Raising his batting average to .407, Rod Carew stroked three hits, knocked in two runs and scored another to pace the Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Royals. Carew doubled in the fourth inning and scored on a single by Dan Ford.

After a single by Bob Randall and double by Willie Norwood in the sixth, Carew batted them home with a triple. The Royals' runs were driven in on a second-inning triple by Al Cowens and fourth-inning single by Darrell Porter. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Royals 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Carew 1b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .407 Poquette ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Ford cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .296 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .286 Rivera rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Cowens rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .260 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .318 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Porter c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .303 Randall 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Patek ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ph,ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .400 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 1 1 Totals 33 2 6 2 2 1 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 29,079 Left on Base: Twins 4, Royals 6 DP: Twins 0, Royals 1 Doubles: Carew 2 (7), Norwood (11), Brett (10), Otis (10), White (6) Triples: Cowens (4) Stolen Bases: Washington (5) Sacrifice Hits: Ford (2) GIDP: Rivera (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Serum W(3-0) 8 6 2 2 2 1 0 32 3.60 Marshall SV(3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 1 0 35 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff L(4-4) 9 7 3 3 1 1 0 34 2.72 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 1 0 34 Wild Pitches: Splittorff (1) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to left; Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to left; Brett doubled; Cowens tripled to right [Brett scored]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 2ND: Morales struck out; Rivera singled; Smalley grounded out (third to first) [Rivera to second]; Splittorff threw a wild pitch [Rivera to third]; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Porter walked; Patek struck out; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 3RD: Wolfe grounded out (second to first); Randall popped to shortstop; Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae flied out to center; Brett lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 4TH: Carew doubled; Ford singled to right [Carew scored]; Morales flied out to right; Rivera grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ford out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; Otis doubled to left; Hurdle popped to first; Porter singled to center [Otis scored]; WASHINGTON BATTED FOR PATEK; Washington singled to left [Porter to third]; Washington stole second; White lined to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 5TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar lined to center; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson flied out to center; McRae flied out to right; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 6TH: Randall singled to right; Norwood doubled to right [Randall to third]; Carew doubled to left [Randall scored, Norwood scored]; Ford out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Carew to third]; Morales reached on a fielder's choice [Carew out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Rivera lined to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis lined to right; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. TWINS 7TH: Smalley flied out to right; Wynegar walked; Wolfe grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wynegar to second]; Randall lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Porter grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Washington grounded out (first unassisted); White doubled to left; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. TWINS 8TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Norwood flied out to center; Carew singled to left; Ford flied out to center; Morales forced Carew (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: McRae flied out to right; Brett walked; Cowens popped to second; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. TWINS 9TH: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Smalley popped to catcher in foul territory; Wynegar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter popped to third; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Lahoud popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 2.

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