Getting all their runs in the bottom of the fifth, the Twins completed the three-game series sweep by downing the Brewers, 3-1. Rod Carew and Mike Cubbage, each of whom had a perfect night at the plate, led off the fifth with consecutive singles. A sacrifice fly by Butch Wynegar plated Carew and Cubbage raced home on a triple by Dan Ford. A sacrifice fly by Rich Chiles scored Ford. The Brewer run came in the second on a single by Sal Bando, a stolen base, and a single by Robin Yount. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Brewers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 3 11 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .299 Powell rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Money 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Oglivie lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .263 Carew 1b 4 1 4 0 0 0 .351 Hisle cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .288 Cubbage 3b 3 1 3 0 0 0 .323 Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .320 Wynegar c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .271 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Ford cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .296 Bando 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .264 Chiles dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .256 Yount ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .271 Norwood lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Martinez c 3 0 1 0 0 2 .209 Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Muser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 8 1 3 6 Totals 32 3 11 3 1 1 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 11,409 Left on Base: Brewers 8, Twins 9 DP: Brewers 0, Twins 2 Errors: Goltz Doubles: Oglivie (8), Bando (12) Triples: Ford (3) Stolen Bases: Bando (1), Yount (6) Sacrifice Hits: Cubbage (6) Sacrifice Flies: Wynegar (2), Chiles (2) GIDP: Money (4), May (2) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen L(11-5) 8 11 3 3 1 1 0 36 3.19 Totals 8 11 3 3 1 1 0 36 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz W(7-5) 9 8 1 1 3 6 0 36 2.67 Totals 9 8 1 1 3 6 0 36 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie doubled to right; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to left; Cubbage singled to center [Carew to third]; Wynegar walked [Cubbage to second]; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando singled to center; Bando stole second; Yount singled to left [Bando scored]; Yount stole second; Martinez was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Chiles flied out to center; Norwood grounded out (third to first); Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. BREWERS 3RD: Molitor walked; Money grounded into a double play (catcher to shortstop to first) [Molitor out at second]; Oglivie singled to right; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Powell popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley flied out to right; Carew singled to center; Cubbage singled to left [Carew to second]; Wynegar singled to right [Cubbage to second, Carew to third]; Ford flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. BREWERS 4TH: Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (second to first); Bando singled to left; Yount singled to left [Bando to second]; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Chiles made an out to shortstop; Norwood made an out to catcher; On a bunt Wilfong singled to third; Powell singled to center [Wilfong to second]; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. BREWERS 5TH: Molitor flied out to left; Money popped to first in foul territory; Oglivie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Carew singled to right; Cubbage singled to right [Carew to third]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to left [Carew scored]; Ford tripled to right [Cubbage scored]; Chiles hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ford scored]; Norwood flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. BREWERS 6TH: Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Lezcano walked; May grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Lezcano out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. TWINS 6TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Powell flied out to right; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. BREWERS 7TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Yount struck out; Martinez singled to center; Martinez was picked off first but was safe on an error by Goltz [Martinez to second]; Molitor walked; Money forced Martinez (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. TWINS 7TH: Carew singled to left; Cubbage out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Carew to second]; Wynegar flied out to center; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: Chiles flied out to left; Norwood struck out; Wilfong flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3. BREWERS 9TH: May struck out; Bando doubled to right; Yount flied out to right; MUSER BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Muser grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Twins 3.

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