cubbage (shortstop to second) [Smalley to third]; Borgmann forced Randall (third to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 5. MARINERS 9TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Braun flied out to center; HALE BATTED FOR CRUZ; Hale lined to center; Bochte homered; Meyer flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Mariners 6.

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