The Rangers got five-hit pitching from Jon Matlack and defeated the Twins, 6-3. Bobby Bonds scored the first three Ranger runs after walking in the first and third innings and hitting a single in the fifth. Al Oliver hit a sacrifice fly and a single to plate Bonds twice. Bonds counted his other run on two wild throws. The Rangers scored their deciding trio in the eighth, two runs crossing the plate on a double by pinch-hitter Johnny Grubb. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Rangers 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 6 10 1 Twins 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 5 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 3 3 1 0 2 0 .269 Edwards lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Norman 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Rivera rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .265 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Carew 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .340 Oliver lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .316 Ford cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 Zisk dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .260 Norwood dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .257 Campaneris pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .186 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Putnam ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Randall 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Wolfe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Beniquez cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .258 Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Jorgensen 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .212 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrah ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Perzanowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mason 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Grubb ph,rf 1 0 1 2 0 0 .268 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 10 5 3 4 Totals 32 3 5 2 2 5 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 3,312 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Twins 4 DP: Rangers 0, Twins 1 Errors: Wills, Ford, Borgmann Doubles: Sundberg (20), Grubb (17), Norwood (21) Triples: Norwood (3), Ford (9) Stolen Bases: Bonds (36) Sacrifice Hits: Wills 2 (6), Sundberg (3) Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (9) GIDP: Jorgensen (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(14-13) 9 5 3 2 2 5 0 34 2.38 Totals 9 5 3 2 2 5 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Serum L(9-9) 7.2 10 6 6 3 2 0 36 4.25 Perzanowski 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.79 Totals 9 10 6 6 3 4 0 40 Wild Pitches: Matlack (8), Serum (5) Balks: Serum (3) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo RANGERS 1ST: Bonds walked; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bonds to second]; Serum threw a wild pitch [Bonds to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bonds scored]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Edwards struck out; Rivera walked; Carew grounded out (second to first) [Rivera to second]; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg doubled to left; Beniquez flied out to center [Sundberg to third]; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Norwood flied out to right; Smalley made an out to second; Randall singled to right; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. RANGERS 3RD: Mason made an out to shortstop; Bonds walked; Bonds stole second [Bonds scored (error by Borgmann) (error by Ford)]; Wills singled to right; Oliver flied out to right; Zisk walked [Wills to second]; Sundberg lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (first unassisted); Rivera grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0. RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez flied out to left; Jorgensen singled to right; Harrah grounded out (second to first) [Jorgensen to second]; Mason grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Carew walked; Ford flied out to left; Norwood doubled to left [Carew scored]; Smalley flied out to right; Randall popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds singled to left; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Bonds to second]; Oliver singled to center [Bonds scored]; Serum balked [Oliver to second]; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Wolfe struck out; Borgmann was called out on strikes; Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 1. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez singled to center; Jorgensen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Beniquez out at second]; Harrah singled to center; Mason flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Rivera was called out on strikes; Carew singled to center; Matlack threw a wild pitch [Carew to second]; Ford made an out to second; Norwood tripled to right [Carew scored]; Smalley made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 2. RANGERS 7TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Wills flied out to center; Oliver lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Randall flied out to left; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 2. RANGERS 8TH: Zisk singled to center; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR ZISK; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Campaneris to second]; Beniquez singled to left [Campaneris to third]; Jorgensen reached on a fielder's choice [Campaneris scored, Beniquez to second]; Harrah flied out to left; GRUBB BATTED FOR MASON; Grubb doubled to center [Beniquez scored, Jorgensen scored]; PERZANOWSKI REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Bonds flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORMAN REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING 3B); Edwards grounded out (third to first); Rivera was called out on strikes; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 2. RANGERS 9TH: Wills struck out; Oliver was called out on strikes; PUTNAM BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 2. TWINS 9TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Ford tripled to center [Ford scored (error by Wills) (unearned)]; Norwood popped to first; Smalley made an out to second; Randall flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 3.

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