A four-hitter by Geoff Zahn carried the Twins to a 2-1 victory over the White Sox. The Twins opened a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Rod Carew doubled, reached third on a throwing error by Chet Lemon and scored on a single by Roy Smalley. The winning run scored in the fifth when Mike Cubbage hit into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 2, Chicago White Sox 1

Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Twins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 x - 2 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Torres lf,rf 2 1 1 1 2 0 .167 Powell rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .281 Lemon rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Carew 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .341 Washington lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Smalley ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .284 Lamar Johnson 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .279 Adams dh 2 0 0 0 2 2 .255 Squires pr,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Norwood pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Nordhagen dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Ford cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Garr ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Wynegar c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .245 Bell ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Chiles lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Rivera lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Nahorodny c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .256 Pryor 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bosley cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 1 4 1 3 2 Totals 29 2 7 2 6 4 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 6,978 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Twins 10 DP: White Sox 0, Twins 2 Errors: Lemon Doubles: Carew (21) Triples: Carew (9) Home Runs: Torres (1) Stolen Bases: Bosley (10) Sacrifice Hits: Garr (9), Ford (6) GIDP: Nordhagen 2 (5) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios L(8-13) 8 7 2 1 6 4 0 36 3.85 Totals 8 7 2 1 6 4 0 36 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(11-13) 9 4 1 1 3 2 1 32 3.20 Totals 9 4 1 1 3 2 1 32 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Russ Goetz WHITE SOX 1ST: Torres popped to second in foul territory; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Lemon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson singled to center; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lamar Johnson out at second]; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Smalley popped to third in foul territory; Adams struck out; Ford singled to right; Wynegar popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny struck out; Pryor grounded out (third to first); Bosley singled to third; Bosley stole second; Torres walked; Kessinger lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Chiles grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong flied out to right; Powell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to left; Lamar Johnson popped to second; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Carew doubled to right [Carew to third (error by Lemon)]; Smalley singled to right [Carew scored (unearned)]; Adams struck out; Ford popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm struck out; Nahorodny grounded out (second to first); Pryor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied out to right; Chiles singled to right; Wilfong walked [Chiles to second]; Powell singled to second [Chiles to third, Wilfong to second]; Cubbage forced Powell (first to shortstop) [Chiles scored, Wilfong to third]; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Bosley flied out to right; Torres homered; Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); White Sox Manager Larry Doby, Chet Lemon, Wayne Nordhagen and Ron Schueler ejected by 1B umpire Joe Brinkman; Nordhagen and Schueler ejected from the bench; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING LF); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Smalley grounded out (second to first); Adams walked; Ford struck out; Wynegar walked [Adams to second]; Chiles walked [Adams to third, Wynegar to second]; Wilfong struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson walked; SQUIRES RAN FOR LAMAR JOHNSON; GARR BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Squires to second]; Soderholm flied out to center [Squires to third]; Nahorodny popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: GARR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); SQUIRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Powell flied out to right; Cubbage flied out to center; Carew tripled to center; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor flied out to right; Bosley flied out to center; Torres walked; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: Adams walked; NORWOOD RAN FOR ADAMS; Ford out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Norwood to second]; Wynegar walked; Chiles flied out to left; Wilfong singled to pitcher [Norwood out at third (pitcher to catcher to third), Wynegar to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: NORWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RIVERA REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING LF); Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Squires flied out to center; BELL BATTED FOR GARR; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Twins 2.

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