The Brewers lost to the Twins, 5-2, and fell six games off the pace in the East division. The Twins, who collected seven hits, began their scoring in the first inning with two-out doubles by Rod Carew and Glenn Adams. A single by Dave Edwards, triple by Roy Smalley and single by Carew added a pair in the third. An error by Cecil Cooper enabled the Twins to chalk up two unearned runs in the fourth before Ben Oglivie batted in the Brewers' runs with a double in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1978 (Night game) at County Stadium

Twins 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubbage 3b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .281 Yount ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Smalley ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 .284 Money 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Carew 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .337 Cooper 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .316 Adams dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Hisle lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Powell rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245 Oglivie rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .296 Ford cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Lezcano dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .290 Wynegar c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .236 Bando 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .292 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Thomas cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .247 Edwards lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .385 Martinez c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Rivera pr,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Yurak ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 7 4 1 4 Totals 37 2 10 2 1 8 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 37,809 Left on Base: Twins 5, Brewers 9 DP: Twins 0, Brewers 0 Errors: Cooper 2 Doubles: Carew (22), Adams (16), Thomas (23), Oglivie (24) Triples: Smalley (3) Caught Stealing: Carew (6) Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (20) Hit by Pitch: Edwards (1,by Sorensen) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz W(13-10) 8 10 2 2 1 7 0 35 2.45 Marshall SV(20) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.39 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 8 0 38 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen L(17-11) 3.2 7 5 3 0 1 0 19 3.23 Rodriguez 5.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 18 4.28 Totals 9 7 5 3 1 4 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Sorensen (4) Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney TWINS 1ST: Cubbage lined to right; Smalley struck out; Carew doubled to left; Adams doubled to left [Carew scored]; Powell lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Yount grounded out (third to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper walked; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando singled to right; Thomas popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 0. TWINS 3RD: Edwards singled to left; Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first) [Edwards to second]; Smalley tripled to right [Edwards scored]; Carew singled to left [Smalley scored]; Carew was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Martinez singled to left; Yount flied out to right; Money singled to left [Martinez to second]; Cooper forced Martinez (pitcher to third) [Money to second]; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Brewers 0. TWINS 4TH: Powell singled to right; Ford grounded out (first unassisted) [Powell to second]; Wynegar reached on an error by Cooper [Powell scored (unearned), Wynegar to second]; Wilfong grounded out (second to first) [Wynegar to third]; Edwards was hit by a pitch; RIVERA RAN FOR EDWARDS; Cubbage singled to center [Wynegar scored (unearned), Rivera to second]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); Smalley flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Oglivie lined to left; Lezcano singled to right; Bando struck out; Thomas doubled to left [Lezcano to third]; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 0. TWINS 5TH: Carew lined to shortstop; Adams flied out to left; Powell reached on an error by Cooper [Powell to second]; Ford reached on a fielder's choice [Powell out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Yount popped to first in foul territory; Money struck out; Cooper singled to left; Hisle singled to left [Cooper to second]; Oglivie doubled to left [Cooper scored, Hisle scored]; Lezcano flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Wilfong struck out; Rivera lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. BREWERS 6TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas struck out; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. TWINS 7TH: Cubbage walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cubbage to second]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Money flied out to left; Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. TWINS 8TH: Powell flied out to center; Ford flied out to center; Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. BREWERS 8TH: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Oglivie was called out on strikes; Lezcano singled to left; Bando singled to left [Lezcano to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. TWINS 9TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Rivera struck out; Cubbage was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2. BREWERS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); YURAK BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Yurak lined to left; Yount struck out; Money popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Brewers 2.

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