The Twins built an early 7-1 lead and Mike Marshall came on to earn his first save in an 8-6 triumph over the Royals. A five-run third inning sent Dennis Leonard to an early shower.

Mike Cubbage drove in two tallies with a single. Butch Wynegar singled home another run and Jose Morales delivered a pinch-hit double. Rod Carew and Willie Norwood hit solo homers for the Twins. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 6

Game Played on Thursday, May 18, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 8 9 1 Royals 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 - 6 10 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .254 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Carew 1b 3 2 2 1 2 0 .394 Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Ford cf 3 2 0 0 0 0 .296 Wathan 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .268 Cubbage 3b 4 1 1 2 1 0 .321 Lahoud ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .100 Wynegar c 5 1 3 2 0 0 .282 Zdeb pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Adams dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 McRae dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .289 Morales ph,dh 3 0 1 2 1 1 .371 Cowens rf,3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .261 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Otis cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .313 Powell rf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .211 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .321 Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Patek ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 White 2b 3 2 1 0 0 0 .250 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Poquette ph,rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .283 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 8 9 8 6 1 Totals 36 6 10 6 3 2 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 17,459 Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 6 DP: Twins 2, Royals 2 Errors: Norwood Doubles: Morales (5), Wynegar (4), Powell (5), Otis (9), Poquette (5) Triples: Otis (2) Home Runs: Carew (3), Norwood (3), McRae (7) Stolen Bases: Wilfong (1), Wilson (15), Wathan (1), White (3) Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (2) GIDP: Smalley 2 (7), Poquette (2), McRae (5) Hit by Pitch: Ford 2 (4,by Leonard,by Gura) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(3-2) 5.1 5 4 4 3 2 1 24 3.07 T. Johnson 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 9 3.45 Marshall SV(1) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 10 6 6 3 2 1 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(3-7) 2.2 4 6 6 2 0 1 14 4.58 Gura 3.2 3 2 2 2 1 1 17 3.94 Mingori 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.23 Bird 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6.23 Totals 9 9 8 8 6 1 2 42 Hit by Pitch: Leonard (3), Gura (3) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew homered; Ford grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Cubbage popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan flied out to center; McRae homered; Cowens struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar singled to right; Adams lined to left; Smalley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Otis lined to center; Porter walked; Patek flied out to left; White lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. TWINS 3RD: Powell walked; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Powell to second]; Norwood grounded out (second to first) [Powell to third]; Carew walked; Ford was hit by a pitch [Carew to second]; Cubbage singled to left [Powell scored, Carew scored, Ford to third]; Wynegar singled to right [Ford scored, Cubbage to third]; GURA REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales doubled to left [Cubbage scored, Wynegar scored]; Smalley flied out to left; Royals Manager Whitey Herzog ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia sometime in third inning; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson struck out; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 1. TWINS 4TH: Powell lined to center; Wilfong flied out to left; Norwood homered; Carew singled to center; Ford grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae lined to left; Cowens grounded out (second to first); Otis walked; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 1. TWINS 5TH: Cubbage flied out to right; Wynegar popped to first in foul territory; Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to right; White singled to right; Terrell singled to left [White to second]; Wilson walked [White to third, Terrell to second]; Wathan singled to center [White scored, Terrell scored, Wilson to second]; McRae flied out to left; Wilson stole third and Wathan stole second; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 3. TWINS 6TH: Smalley popped to catcher in foul territory; Powell walked; Wilfong forced Powell (pitcher to shortstop); Wilfong stole second; Norwood lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Otis doubled to left; Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [Otis to third]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Patek singled to center [Otis scored]; Geoff Zahn left with blister; White forced Patek (third to second); POQUETTE BATTED FOR TERRELL; White stole second; Poquette doubled to left [White scored]; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 5. TWINS 7TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford was hit by a pitch; Cubbage walked [Ford to second]; MINGORI REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Wynegar doubled to right [Ford scored, Cubbage to third]; Morales was walked intentionally; Smalley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: Wathan singled to center; McRae forced Wathan (third to second); Cowens forced McRae (third to second); Otis tripled to right [Cowens scored]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6. TWINS 8TH: Powell doubled to left; RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall grounded out (third to first); Norwood flied out to center; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Carew was walked intentionally; Ford popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6. ROYALS 8TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MARSHALL REPLACED T. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); LACOCK BATTED FOR WHITE; LaCock reached on an error by Norwood; WASHINGTON RAN FOR LACOCK; Poquette grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Washington out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6. TWINS 9TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cubbage popped to shortstop; Wynegar popped to third in foul territory; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6. ROYALS 9TH: HURDLE BATTED FOR WILSON; Hurdle popped to catcher in foul territory; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WATHAN; Lahoud singled to center; ZDEB RAN FOR LAHOUD; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Zdeb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 6.

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