Batting with two out, Butch Wynegar came through with a two-run double in the 12th inning to bring the Twins a 3-1 victory over the A's. Roy Smalley walked to lead off the stanza and moved to second as Ken Landreaux went out. Ron Jackson was passed intentionally. After Jose Morales was retired, Wynegar lashed his double to drive in both runners. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     7, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   3 13  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            5   0   0   0     1   1   .100      Burke lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Castino pr,3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dilone rf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Smalley ss            4   2   2   0     2   1   .429      Page dh               3   1   1   1     2   0   .286
Landreaux lf          5   0   2   1     1   0   .375      Newman c,1b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .125
R. Jackson 1b         5   0   0   0     1   1   .222      Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .429
Adams dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .375        Murray pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales ph,dh       2   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Essian c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Wynegar c             5   0   3   2     0   0   .444      Klutts 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .375
Sofield rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Armas cf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .125
  Rivera ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards 2b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .222
Norwood cf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Wilfong 2b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               46   3  13   3     5   4             Totals               38   1   5   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  3,222
Left on Base: Twins 13, A's 7
DP: Twins 1, A's 1
Errors: Klutts
Doubles: Wilfong (1), Landreaux (1), Norwood (1), Wynegar (1), Revering (2)
Home Runs: Page (1)
Stolen Bases: Sofield (1), Wilfong (1)
Caught Stealing: Norwood (1), Dilone (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (1), Picciolo (1), Essian (1)
GIDP: Sofield (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                9     4   1   1   3   1   1  33   1.00
Marshall W(1-0)         3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   0.00
Totals                 12     5   1   1   4   4   1  44

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  8.1  10   1   1   3   4   0  37   1.08
Lacey                   1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   7.71
Todd L(0-1)             2     2   2   2   2   0   0   9   9.00
Totals                 12    13   3   3   5   4   0  52

Umpires: HP - Roy Roth, 1B - Tony Patch, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Jim Cuneo


TWINS 1ST: Cubbage flied to center; Smalley struck out;
Landreaux flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke popped to first; Dilone grounded out
(second to first); Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson flied to center; Adams singled to right;
Wynegar singled to left [Adams to second]; Sofield grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wynegar out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (third to first); Revering
lined to right; Klutts flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 3RD: Norwood struck out; Wilfong doubled to left; Cubbage
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wilfong to third]; Smalley
walked; Landreaux walked [Smalley to second]; R. Jackson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas flied to center; On a bunt Edwards singled;
Picciolo flied to right in foul territory; Burke popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 4TH: Adams singled to right; Wynegar out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Adams to second]; Sofield grounded out
(second to first) [Adams to third]; Norwood grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone grounded out (first to pitcher); Page
walked; Newman flied to left; Revering flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 5TH: Wilfong popped to shortstop; Cubbage popped to first;
Smalley singled to left; Landreaux singled to center [Smalley to
second]; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Klutts popped to third; Armas popped to catcher
in foul territory; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 6TH: Adams flied to left; Wynegar flied to left; Sofield
singled to right; Sofield stole second; Norwood grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo flied to center; Burke grounded out
(third to first); Dilone walked; Dilone was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 7TH: Wilfong lined to center; Cubbage struck out; Smalley
singled to left; Landreaux doubled to right [Smalley scored]; R.
Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page homered; Newman flied to right; Revering
doubled to right; MURRAY RAN FOR REVERING; Klutts flied to right
[Murray to third]; Armas popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 1.

TWINS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Adams flied to left; Wynegar popped to
second; Sofield flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Edwards singled to center; Picciolo out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Burke
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone flied to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 1.

TWINS 9TH: Norwood doubled to right; Norwood was picked off and
caught stealing third (catcher to shortstop to third); Wilfong
reached on an error by Klutts; Wilfong stole second; Cubbage
walked; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Smalley popped to
third in foul territory; Landreaux grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page walked; Newman struck out; Essian reached on
a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Page to second]; Klutts
hit into a double play (left to left to third) [Page out at
third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 1.

TWINS 10TH: R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales grounded out (second to
first); Wynegar singled to left; RIVERA BATTED FOR SOFIELD;
Rivera grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 10TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RIVERA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MARSHALL REPLACED ERICKSON
(PITCHING); Armas struck out; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to
first); Picciolo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 1.

TWINS 11TH: TODD REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Norwood grounded out
(third to first); Wilfong singled to center; Cubbage forced
Wilfong (shortstop to second); CASTINO RAN FOR CUBBAGE; Castino
was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 11TH: CASTINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Burke
grounded out (third to first); Dilone grounded out (second to
first); Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 1.

TWINS 12TH: Smalley walked; Landreaux grounded out (second to
first) [Smalley to second]; R. Jackson was walked intentionally;
Morales forced R. Jackson (shortstop to second) [Smalley to
third]; Wynegar doubled to center [Smalley scored, Morales
scored]; Rivera grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Essian
walked; Klutts singled to left [Essian to second]; Armas struck
out; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 1.