Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
June 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 2, Minnesota Twins 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 5 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 3 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Stanley rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 3 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 1
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Norwood lf 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 5 0 2 1
Ford cf 4 1 2 0
Morales dh 2 0 0 0
  Adams ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Cubbage 3b 4 2 3 1
Rivera rf 3 1 2 1
Smalley ss 4 0 3 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 2 1
Borgmann c 3 1 1 1
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 15 5
Detroit 000 010 0012111
Minnesota 011 100 20x5150
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (2-3) 4.0 8 3 3 1 0
  Baker   4.0 7 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
15
5
5
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (1-0) 7.1 7 1 1 4 7
  Marshall   1.2 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
5
7

  E–Kemp (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Minnesota Carew (9,off Rozema); Ford (13,off Baker); Cubbage (7,off Baker); Rivera (3,off Baker).  3B–Minnesota Borgmann (1,off Rozema).  SH–Rivera (2,off Rozema); Ford (4,off Baker).  CS–Whitaker (5,2nd base by Jackson/Borgmann); Wilfong (1,2nd base by Rozema/Parrish).  SB–Carew (7,2nd base off Baker/Parrish).  WP–Baker 3 (4).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:57.  A–9,479.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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