Although piling up 23 hits, the Twins had to go 11 innings before Willie Norwood's fourth single of the game drove in Bombo Rivera to beat the A's, 9-8. The Twins took an early 6-0 lead but fell behind when the A's erupted for three runs in the fourth and four in the fifth.

The Twins tied the score in the eighth on a single by Rob Wilfong and triple by Roy Smalley. After each club picked up a run in the 10th, Rivera walked in the 11th, took third on a single by Jose Morales and scored on Norwood's hit. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 9, Oakland Athletics 8

Game Played on Saturday, July 8, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Twins 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 9 23 0 A's 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 8 12 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .234 Wallis cf 6 1 1 0 0 0 .320 Smalley ss 5 0 4 3 0 0 .275 Murphy lf 6 2 4 0 0 1 .200 Carew 1b 5 0 2 0 1 0 .344 Burke pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Wynegar c 6 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Guerrero ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Cubbage 3b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .328 Picciolo pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .190 Wolfe ph,3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Adams ph,2b,3b 3 1 0 1 1 0 .091 Chiles lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .274 Page dh 4 1 2 3 0 1 .285 Rivera ph,lf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .288 Duncan 3b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .266 Adams dh 2 2 2 1 0 0 .225 Dilone pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .249 Kusick ph,dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Fuentes 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 Morales ph,dh 2 0 1 0 0 1 .339 Revering 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Norwood cf 6 1 4 2 0 1 .271 Newman c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .270 Wilfong 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .257 Essian c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Armas rf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .222 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b,ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 48 9 23 9 3 6 Totals 43 8 12 6 3 8 Time of Game: 3:35 Attendance: 12,201 Left on Base: Twins 13, A's 7 DP: Twins 0, A's 3 Doubles: Chiles (6), Adams (8), Page (12), Murphy (1) Triples: Smalley (1), Powell (1) Stolen Bases: Dilone (28) Sacrifice Hits: Powell (2) Sacrifice Flies: Powell (3), Chiles (3), Smalley (5), Page (2) GIDP: Carew (8) Hit by Pitch: Guerrero (3,by Erickson) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson 4 7 7 7 1 5 0 21 4.97 Holly 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.00 Serum 3.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 13 3.38 Marshall W(4-6) 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 11 2.63 Totals 11 12 8 8 3 8 0 48 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg 1.1 6 4 4 0 0 0 9 3.87 McCatty 1.1 5 2 2 0 0 0 8 4.60 Johnson 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 14 2.53 Sosa 1.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 8 2.90 Heaverlo L(3-4) 3 6 2 2 1 2 0 14 3.00 Minetto 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.50 Totals 11 23 9 9 3 6 0 55 Passed Balls: Wynegar (2) Hit by Pitch: Erickson (6) Wild Pitches: Serum 2 (2) Balks: Holly (1) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to left; Smalley singled to right; Carew grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis flied out to left; Murphy struck out; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar flied out to right; Cubbage singled to left; Chiles doubled to right [Cubbage to third]; Adams singled to center [Cubbage scored, Chiles to third, Adams to second (on throw to home)]; Norwood singled to shortstop [Chiles stayed at third, Adams stayed at second]; Wilfong singled to center [Chiles scored, Adams to third, Norwood to second]; MCCATTY REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Powell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Adams scored, Norwood to third]; Smalley singled to right [Norwood scored, Wilfong to third]; Carew grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page struck out; Duncan singled to center; Revering flied out to left; Newman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 0. TWINS 3RD: Wynegar singled to second; Cubbage singled to right [Wynegar to third]; Chiles hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynegar scored]; Adams doubled to right [Cubbage out at home (right to second to catcher)]; Norwood singled to right [Adams scored, Norwood to second (on throw to home)]; JOHNSON REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Wilfong walked; Powell struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Wallis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0. TWINS 4TH: Smalley flied out to left; Carew flied out to left; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy singled to center; Guerrero was hit by a pitch [Murphy to second]; PICCIOLO RAN FOR GUERRERO; Page doubled to left [Murphy scored, Picciolo scored]; Duncan struck out; Revering singled to center [Page scored]; Newman popped to first; Armas struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 3. TWINS 5TH: PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); WOLFE BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Wolfe flied out to left; RIVERA BATTED FOR CHILES; Rivera singled to left; KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick singled to left [Rivera to second]; Norwood forced Kusick (third to second) [Rivera to third]; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOLFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Edwards singled to center; Wallis singled to center [Edwards to second]; Murphy singled to right [Edwards to third, Wallis to second]; ADAMS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Adams walked [Edwards scored, Wallis to third, Murphy to second]; HOLLY REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Wynegar allowed a passed ball [Wallis scored, Murphy to third, Adams to second]; Page hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murphy scored]; Duncan walked; Holly balked [Adams to third, Duncan to second]; Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); SERUM REPLACED HOLLY (PITCHING); Serum threw a wild pitch [Adams scored, Duncan to third]; Newman walked; Armas struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 7. TWINS 6TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley singled to left; Carew singled to left [Smalley to second]; Wynegar flied out to left; SOSA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Wolfe popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards struck out; Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); Murphy doubled to center; Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 7. TWINS 7TH: Rivera struck out; Kusick flied out to center; Norwood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page singled to right; Duncan forced Page (first to shortstop); Revering popped to shortstop; Serum threw a wild pitch [Duncan to second]; Newman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 7. TWINS 8TH: Wilfong singled to left; Powell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wilfong to second]; Smalley tripled to right [Wilfong scored]; Carew was walked intentionally; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Carew to second]; Wolfe flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas lined to shortstop; Edwards grounded out (third to first); Wallis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 7. TWINS 9TH: ESSIAN REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING C ); Rivera singled to right; MORALES BATTED FOR KUSICK; Morales struck out; Norwood singled to right [Rivera to third]; Wilfong flied into a double play (center to catcher) [Rivera out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MARSHALL REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Murphy flied out to left; Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Page flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Athletics 7. TWINS 10TH: Powell tripled to right; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to right [Powell scored]; Carew singled to left; Wynegar flied into a double play (left to second) [Carew out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 10TH: Duncan singled to center; DILONE RAN FOR DUNCAN; Dilone stole second; Revering grounded out (third to first) [Dilone to third]; Essian singled to left [Dilone scored, Essian out at second (left to second)]; Armas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Athletics 8. TWINS 11TH: FUENTES REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 2B); ADAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Wolfe struck out; Rivera walked; Morales singled to right [Rivera to third]; Norwood singled to center [Rivera scored, Morales to second]; MINETTO REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall popped to shortstop; Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 9, Athletics 8. ATHLETICS 11TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Edwards grounded out (third to first); Wallis flied out to right; Murphy singled to left; BURKE RAN FOR MURPHY; Adams flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 9, Athletics 8.

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