Craig Kusick hit a single, double and triple and also walked with the bases loaded to account for five RBIs in the Twins' 14-5 victory over the Mariners in their home opener before 17,425. Dan Ford and Roy Smalley knocked in three runs apiece, while Rod Carew enjoyed his third three-hit game of the season with a double and two singles in four at-bats and drove in two runs. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 14, Seattle Mariners 5

Game Played on Friday, April 14, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Mariners 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 - 5 10 1 Twins 2 4 0 0 3 5 0 0 x - 14 15 2 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .176 Rivera rf 4 3 2 1 2 0 .333 Baez 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .227 Carew 1b 4 1 3 2 0 1 .439 Bochte lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .316 Ford cf 5 2 2 3 1 0 .308 Stanton dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Kusick dh 5 2 3 5 1 0 .318 Roberts rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .364 Smalley ss 4 0 2 3 1 0 .282 Ruppert Jones cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .233 Wynegar c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Stein 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .171 Wolfe 3b 4 2 1 0 1 2 .176 Meyer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .114 Norwood lf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .250 Pasley c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Randall 2b 3 2 0 0 1 0 .192 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn 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 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montague p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 10 4 2 3 Totals 38 14 15 14 8 4 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 17,425 Left on Base: Mariners 6, Twins 11 DP: Mariners 0, Twins 2 Errors: Burke, Smalley, Wolfe Doubles: Stanton (1), Smalley (2), Carew (1), Norwood (4), Kusick (1) Triples: Kusick (1) Home Runs: Roberts (2) Caught Stealing: Bochte (2) Sacrifice Flies: Carew (1) GIDP: Bochte (3), Meyer (1) Hit by Pitch: Randall (2,by House), Carew (1,by Burke) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA House L(0-2) 1.1 6 6 6 0 0 0 11 18.56 Burke 3.1 4 3 3 5 2 0 20 5.54 Rawley 1.1 4 5 5 3 1 0 11 5.79 Honeycutt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.88 Montague 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.50 Totals 8 15 14 14 8 4 0 49 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(1-0) 9 10 5 3 2 3 1 38 5.54 Totals 9 10 5 3 2 3 1 38 Hit by Pitch: House (2), Burke (1) Wild Pitches: House (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Baez flied out to center; Bochte singled to right; Stanton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Rivera grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to right; Ford forced Carew (third to second); Kusick tripled to center [Ford scored]; Smalley doubled to left [Kusick scored]; House threw a wild pitch [Smalley to third]; Wynegar flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 2. MARINERS 2ND: Roberts flied out to center; Ruppert Jones struck out; Stein singled to center; Meyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 2. TWINS 2ND: Wolfe singled to center; Norwood singled to left [Wolfe to second]; Randall was hit by a pitch [Wolfe to third, Norwood to second]; Rivera singled to left [Wolfe scored, Norwood to third, Randall to second]; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to center [Norwood scored, Randall to third]; BURKE REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Ford walked [Rivera to second]; Kusick walked [Randall scored, Rivera to third, Ford to second]; Smalley forced Kusick (second to shortstop) [Rivera scored, Ford to third]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 6. MARINERS 3RD: Pasley grounded out (third to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Baez singled to left; Bochte singled to right [Baez to third]; Stanton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 6. TWINS 3RD: Wolfe struck out; Norwood walked; Randall popped to first in foul territory; Norwood was picked off first but was safe on an error by Burke [Norwood to second]; Rivera walked; Carew was hit by a pitch [Norwood to third, Rivera to second]; Ford forced Carew (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 6. MARINERS 4TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Ruppert Jones grounded out (second to first); Stein flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 6. TWINS 4TH: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Twins 6. MARINERS 5TH: Meyer made an out to shortstop; Pasley singled to right; Cruz walked [Pasley to second]; Baez reached on an error by Wolfe [Pasley to third, Cruz to second]; Bochte singled to left [Pasley scored, Cruz scored (unearned), Baez to second]; Stanton flied out to right [Baez to third]; Bochte was caught stealing second (catcher to second to first to shortstop) [Baez scored (on throw to 2b) (unearned)]; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Twins 6. TWINS 5TH: Wolfe flied out to center; Norwood struck out; Randall walked; Rivera singled to center [Randall to second]; Carew doubled to left [Randall scored, Rivera to third]; Ford singled to center [Rivera scored, Carew scored]; Kusick singled to left [Ford to second]; RAWLEY REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Smalley walked [Ford to third, Kusick to second]; Wynegar forced Smalley (second to shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 3, Twins 9. MARINERS 6TH: Roberts homered; Ruppert Jones lined to right; Stein lined to shortstop; Meyer made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Twins 9. TWINS 6TH: Wolfe walked; Norwood doubled to right [Wolfe to third]; Randall grounded out (second to first); Rivera walked; Carew struck out; Ford singled to third [Wolfe scored, Norwood to third, Rivera to second]; Kusick doubled to right [Norwood scored, Rivera scored, Ford scored]; Smalley singled to center [Kusick scored]; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Twins 14. MARINERS 7TH: Pasley lined to left; Cruz singled to right; Baez reached on an error by Smalley [Cruz to second]; Bochte grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Baez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Twins 14. TWINS 7TH: HONEYCUTT REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Wolfe struck out; Norwood grounded out (third to first); Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Twins 14. MARINERS 8TH: Stanton doubled to left; Roberts singled to center [Stanton scored]; Ruppert Jones walked [Roberts to second]; Stein lined to right [Roberts to third]; Meyer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ruppert Jones out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Twins 14. TWINS 8TH: MONTAGUE REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Rivera grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to center; Ford popped to catcher in foul territory; Kusick grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Twins 14. MARINERS 9TH: Pasley flied out to center; Cruz was called out on strikes; Baez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 5, Twins 14.

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