Completing the three-game series sweep, the Twins pounded out 20 hits in crushing the Mariners, 18-6. Butch Wynegar drove in three runs with a single, double and sacrifice fly. Willie Norwood hit a single, double and homer, Rob Wilfong had two doubles and a single, and Jose Morales smacked a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 18, Seattle Mariners 6
Game Played on Sunday, April     15, 1979 (Day game) at Kingdome
Twins        3  0  1    3  5  1    0  5  0  -  18 20  1
Mariners     1  1  1    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   6 12  5


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            3   2   2   2     0   0   .231      Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     1   1   .195
  Castino 3b          3   1   1   2     1   1   .333      B. Stein 3b           5   2   2   1     0   0   .295
Smalley ss            5   2   1   0     1   0   .400      Bochte 1b             4   1   2   0     0   2   .425
Landreaux lf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .273      Roberts rf            4   2   3   3     0   0   .450
  Edwards lf          2   1   1   1     0   1   .333      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .317
R. Jackson 1b         3   1   1   1     1   0   .154      R. Jones cf           2   0   1   1     0   0   .361
  Kusick 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Simpson cf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
xAdams dh             1   0   1   1     0   0   .000      Paciorek lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Morales ph,dh       4   1   2   3     0   1   .333        Valentine lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wynegar c             4   1   2   3     1   0   .296      Cox c                 4   1   1   1     0   1   .286
Sofield rf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Milbourne ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .545
  Rivera ph,rf        3   2   2   1     1   1   .286      Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norwood cf            6   3   3   2     0   0   .297        Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilfong 2b            5   3   3   1     1   0   .320        Parrott p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mitchell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Vasquez p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45  18  20  17     7   5             Totals               37   6  12   6     1   5

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  5,966
Left on Base: Twins 10, Mariners 5
DP: Twins 2, Mariners 1
Errors: Cubbage, B. Stein, Bochte, R. Jones, Cox, Milbourne
Doubles: Wynegar (2), Rivera (1), Norwood (4), Wilfong 2 (4), Roberts (3)
Home Runs: Norwood (2), Cubbage (1), Morales (1), B. Stein (2), Cox (2), Roberts (2)
Stolen Bases: Norwood (1)
Caught Stealing: Cruz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Jackson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Wynegar (1)
GIDP: Landreaux (3), B. Stein (3), Paciorek (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(2-0)          9    12   6   6   1   5   3  38   3.78
Totals                  9    12   6   6   1   5   3  38

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(1-1)           3     6   7   4   2   1   2  19   5.54
Rawley                  1     5   5   5   1   1   0   9  10.80
Parrott                 2     4   1   1   2   1   0  11  10.13
Mitchell                2     4   5   1   2   0   1  12   4.76
Vasquez                 1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   8.31
Totals                  9    20  18  11   7   5   3  55

Umpires: HP - Dave Perez, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - George Eshelman, 3B - Jay Levet


TWINS 1ST: Cubbage singled to right; Smalley reached on an error
by Milbourne [Cubbage to third]; Landreaux popped to shortstop;
R. Jackson walked [Smalley to second]; Adams reached on
catcher's interference by Cox [Cubbage scored (unearned),
Smalley to third, R. Jackson to second]; Wynegar singled to
right [Smalley scored (unearned), R. Jackson scored (unearned),
Adams to second]; Sofield was called out on strikes; Norwood
popped to second; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); B. Stein homered; Bochte singled to
right; Roberts doubled to right [Bochte to third]; Horton struck
out; R. Jones flied to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Mariners 1.

TWINS 2ND: Wilfong grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
flied to center; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 2ND: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Cox
homered; Milbourne singled to left; Cruz singled to center
[Milbourne to second]; B. Stein grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cruz out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Mariners 2.

TWINS 3RD: Landreaux singled to center; R. Jackson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Landreaux to second]; Adams
singled to right [Landreaux to third]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Landreaux scored]; Sofield grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 3RD: Bochte struck out; Roberts singled to center;
Horton reached on an error by Cubbage [Roberts to second]; R.
Jones singled to left [Roberts scored, Horton to second];
Paciorek grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [R. Jones out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Mariners 3.

TWINS 4TH: Norwood homered; Wilfong walked; Cubbage homered
[Wilfong scored]; RAWLEY REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Smalley
lined to shortstop; Landreaux walked; R. Jackson popped to
first; MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Landreaux was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Bochte [Landreaux to second];
Morales struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 4TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CASTINO
REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING 3B); Cox was called out on strikes;
Milbourne flied to left; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Mariners 3.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar doubled to center [Wynegar to third (error by
R. Jones)]; RIVERA BATTED FOR SOFIELD; Rivera singled to center
[Wynegar scored]; Norwood singled to shortstop [Rivera to
second]; On a bunt Wilfong singled to third [Rivera to third,
Norwood to second]; Castino singled to center [Rivera scored,
Norwood scored, Wilfong to second]; PARROTT REPLACED RAWLEY
(PITCHING); Smalley walked [Wilfong to third, Castino to
second]; Landreaux grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Wilfong scored (no RBI), Castino to third,
Smalley out at second]; R. Jackson singled to center [Castino
scored]; Morales singled to right [R. Jackson to third]; Wynegar
flied to left; 5 R, 7 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 12, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 5TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); EDWARDS
REPLACED LANDREAUX (PLAYING LF); B. Stein grounded out (third to
first); Bochte was called out on strikes; Roberts grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
12, Mariners 3.

TWINS 6TH: SIMPSON REPLACED R. JONES (PLAYING CF); VALENTINE
REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING LF); Rivera doubled to center;
Norwood doubled to right [Rivera scored]; Wilfong grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Norwood to third]; Castino walked; Smalley
flied to center; Edwards struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 13, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 6TH: Horton singled to left; Simpson forced Horton
(shortstop to second); Valentine popped to third in foul
territory; Cox forced Simpson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 13, Mariners 3.

TWINS 7TH: MITCHELL REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); R. Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Morales flied to center; Wynegar
walked; Rivera walked [Wynegar to second]; Rivera was out trying
to advance to second (catcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 13, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 7TH: KUSICK REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING 1B); Milbourne
grounded out (third to first); Cruz struck out; B. Stein
singled; Bochte singled to left [B. Stein to second]; Roberts
homered [B. Stein scored, Bochte scored]; Horton flied to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 13, Mariners 6.

TWINS 8TH: Norwood reached on an error by B. Stein; Norwood
stole second; Wilfong doubled to center [Norwood scored
(unearned)]; Castino grounded out (third to first); Smalley
singled to right [Wilfong to third]; Edwards singled to center
[Wilfong scored, Smalley to second]; Kusick flied to center;
Morales homered (unearned) [Smalley scored (unearned), Edwards
scored (unearned)]; Wynegar flied to right; 5 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 18, Mariners 6.

MARINERS 8TH: Simpson grounded out (first unassisted); Valentine
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 18, Mariners 6.

TWINS 9TH: VASQUEZ REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); Rivera struck
out; Norwood flied to right; Wilfong doubled to right; Castino
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 18, Mariners 6.

MARINERS 9TH: Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
flied to right; B. Stein grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 18, Mariners 6.