The Twins and Rangers divided a doubleheader, the Rangers winning the first game, 7-1, and the Twins taking the second, 7-2. In the opener, Dock Ellis and Roger Moret, making his first appearance since being released from a psychiatric hospital, combined on a three-hitter. Ellis was forced to leave the game after seven innings because of a developing blister. Al Oliver set the hitting pace for the Rangers, driving in four runs. The left fielder started Texas soaring in a three run the third inning by driving in Mike Hargrove with a sacrifice fly, hit a solo homer in the fifth, hit an RBI single in the sixth and produced another sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Mike Marshall picked up his fifth save in the nightcap as the Twins got four runs in their first turn at bat. Consecutive singles by Willie Norwood, Dan Ford and Craig Kusick brought in one run and, after Bombo Rivera was intentionally walked, Jose Morales got a ground-rule double to plate two more. A sacrifice fly by Larry Wolfe drove in the fourth run of the inning. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 7, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, May 29, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 2 Rangers 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 x - 7 14 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Smalley ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .247 Wills 2b 3 3 3 0 2 0 .240 Carew 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .379 Bevacqua 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Bonds rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Oliver lf 3 1 2 4 0 0 .287 Adams dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .206 Zisk dh 5 1 1 1 0 1 .283 Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .194 Sundberg c 4 0 2 0 1 0 .340 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Beniquez cf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .284 Chiles lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Harrah 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .203 Rivera ph,rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .357 Mason ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Norwood cf,lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Norman pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Wilfong 2b 1 0 1 0 1 0 .160 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ford ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 3 1 2 6 Totals 35 7 14 7 5 5 Time of Game: 2:30 Left on Base: Twins 4, Rangers 11 DP: Twins 1, Rangers 0 Errors: Cubbage, Wynegar Doubles: Wills (5) Home Runs: Smalley (4), Oliver (5) Stolen Bases: Wills (13), Beniquez 2 (7), Harrah (8) Sacrifice Flies: Oliver 2 (5) GIDP: Sundberg (5) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Serum L(3-2) 4.1 9 5 5 3 3 1 25 3.83 Thayer 3.2 5 2 2 2 2 0 17 3.96 Totals 8 14 7 7 5 5 1 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis W(3-2) 7 1 0 0 2 3 0 24 3.26 Moret 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 8 3.00 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 6 1 32 Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc TWINS 1ST: Powell popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley flied out to center; Carew flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Wills singled to right; Wills stole second [Wills to third (error by Wynegar)]; Bonds struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Cubbage struck out; Adams grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk reached on an error by Cubbage; Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Harrah singled to left [Beniquez scored]; Harrah stole second; Mason grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. TWINS 3RD: Chiles flied out to left; Norwood grounded out (second to first); Wilfong singled to right; Powell popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to left; Wills doubled to right [Hargrove to third]; Bonds flied out to left; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hargrove scored]; Zisk singled to center [Wills scored]; Sundberg singled to center [Zisk to second]; Beniquez singled to left [Zisk scored, Sundberg to third]; Harrah was called out on strikes; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. TWINS 4TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded out (second to first); Cubbage made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Mason grounded out (second to first); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Wills walked; Bonds forced Wills (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. TWINS 5TH: Adams struck out; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); Chiles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver homered; Zisk was called out on strikes; Sundberg walked; Beniquez singled to third [Sundberg to second]; THAYER REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Harrah struck out; Mason lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 5. TWINS 6TH: Norwood grounded out (third to first); Wilfong walked; Powell grounded out (third to first) [Wilfong to second]; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [Wilfong to third]; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 5. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Wills walked; Bonds grounded out (third to first) [Wills to second]; Oliver singled to left [Wills scored, Oliver out at second (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Carew grounded out (second to first); Cubbage lined to second; Adams walked; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk flied out to center; Sundberg singled to left; Beniquez singled to left [Sundberg to third]; Harrah flied out to right; Beniquez stole second; Mason walked; NORMAN RAN FOR MASON; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 8TH: NORMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MORET REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); RIVERA BATTED FOR CHILES; Rivera singled to center; Norwood struck out; FORD BATTED FOR WILFONG; Ford flied out to right; RANDALL BATTED FOR POWELL; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORWOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Wills singled to center; Bonds singled to center [Wills to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wills scored]; Zisk flied out to right; Sundberg forced Bonds (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 7. TWINS 9TH: BEVACQUA REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Smalley homered; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); MORALES BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Morales struck out; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 7.

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