While Roger Erickson scattered nine hits in his winning performance, Roy Smalley homered with a man on base and Jose Morales accounted for two RBIs as the Twins defeated the Brewers, 7-2. The Twins took command with four runs in the sixth inning. Rod Carew singled, advanced to third on a wild pitch and a flyout and scored on a single by Morales. Willie Norwood doubled, Morales stopping at third.

Larry Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Morales, before Smalley capped the inning with his homer. Morales accounted for his second RBI with a single in the seventh when the Twins wrapped up their attack with the final three runs. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2

Game Played on Monday, July 3, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Brewers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 9 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 x - 7 11 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Randall 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .281 Money 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269 Carew 1b 4 2 2 1 1 2 .346 Davis dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .259 Ford cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .291 Hisle cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .295 Morales dh 4 1 3 2 0 0 .345 Oglivie lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .264 Norwood lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .261 Lezcano rf 4 0 3 1 0 1 .326 Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .248 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 Smalley ss 3 1 1 2 1 1 .274 Yount ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Wynegar c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Rivera rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Muser ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stein p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 9 2 0 8 Totals 32 7 11 7 5 6 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 19,062 Left on Base: Brewers 7, Twins 7 DP: Brewers 1, Twins 1 Errors: Wolfe Doubles: Davis (9), Morales (9), Norwood 2 (17) Home Runs: Smalley (9) Stolen Bases: Wynegar (1), Randall (3), Carew (14) Caught Stealing: Carew (4) Sacrifice Flies: Wolfe (2) GIDP: Martinez (3), Wynegar (4) Hit by Pitch: Hisle (3,by Erickson) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Augustine L(9-9) 5.2 8 4 4 2 3 1 25 4.59 Rodriguez 0.2 3 3 3 2 0 0 7 4.36 Stein 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 4.81 Totals 8 11 7 7 5 6 1 38 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson W(9-5) 9 9 2 2 0 8 0 36 4.62 Totals 9 9 2 2 0 8 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Erickson (5) Wild Pitches: Augustine (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money made an out to shortstop; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Randall grounded out (third to first); Carew walked; Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Ford singled to shortstop; Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 2ND: Hisle was hit by a pitch; Hisle was picked off first (pitcher to first); Oglivie was called out on strikes; Lezcano singled to center; Bando struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Norwood singled to left; Wolfe flied out to center; Smalley walked [Norwood to second]; Wynegar grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 3RD: Yount singled to right; On a bunt Martinez grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Yount out at second]; Molitor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Rivera was called out on strikes; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 4TH: Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis singled to left; Hisle singled to center [Davis to second]; Oglivie struck out; Lezcano singled to right [Hisle to second, Davis scored]; Bando forced Hisle (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales doubled to right; Norwood flied out to center; Wolfe lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. BREWERS 5TH: Yount flied out to left; Martinez lined to left; Molitor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Smalley was called out on strikes; Wynegar singled to left; Wynegar stole second; Rivera made an out to second; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. BREWERS 6TH: Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis reached on an error by Wolfe; Hisle struck out; Oglivie forced Davis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to center; Augustine threw a wild pitch [Carew to second]; Ford flied out to right [Carew to third]; Morales singled to left [Carew scored]; Norwood doubled to right [Morales to third]; Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly to right [Morales scored]; Smalley homered [Norwood scored]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Wynegar grounded out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 4. BREWERS 7TH: Lezcano was called out on strikes; Bando flied out to right; Yount flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 4. TWINS 7TH: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Randall walked; Randall stole second; Carew singled to right [Randall scored]; Carew stole second; Ford walked; Morales singled to right [Ford to second, Carew scored]; Norwood doubled to left [Morales to third, Ford scored]; STEIN REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Wolfe grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 7. BREWERS 8TH: MUSER BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Muser struck out; Molitor lined to second; Money singled to center; Davis doubled to center [Money scored]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 7. TWINS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING C ); Wynegar struck out; Rivera struck out; Randall walked; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 7. BREWERS 9TH: Oglivie flied out to left; Lezcano singled to left; Bando singled to right [Lezcano to second]; Yount struck out; Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Twins 7.

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