Rod Carew tripled with the bases loaded for his fourth hit of the night to highlight a seven-run, ninth-inning rally that brought the Twins an 8-7 victory over the Orioles. A three-run double by Billy Smith helped the Orioles build up a 5-1 lead before the Twins made their comeback.

A wild throw by shortstop Kiko Garcia with the bases loaded resulted in two runs. After a single by Hosken Powell drove in another run, Roy Smalley walked to fill the sacks again and Carew cleared them with his triple. Mike Cubbage followed with a single and Carew scored what proved to be the winning run as the Orioles fell short in their half with two tallies on a bases-loaded single by Terry Crowley. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 7

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 - 8 11 1 Orioles 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 12 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .211 Bumbry lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .226 Smalley ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .281 Smith 2b 4 2 2 3 1 0 .254 Carew 1b 5 1 4 3 0 0 .371 Murray 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .211 Cubbage 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .300 Belanger pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Ford cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .306 Singleton rf 3 0 1 1 1 2 .352 Adams dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .183 Lopez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Chiles lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .258 Crowley ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .429 Norwood lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Harlow cf 3 0 0 0 2 2 .352 Wynegar c 3 0 1 2 1 0 .228 May dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .237 Wilfong pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .265 Randall 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Garcia ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .364 Skaggs c 3 1 2 1 0 0 .167 Borgmann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kelly ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flinn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 8 11 7 3 5 Totals 37 7 12 7 5 9 Time of Game: 3:13 Attendance: 26,870 Left on Base: Twins 6, Orioles 8 DP: Twins 3, Orioles 2 Errors: Cubbage, Garcia 2 Doubles: Smalley (5), Smith (4) Triples: Carew (3) Stolen Bases: Ford (3) Caught Stealing: Murray (2) GIDP: Ford (4), Murray (1), May (4) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson 2 5 5 5 2 1 0 11 4.70 Scarce 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.29 Thayer W(1-1) 5.2 4 0 0 1 6 0 21 3.00 T. Johnson SV(2) 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 7 3.13 Totals 9 12 7 6 5 9 0 42 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Martinez 8 8 3 3 1 4 0 33 4.62 Stanhouse L(0-2) 0.1 1 4 3 2 1 0 5 2.63 T. Martinez 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 7.20 Flinn 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 11 8 7 3 5 0 41 Balks: Thayer (1) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger TWINS 1ST: Powell struck out; Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher); Carew singled to left; Cubbage forced Carew (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith singled; Murray grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford reached on an error by Garcia [Ford to first]; Ford stole second; Adams lined to right; Chiles grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton walked; Harlow struck out; May grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to center; Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley doubled to right; Carew singled to second [Smalley to third]; Cubbage struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: On a bunt DeCinces singled; Garcia singled to third [DeCinces to second]; Skaggs singled to center [Garcia to third, DeCinces scored]; Bumbry walked [Skaggs to second]; Smith doubled to left [Bumbry scored, Skaggs scored, Garcia scored]; SCARCE REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Murray grounded out (second to first) [Smith to third]; Singleton singled to center [Smith scored]; Harlow walked [Singleton to second]; THAYER REPLACED SCARCE (PITCHING); May made an out to second; DeCinces lined to left; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 5. TWINS 4TH: Ford singled; Adams grounded out (first unassisted) [Ford to second]; Chiles flied out to center; Wynegar singled [Ford scored]; Randall grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia lined to left; Skaggs singled to second; Bumbry singled to left [Skaggs to second]; Smith lined to right [Skaggs to third]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. TWINS 5TH: Powell lined to left; Smalley flied out to center; Carew singled to center; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton was called out on strikes; Harlow walked; May flied out to center; DeCinces lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. TWINS 6TH: Ford grounded out (third to first); Adams struck out; Chiles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 6TH: Garcia lined to center; Skaggs flied out to center; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar walked; Randall forced Wynegar (first to shortstop); Powell lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Randall out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 7TH: Smith lined to first; Murray singled to right; Singleton struck out while Murray was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. TWINS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Smalley lined to third; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); May struck out; DeCinces singled to shortstop; Thayer balked [DeCinces to second]; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 5. TWINS 9TH: Ford singled to center; Adams singled [Ford to third]; STANHOUSE REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Chiles walked [Adams to second]; Wynegar reached on an error by Garcia [Chiles to third, Adams scored (no RBI), Ford scored]; WILFONG RAN FOR WYNEGAR; MORALES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Morales was called out on strikes; Powell singled to center [Wilfong to second, Chiles scored]; Smalley walked [Wilfong to third, Powell to second]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Carew tripled to center [Smalley scored, Powell scored, Wilfong scored (unearned)]; Cubbage singled to right [Carew scored]; FLINN REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Ford grounded into a double play (second to first) [Cubbage out at second]; Debut game for John Flinn; 7 R (6 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 9TH: NORWOOD REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING LF); WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BORGMANN REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING C ); KELLY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; T. JOHNSON REPLACED THAYER (PITCHING); Kelly reached on an error by Cubbage [Kelly to first]; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kelly to second]; Smith walked; Murray singled to center [Smith to second, Kelly to third]; BELANGER RAN FOR MURRAY; CROWLEY BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Crowley singled to center [Belanger to second, Smith scored, Kelly scored (unearned)]; Harlow struck out; May struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Orioles 7.

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