Bombo Rivera rapped four straight hits, capping his big night with a homer in the eighth inning for the Twins' clinching run in a 5-3 victory over the Royals. Hal McRae homered for the Royals in the first and George Brett, back in action for the first time since April 29, stroked a pair of doubles and counted the Royals' other runs for a 3-0 lead.

The Twins ralled to tie the score with the aid of an RBI single by Rivera and went ahead in the seventh when Dan Ford tripled and Jose Morales hit a sacrifice fly. Rivera's homer iced it. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Friday, May 19, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 - 5 10 0 Royals 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .256 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Carew ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .394 Poquette ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Powell rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208 McRae dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .288 Randall 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Brett 3b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .271 Ford cf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .295 Cowens rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Morales dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Kusick 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .186 Otis cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .310 Smalley ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .245 Hurdle 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Wolfe 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .239 Patek ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Rivera rf,lf 4 1 4 2 0 0 .350 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Borgmann c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .158 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Wynegar ph,c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 10 5 3 7 Totals 33 3 8 3 0 1 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 31,574 Left on Base: Twins 8, Royals 5 DP: Twins 1, Royals 1 Errors: Hurdle, Hassler Doubles: Brett 2 (8) Triples: Ford (1) Home Runs: Rivera (1), McRae (8) Stolen Bases: Norwood (11), Cowens (4) Sacrifice Hits: White (4) Sacrifice Flies: Carew (4), Morales (1) GIDP: Patek (3) Hit by Pitch: Cowens (5,by Erickson) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson W(3-3) 7 8 3 3 0 1 1 29 5.26 Marshall SV(2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 3 0 1 1 35 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler 5.1 7 3 2 3 3 0 27 6.30 Pattin L(1-1) 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 9 3.65 Hrabosky 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1.26 Totals 9 10 5 4 3 7 1 40 Hit by Pitch: Erickson (3) Wild Pitches: Erickson (6) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia TWINS 1ST: Norwood singled to center; Norwood stole second; Randall struck out; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first) [Norwood to third]; Morales grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae homered; Brett singled to right; Cowens was hit by a pitch [Brett to second]; Porter forced Cowens (second to shortstop) [Brett to third]; Otis singled to right [Brett scored, Porter to second]; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. TWINS 2ND: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 2ND: Patek flied out to left; White grounded out (third to first); Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. TWINS 3RD: Rivera singled; Rivera was picked off first but was safe on an error by Hassler [Rivera to third]; Borgmann popped to first in foul territory; Norwood struck out; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: McRae flied out to right; Brett doubled to left; Erickson threw a wild pitch [Brett to third]; Cowens singled to center [Brett scored]; Cowens stole second; Porter grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cowens to third]; Otis lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 3. TWINS 4TH: Ford reached on an error by Hurdle [Ford to second]; Morales lined to right; Kusick struck out; Smalley singled [Ford scored (unearned)]; Wolfe walked [Smalley to second]; Rivera singled to left [Smalley to third, Wolfe to second]; Borgmann lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle singled to center; Patek grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Hurdle out at second]; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 3. TWINS 5TH: Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford walked; Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett doubled to left; Cowens lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 3. TWINS 6TH: Kusick singled to center; Smalley flied out to right; Wolfe singled to center [Kusick to second]; Rivera singled to left [Kusick scored, Wolfe to second]; Borgmann walked [Wolfe to third, Rivera to second]; PATTIN REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); CAREW BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Carew sacrifice flied into a double play to left [Wolfe scored, Rivera out at third (left to first to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: POWELL REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING RF); RIVERA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Porter flied out to center; Otis struck out; Hurdle popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 3. TWINS 7TH: Randall popped to shortstop; Ford tripled; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ford scored]; Kusick struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Patek singled to right; White out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Patek to second]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette grounded out (third to first); McRae popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 3. TWINS 8TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Smalley was called out on strikes; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); Rivera homered; WYNEGAR BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Wynegar singled to right; HRABOSKY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Powell was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: WYNEGAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MARSHALL REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Brett flied out to center; Cowens lined to left; Porter popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3. TWINS 9TH: Randall flied out to center; Ford struck out; Morales popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 9TH: Otis lined to left; Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first); LACOCK BATTED FOR PATEK; LaCock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3.

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