Tight pitching by Gary Serum and Roger Erickson enabled the Twins to post a doubleheader sweep over the A's, 3-1 and 2-1. In the first game, singles by Dan Ford, Mike Cubbage and Glenn Adams in the second inning produced the Twins' initial run. In the third, Rod Carew beat out a bunt, reached second when catcher Jim Essian threw wildly to first and tallied on a single by Cubbage. Roy Smalley singled in the seventh for the Twins' final tally.

The second game was 1-1 going into the bottom of the eighth when Cubbage drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a groundout and tallied the winning run on a single by Butch Wynegar. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 13, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1 Twins 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3 12 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Norwood lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Smalley ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .285 Picciolo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Carew 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .333 Dilone cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Ford cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .292 Wallis cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Cubbage 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .302 Horton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Wynegar c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Burke cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Adams dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .251 Page dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Powell rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Duncan 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Wilfong 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .284 Revering 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .268 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .287 Woodard pr,2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Alston lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .275 Armas rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Essian c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 7 1 0 6 Totals 33 3 12 3 1 6 Time of Game: 2:18 Left on Base: A's 5, Twins 7 DP: A's 1, Twins 1 Errors: Essian Doubles: Adams (11) Triples: Guerrero (4), Ford (6) Stolen Bases: Edwards (23), Norwood (24) Caught Stealing: Smalley (7) GIDP: Guerrero (12), Adams (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(7-10) 8 12 3 2 1 6 0 34 2.90 Totals 8 12 3 2 1 6 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Serum W(6-5) 9 7 1 1 0 6 0 33 4.07 Totals 9 7 1 1 0 6 0 33 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards struck out; Dilone grounded out (catcher to first); Page grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Norwood singled to center; Norwood was picked off first (pitcher to first); Smalley struck out; Carew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering singled to right; Guerrero grounded into a double play (second to first) [Revering out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford singled to right; Cubbage singled to center [Ford to second]; Wynegar struck out; Adams singled to right [Ford scored, Cubbage to second]; Powell struck out; Wilfong walked [Cubbage to third, Adams to second]; Norwood flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Alston grounded out (second to first); Armas lined to pitcher; Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Smalley flied out to left; On a bunt Carew singled to catcher [Carew to second (error by Essian)]; Ford popped to first; Cubbage singled to center [Carew scored (unearned)]; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone was called out on strikes; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. TWINS 4TH: Adams doubled to right; Powell made an out to second; Wilfong flied out to left; Norwood grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Duncan flied out to center; Revering singled to left; Guerrero struck out; Alston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. TWINS 5TH: WALLIS REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING CF); Smalley lined to center; Carew grounded out (third to first); Ford tripled to center; Cubbage made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas flied out to left; Essian popped to catcher in foul territory; Edwards singled to center; HORTON BATTED FOR WALLIS; Edwards stole second; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: BURKE REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); Wynegar singled to center; Adams grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at second]; Powell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page flied out to center; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: On a bunt Wilfong singled to third; Norwood forced Wilfong (pitcher to shortstop); Norwood stole second; Smalley singled to center [Norwood scored]; Smalley was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Carew struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero tripled to right; WOODARD RAN FOR GUERRERO; Alston grounded out (second to first) [Woodard scored]; Armas grounded out (third to first); Essian singled to center; NEWMAN BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Newman forced Essian (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING SS); WOODARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Ford was called out on strikes; Cubbage singled to center; Wynegar flied out to left; Adams forced Cubbage (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Burke struck out; Page flied out to left; Duncan singled to center; Revering singled to center [Duncan to second]; LANGFORD RAN FOR REVERING; Woodard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3.

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