Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 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

Minnesota Twins 3, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 1 2 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 0
Carew 1b 4 0 2 1
Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0
Ford cf 4 1 2 0
Adams dh 3 0 1 0
  Morales ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 1
Norwood lf 4 0 0 0
Randall 2b 4 0 2 0
Serum p 0 0 0 0
  Holly p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Bailor rf 5 1 3 1
Howell 3b 4 1 2 0
Horton dh 4 2 2 2
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0
Woods lf 4 1 3 4
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 1 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
Minnesota 011 010 0003110
Toronto 402 000 01x7130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Serum  L (7-6) 2.1 6 6 6 1 0
  Holly   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   3.1 5 1 1 2 4
  Sutton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
3
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Kirkwood  W (3-1) 6.1 8 3 3 3 1
  Willis  SV (7) 2.2 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Minnesota Powell (17,off Kirkwood); Carew (19,off Kirkwood), Toronto Howell (28,off Serum); Horton (17,off Serum); A Woods 2 (9,off Holly,off Jackson).  3B–Toronto McKay (7,off Jackson).  HR–Toronto A Woods (3,1st inning off Serum 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Wynegar (4,off Kirkwood).  IBB–Mayberry (2,by Serum).  WP–Jackson (3).  IBB–Serum (1,Mayberry).  U–Joe Sawchuk, Alan Contant, Don Leppert, Jerry Zimmerman, Rich Panas.  T–2:36.  A–15,206.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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