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Minnesota Twins @ Toronto Blue Jays

1978-08-25 · Day game · Exhibition Stadium · Att: 15206 · 65°F · 2:36

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Minnesota Twins 7–3. Toronto Blue Jays put up 4 in the 1st. Don Kirkwood earned the win and Mike Willis picked up the save. Al Woods went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	11
TOR	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		7	13

W: Don Kirkwood L: Gary Serum SV: Mike Willis

Umpires — HP: Joe Sawchuk · 1B: Alan Contant · 2B: Don Leppert · 3B: Jerry Zimmerman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hosken Powell	4	1	2	0	1	1
Roy Smalley	4	1	1	0	1	1
Rod Carew	4	0	2	1	1	0
Mike Cubbage	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dan Ford	4	1	2	0	0	0
Glenn Adams	3	0	1	0	0	0
Butch Wynegar	3	0	0	1	0	0
Willie Norwood	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Randall	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jose Morales	1	0	1	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Bosetti	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Bailor	5	1	3	1	0	0
Roy Howell	4	1	2	0	1	0
Willie Horton	4	2	2	2	0	1
John Mayberry	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Woods	4	1	3	4	0	1
Alan Ashby	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McKay	4	1	1	0	0	0
Luis Gomez	4	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Serum	2.1	6	1	0
Jeff Holly	1.2	1	0	0
Darrell Jackson	3.1	5	2	4
John Sutton	0.2	1	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Kirkwood	6.1	8	3	1
Mike Willis	2.2	3	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hosken Powell: K/C
Roy Smalley: 9
Rod Carew: S1/BG
Mike Cubbage: 8/L

Bot 1

Rick Bosetti: 53
Bob Bailor: S6
Roy Howell: S7.1-3
Willie Horton: 64(1)/FO.3-H
John Mayberry: S9.1-3
Al Woods: HR/9D.3-H;1-H
Alan Ashby: 9

Top 2

Dan Ford: S9
Glenn Adams: S7.1-3
Butch Wynegar: 8/SF.3-H
Willie Norwood: 8
Bob Randall: 63

Bot 2

Dave McKay: 2/FL
Luis Gomez: 63
Rick Bosetti: 43

Top 3

Hosken Powell: D9
Roy Smalley: S9.2-3
Rod Carew: 6(1)3/GDP.3-H
Mike Cubbage: W
Dan Ford: 43

Bot 3

Bob Bailor: 63
Roy Howell: D9
Willie Horton: D7.2-H
John Mayberry: IW
Al Woods: D8.2-H;1-3
Alan Ashby: 63
Dave McKay: 7

Top 4

Glenn Adams: 7
Butch Wynegar: 3/L
Willie Norwood: 7

Bot 4

Luis Gomez: 9
Rick Bosetti: 43
Bob Bailor: 3/G

Top 5

Bob Randall: 53
Hosken Powell: 5/FL
Roy Smalley: W
Rod Carew: D7.1-H
Mike Cubbage: 43

Bot 5

Roy Howell: W
Willie Horton: S4.1-2
John Mayberry: 2/FL
Al Woods: K
Alan Ashby: 53

Top 6

Dan Ford: S7
Glenn Adams: 64(1)3/GDP
Butch Wynegar: 9

Bot 6

Dave McKay: 53
Luis Gomez: 9
Rick Bosetti: S9
Bob Bailor: S9.1-3
Roy Howell: 4/P

Top 7

Willie Norwood: 53
Bob Randall: S6
Hosken Powell: W.1-2
Roy Smalley: K/C
Rod Carew: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Cubbage: K/C

Bot 7

Willie Horton: K
John Mayberry: K
Al Woods: D9
Alan Ashby: WP.2-3
Alan Ashby: 53

Top 8

Dan Ford: 43
Jose Morales: S7
Butch Wynegar: 4/P
Willie Norwood: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Dave McKay: T9
Luis Gomez: K
Rick Bosetti: W
Bob Bailor: S8.3-H;1X3(85);B-2(TH3)
Roy Howell: 31

Top 9

Bob Randall: S7
Hosken Powell: S7.1-2
Roy Smalley: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rod Carew: 53

Notes & reviews

substitute umpires worked due to a one-day strike by the staff umpires; Debut for umpires Don Leppert, Jerry Zimmerman, Joe Sawchuk, Rich Panas and Alan Contant; Leppert was a Toronto coach and Zimmerman was a Twins coach
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At end of 1st, Rich Panas entered as 3B umpire, with coaches Leppert and Zimmerman leaving the field

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