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Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox

1978-09-11 · Night game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 7342 · 85°F, cloudy · 2:30

Minnesota Twins defeated Chicago White Sox 3–1. Minnesota Twins put up 2 in the 5th. Geoff Zahn earned the win and Mike Marshall picked up the save. Roy Smalley went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	8
CHA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	10

W: Geoff Zahn L: Ken Kravec SV: Mike Marshall

Umpires — HP: George Maloney · 1B: Ted Hendry · 2B: Greg Kosc · 3B: Jerry Neudecker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Smalley	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bombo Rivera	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Ford	4	0	1	0	0	0
Craig Kusick	3	0	1	0	1	1
Willie Norwood	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Edwards	4	0	1	0	0	2
Larry Wolfe	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Randall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Glenn Borgmann	4	2	2	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Claudell Washington	4	0	0	0	0
Harry Chappas	4	0	1	0	0
Rusty Torres	4	0	0	0	1
Lamar Johnson	4	0	2	0	0
Wayne Nordhagen	4	0	1	0	0
Mike Colbern	3	1	2	1	0
Kevin Bell	2	0	1	0	0
Don Kessinger	2	0	0	0	0
Thad Bosley	3	0	2	0	0
Mike Squires	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Blomberg	1	0	0	0	0
Marv Foley	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Eden	1	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geoff Zahn	6.0	8	0	1
Mike Marshall	3.0	2	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Kravec	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Smalley: 9
Bombo Rivera: 4
Dan Ford: 63

Bot 1

Claudell Washington: 43
Harry Chappas: 9
Rusty Torres: K

Top 2

Craig Kusick: S8
Willie Norwood: 13/SH.1-2
Dave Edwards: 7
Larry Wolfe: 63

Bot 2

Lamar Johnson: 9
Wayne Nordhagen: 8
Mike Colbern: S7
Kevin Bell: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Bob Randall: 3/F
Glenn Borgmann: D8
Roy Smalley: 2
Bombo Rivera: T9.2-H
Dan Ford: 9

Bot 3

Don Kessinger: 63
Thad Bosley: S9
Claudell Washington: 31.1-3
Harry Chappas: 63

Top 4

Craig Kusick: K/C
Willie Norwood: 1/BP
Dave Edwards: D9
Larry Wolfe: 9

Bot 4

Rusty Torres: 13
Lamar Johnson: S7
Wayne Nordhagen: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bob Randall: 7
Glenn Borgmann: S7
Roy Smalley: HR/7D.1-H
Bombo Rivera: 63
Dan Ford: S9
Craig Kusick: 53

Bot 5

Mike Colbern: HR/7D
Kevin Bell: S7
Don Kessinger: 64(1)/FO
Thad Bosley: S7.1X3(75)
Claudell Washington: 8

Top 6

Willie Norwood: K
Dave Edwards: K
Larry Wolfe: W
Bob Randall: 43

Bot 6

Harry Chappas: S5/BG
Rusty Torres: 8
Lamar Johnson: 9
Wayne Nordhagen: S8.1-3;B-2(E8)
Mike Colbern: 4/L

Top 7

Glenn Borgmann: 7
Roy Smalley: 53
Bombo Rivera: 63

Bot 7

Mike Squires: S9
Ron Blomberg: 31.1-2
Thad Bosley: 1/L
Claudell Washington: 13

Top 8

Dan Ford: 63
Craig Kusick: W
Willie Norwood: CS2(24)
Willie Norwood: 63

Bot 8

Harry Chappas: 53/BG
Rusty Torres: 31
Lamar Johnson: S8
Wayne Nordhagen: 8

Top 9

Dave Edwards: K
Larry Wolfe: 63
Bob Randall: S8
Glenn Borgmann: WP.1-2
Glenn Borgmann: K

Bot 9

Marv Foley: 43
Eric Soderholm: 53
Mike Eden: 8

Notes & reviews

Protest=H
Debut game for Dave Edwards
Willie Norwood wore a different uniform that his teammates; the White Sox play the game under protest
Debut game for Marv Foley

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