The Rangers exploded for five runs in the seventh inning and went on to subdue the Twins, 10-5. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 10, Minnesota Twins 5

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 12 1 Rangers 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 x - 10 11 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubbage 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .281 Bonds dh 3 3 0 0 2 0 .265 Norwood pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .259 Beniquez cf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .261 Wolfe 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Oliver lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .326 Powell rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .248 Zisk rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .260 Rivera ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Norman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Smalley ss 2 0 1 1 2 0 .277 Harrah ss 4 1 2 3 0 1 .228 Ford cf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .275 Wills 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .250 Adams dh 2 2 1 0 1 1 .263 Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .315 Sundberg c 3 2 1 0 1 0 .281 Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Mason 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Kusick 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .176 Grubb ph,rf 2 2 2 0 0 0 .272 Chiles lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .269 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .271 Randall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perzanowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 12 5 3 6 Totals 34 10 11 10 5 4 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 9,601 Left on Base: Twins 8, Rangers 6 DP: Twins 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Cubbage, Mason Doubles: Ford (36), Smalley (31), Rivera (8), Sundberg (22), Grubb (18) Home Runs: Harrah (11) Stolen Bases: Powell (11) Caught Stealing: Powell (5) Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (11), Powell (7), Smalley (23) Sacrifice Flies: Kusick (4), Zisk (5) GIDP: Powell (5) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson 5.2 6 3 2 0 3 0 24 3.96 Perzanowski L(2-7) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 0 4 5.24 Marshall 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 5 2.51 T. Johnson 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 7 5.51 Totals 8 11 10 9 5 4 1 40 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 6.1 11 5 5 2 4 0 31 3.00 Mirabella W(3-2) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 6.39 Totals 9 12 5 5 3 6 0 40 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller TWINS 1ST: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Powell singled to center; Powell stole second; Smalley flied out to center; Ford doubled to left [Powell scored]; Adams struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez flied out to right; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar flied out to right; Kusick struck out; Chiles made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (catcher unassisted); Harrah was called out on strikes; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0. TWINS 3RD: Wilfong singled to right; Cubbage singled to right [Wilfong to third]; Powell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wilfong stayed at third, Cubbage out at second]; Smalley doubled to left [Wilfong scored]; Ford grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Jorgensen flied out to left; Sundberg lined to pitcher; Mason grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 0. TWINS 4TH: Adams walked; Wynegar singled to right [Adams to third]; Kusick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Adams scored, Wynegar to second]; Chiles was called out on strikes; Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Bonds reached on an error by Cubbage; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bonds to second]; Oliver singled to left [Bonds to third]; Zisk hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bonds scored (unearned)]; Harrah forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 1. TWINS 5TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Powell flied out to center; Smalley walked; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Wills struck out; Jorgensen flied out to center; Sundberg doubled to left; Mason singled to right [Sundberg scored]; Bonds flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 2. TWINS 6TH: Adams singled to second; Wynegar out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Adams to second]; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Chiles singled to left [Adams scored]; Wilfong singled to shortstop [Chiles out at third (first to third)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez singled to left; Oliver lined to left; Zisk struck out; Harrah singled to left [Beniquez to second]; Wills singled to right [Beniquez scored, Harrah to third]; PERZANOWSKI REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Jorgensen popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3. TWINS 7TH: Cubbage singled to center; NORWOOD RAN FOR CUBBAGE; Powell reached on an error by Mason on a sacrifice bunt [Norwood to second]; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Norwood to third, Powell to second]; Ford singled to right [Norwood scored, Powell to third]; MIRABELLA REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Powell was picked off and caught stealing home (pitcher to first to catcher); Morales struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOLFE REPLACED NORWOOD (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg walked; GRUBB BATTED FOR MASON; Grubb singled to center [Sundberg to third]; Bonds walked [Grubb to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED PERZANOWSKI (PITCHING); Beniquez singled to center [Sundberg scored, Grubb scored, Bonds to third]; Oliver flied out to right; Zisk popped to shortstop; Harrah homered [Bonds scored, Beniquez scored]; Wills struck out; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 8. TWINS 8TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORMAN REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING 3B); Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick made an out to second; EDWARDS BATTED FOR CHILES; Edwards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 8. RANGERS 8TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); T. JOHNSON REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Jorgensen walked; Sundberg forced Jorgensen (third to second); Grubb doubled to right [Sundberg out at home (right to shortstop to third to catcher to third)]; Bonds walked; Beniquez walked [Grubb to third, Bonds to second]; Oliver singled to left [Grubb scored, Bonds scored, Beniquez to third]; Norman lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 10. TWINS 9TH: RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Wolfe grounded out (shortstop to first); RIVERA BATTED FOR POWELL; Rivera doubled to center; Smalley walked; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Rangers 10.

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