A crowd of 41,723, the largest so far this season at Anaheim Stadium, saw the Angels lose the first game of a twi-night doubleheader to the Twins, 4-3, before coming back to win the second game by the same 4-3 score. Roger Erickson, pitching in the opener, snapped the Twins' string of eight straight losses to the Angels since April 11 when Erickson beat the California club, 8-1. The Twins took advantage of Frank Tanana's wildness to break a 2-2 tie in the third inning. Rod Carew led off with a single and Tanana then walked three of the next four batters to force in one run before Bob Randall hit a sacrifice fly to produce what proved to be the Twins' deciding marker. Danny Goodwin had four straight hits for the Angels, including a two-run homer.

In the nightcap, the Twins took a 3-1 lead before the Angels rallied to win with three runs in the seventh on walks to Dave Chalk and Bobby Grich, a single by Tony Solaita and double by Ken Landreaux. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, August 5, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Twins 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 2 Angels 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Landreaux cf,rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Powell rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283 Carew 1b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .326 Bostock rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Ford cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .301 R. Miller cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Kusick dh 3 1 0 0 1 2 .197 Baylor 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Smalley ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .285 Rudi lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .234 Rivera rf,lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .284 Goodwin dh 4 1 4 2 0 0 .500 Randall 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .278 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Wolfe 3b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .229 Chalk ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Borgmann c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .207 Grich 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 4 6 4 6 8 Totals 34 3 10 2 1 4 Time of Game: 2:32 Left on Base: Twins 8, Angels 6 DP: Twins 1, Angels 0 Errors: Norwood 2 Doubles: Goodwin (1) Home Runs: Goodwin (1) Stolen Bases: Carew (17) Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (15), Borgmann (2), Downing (4) Sacrifice Flies: Randall (2) GIDP: Rudi (9) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson W(11-6) 9 10 3 2 1 4 1 36 4.58 Totals 9 10 3 2 1 4 1 36 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana L(14-7) 9 6 4 4 6 8 0 39 3.05 Totals 9 6 4 4 6 8 0 39 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano TWINS 1ST: Norwood was called out on strikes; Carew was called out on strikes; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Lansford grounded out (second to first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 0. TWINS 2ND: Kusick walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Kusick to second]; Rivera was called out on strikes; Randall singled to shortstop [Kusick to third]; Wolfe singled to center [Kusick scored, Randall to third]; Borgmann singled to third [Randall scored, Wolfe to second]; Norwood flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor walked; Baylor was picked off first (pitcher to first); Rudi singled to left; Goodwin homered [Rudi scored]; Downing grounded out (second to first); Chalk flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 2. TWINS 3RD: On a bunt Carew singled to third; Carew stole second; Ford walked; Kusick was called out on strikes; Smalley walked [Carew to third, Ford to second]; Rivera walked [Carew scored, Ford to third, Smalley to second]; Randall lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Ford scored, Smalley to third]; Wolfe forced Rivera (shortstop to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 2. ANGELS 3RD: Grich grounded out (second to first); Landreaux singled to right; Lansford was called out on strikes; Bostock singled to left [Landreaux to third, Bostock to second (error by Norwood)]; Baylor flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 2. TWINS 4TH: Borgmann singled to left; Norwood popped to first; Carew flied out to right; Ford singled to right [Borgmann to third]; Kusick lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (second to first); Goodwin doubled to left; Downing grounded out (shortstop to first) [Goodwin to third]; Chalk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 2. TWINS 5TH: Smalley flied out to left; Rivera grounded out (third to first); Randall popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Grich was called out on strikes; Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first); Lansford singled to right; Bostock reached on an error by Norwood [Lansford scored (unearned)]; Baylor flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. TWINS 6TH: Wolfe walked; Borgmann out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Wolfe to second]; Norwood flied out to center [Wolfe to third]; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. ANGELS 6TH: Rudi flied out to right; Goodwin singled to center; Goodwin was picked off first (pitcher to first); Downing grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. TWINS 7TH: R. MILLER REPLACED BOSTOCK (PLAYING CF); LANDREAUX CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick was called out on strikes; Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich singled to left; Landreaux struck out; Lansford forced Grich (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. TWINS 8TH: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Randall flied out to center; Wolfe walked; Borgmann forced Wolfe (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. ANGELS 8TH: R. Miller singled to right; Baylor flied out to center; Rudi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [R. Miller out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. TWINS 9TH: Norwood struck out; Carew was called out on strikes; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3. ANGELS 9TH: POWELL REPLACED NORWOOD (PLAYING RF); RIVERA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Goodwin singled to right; Downing out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Goodwin to second]; Chalk lined to center; SOLAITA BATTED FOR GRICH; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Angels 3.

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