Friday September 22, 1978
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Minnesota Twins 4, Kansas City Royals 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 22, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2 Twins 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 x - 4 5 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 McRae dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Otis cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .298 Carew 1b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .338 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 xAdams dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .000 Wathan 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Ford cf 3 0 1 2 0 1 .277 Cripe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Powell rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Zdeb lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .248 Chiles lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .269 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Edwards lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Kusnyer c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .182 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 6 0 1 4 Totals 29 4 5 3 1 4 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 5,175 Left on Base: Royals 4, Twins 3 DP: Royals 0, Twins 1 Errors: Patek, Kusnyer Doubles: Kusnyer (1), McRae (38), Carew (24) Triples: Ford (10) Stolen Bases: Chiles (1) Caught Stealing: Patek (10) GIDP: Otis (10) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin L(3-3) 8 5 4 2 1 4 0 31 3.49 Totals 8 5 4 2 1 4 0 31 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(14-13) 9 6 0 0 1 4 0 31 3.11 Totals 9 6 0 0 1 4 0 31 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly ROYALS 1ST: White flied out to right; McRae singled to center; Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Cubbage flied out to left; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens struck out; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Cripe flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams struck out; Ford flied out to right; Powell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Zdeb singled to left; Patek forced Zdeb (pitcher to shortstop); Kusnyer popped to first in foul territory; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Chiles singled to center; Chiles stole second; Wynegar flied out to center; Wilfong grounded out (second to first) [Chiles to third]; Cubbage reached on an error by Patek [Chiles scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Smalley flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1. ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to right; McRae flied out to right; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Carew doubled to right; Adams singled to center [Carew scored, Adams out at second (center to catcher to second)]; Ford struck out; Powell flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (second to first); Wathan grounded out (second to first); Cripe flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. TWINS 5TH: Chiles grounded out (second to first); Wynegar flied out to right; Wilfong singled to right; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. ROYALS 6TH: Zdeb popped to first in foul territory; Patek flied out to right; Kusnyer doubled to left; White lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew walked; Adams reached on catcher's interference by Kusnyer [Carew to second]; Ford tripled to left [Carew scored, Adams scored (unearned)]; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Chiles struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 4. ROYALS 7TH: EDWARDS REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING LF); McRae doubled to right; Otis singled to third [McRae out at second (third to shortstop)]; Cowens forced Otis (shortstop to second); Wathan lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 4. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar lined to first; Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Cubbage flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 4. ROYALS 8TH: Cripe was called out on strikes; Zdeb walked; Patek grounded out (third to first) [Zdeb to second]; Kusnyer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: Smalley flied out to right; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Adams popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 4. ROYALS 9TH: White struck out; McRae flied out to right; Otis singled to center; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 4.

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