A home-run barrage by the Orioles upended the Twins, 8-6, ending Minnesota's eight-game winning streak. Ken Singleton slammed a solo blast in the first inning and added a two-run round-tripper in the third. Rich Dauer belted a bases-empty blow in the fifth and Doug DeCinces clouted a two-run smash in the sixth off reliever Johnny Sutton.

Bird hurler Mike Flanagan held the Twins hitless until Dan Ford doubled with one out in the sixth inning. He was chased in the eighth after run-scoring singles by Rod Carew and Jose Morales. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 8, Minnesota Twins 6

Game Played on Thursday, July 13, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 - 6 8 2 Orioles 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 x - 8 12 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .268 Harlow cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Carew 1b 3 3 2 1 2 1 .352 Dauer 2b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .259 Ford cf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .294 Singleton rf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .285 Morales dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .331 Lopez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Chiles ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Rivera rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Mora lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Powell ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smalley ss 2 0 0 1 1 0 .270 DeCinces 3b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .246 Wolfe 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Dempsey c 3 0 3 0 0 0 .255 Cubbage ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wynegar ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .197 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 8 6 5 3 Totals 34 8 12 7 0 5 Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 8,119 Left on Base: Twins 7, Orioles 2 DP: Twins 0, Orioles 0 Errors: Rivera, Wolfe Doubles: Ford 2 (19), Norwood (18), Harlow (14), Mora (7), Dempsey (10) Home Runs: Singleton 2 (9), Dauer (5), DeCinces (11) Stolen Bases: Carew (16) Caught Stealing: DeCinces (3), Dempsey (2) Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (6) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz L(8-6) 4.1 9 6 5 0 3 3 20 2.76 Sutton 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 7 5.40 Holly 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9.64 Totals 8 12 8 7 0 5 4 34 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(13-6) 7 4 4 3 5 1 0 30 3.55 Stanhouse 1.2 4 2 2 0 2 0 9 3.40 T. Martinez SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 Totals 9 8 6 5 5 3 0 40 Passed Balls: Dempsey (4) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Nick Bremigan TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to right; Carew walked; Ford forced Carew (shortstop unassisted); Morales grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Dauer lined to shortstop; Singleton homered; Murray flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. TWINS 2ND: Rivera grounded out (second to first); Smalley flied out to center; Wolfe walked; Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: May made an out to first; Mora grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces singled; DeCinces was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Norwood flied out to right; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey singled to third; Dempsey was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out (third to first); Harlow doubled to right; Dauer singled to right [Harlow scored, Dauer to third (error by Rivera)]; Singleton homered [Dauer scored]; Murray grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 4. TWINS 4TH: Ford flied out to left; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 4TH: May was called out on strikes; Mora lined to right; On a bunt DeCinces singled; On a bunt Dempsey singled to third [DeCinces scored (error by Wolfe) (unearned), Dempsey to second]; Belanger was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 5. TWINS 5TH: Smalley walked; Wolfe forced Smalley (shortstop to second); Randall forced Wolfe (second to shortstop); Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow struck out; Dauer homered; SUTTON REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Orioles 6. TWINS 6TH: Norwood flied out to center; Carew walked; Ford doubled to left [Carew to third]; Morales grounded out (first unassisted) [Carew scored, Ford to third]; Rivera grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 6. ORIOLES 6TH: May lined to center; Mora doubled to left; DeCinces homered [Mora scored]; Dempsey doubled to right; Belanger flied out to right; HOLLY REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Harlow lined to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 8. TWINS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Wolfe made an out to second; Randall walked; Borgmann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 8. ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Orioles 8. TWINS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Norwood doubled to left; Carew singled to left [Norwood scored]; Ford singled to left [Carew to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); CHILES BATTED FOR MORALES; Chiles singled to left [Carew scored, Ford to second]; Dempsey allowed a passed ball [Ford to third]; POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell was called out on strikes; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ford scored (unearned)]; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage flied out to center; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Orioles 8. ORIOLES 8TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARRISON REPLACED HOLLY (PITCHING); May grounded out (second to first); Mora was called out on strikes; DeCinces flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Orioles 8. TWINS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); WYNEGAR BATTED FOR RANDALL; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); ADAMS BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Adams struck out; Norwood singled to center; Carew singled to right [Norwood to third]; Carew stole second; Ford doubled to right [Norwood scored, Carew scored]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); KUSICK BATTED FOR CHILES; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Orioles 8.

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