Although knocked out in the seventh inning, Jerry Koosman received credit for his third straight victory since coming to his home state of Minnesota when the Twins defeated the Mariners, 6-5. Mike Marshall pitched the last two innings and picked up his fourth save.

The Twins broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the second inning on a homer by Ken Landreaux, singles by John Castino and Roy Smalley around an infield out, and a triple by Ron Jackson. Smalley then provided the deciding blow, hitting a homer in the fourth inning to score behind Castino, who had doubled. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 6, Seattle Mariners 5

Game Played on Saturday, April 21, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Mariners     1  0  1    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   5 15  0
Twins        1  3  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 13  1


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .236      Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .167
B. Stein 3b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .333      Smalley ss            4   2   2   3     0   0   .388
  Paciorek pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      R. Jackson 1b         4   1   3   1     0   0   .218
Bochte 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .429      Morales dh            4   0   3   1     0   0   .500
Roberts rf            5   0   3   2     0   0   .400      Norwood cf            3   0   2   0     0   0   .306
Horton dh             5   0   2   0     0   2   .263      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
R. Jones cf           5   0   0   0     0   2   .294      Landreaux lf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .255
Valentine lf          1   1   0   0     2   0   .000      Rivera rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .227
  Simpson ph,lf       1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Castino 3b            3   2   2   0     0   0   .375
Cox c                 3   1   2   0     0   0   .381      Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .186        Redfern p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stinson c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mendoza ss            2   0   0   1     0   1   .256
  Hale ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Milbourne ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   5  15   5     2   5             Totals               34   6  13   6     0   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  6,678
Left on Base: Mariners 10, Twins 5
DP: Mariners 1, Twins 2
Errors: Smalley
Doubles: Roberts (4), R. Jackson (3), Norwood (5), Castino (2)
Triples: R. Jackson (1)
Home Runs: Landreaux (2), Smalley (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Norwood (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Mendoza (1)
GIDP: Mendoza (3), Bochte (2), Norwood (1)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister L(1-2)        3.2  10   6   6   0   2   2  20   5.68
Montague                4.1   3   0   0   0   1   0  15   1.71
Totals                  8    13   6   6   0   3   2  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(3-0)          6.2  10   5   4   2   5   0  31   4.24
Redfern                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.04
Marshall SV(4)          2     4   0   0   0   0   0   9   1.84
Totals                  9    15   5   4   2   5   0  42

Passed Balls: Wynegar (1)

Umpires: HP - Mike Fitzpatrick, 1B - Mike Briscese, 2B - Bill Ivory, 3B - George Sweeney


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (second to first); B. Stein
singled to right; Bochte singled to second [B. Stein to second];
Wynegar allowed a passed ball [B. Stein to third, Bochte to
second]; Roberts reached on an error by Smalley [B. Stein scored
(unearned), Bochte out at home (shortstop to catcher to third),
Roberts to first]; Horton struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall struck out; Smalley popped to third; R.
Jackson doubled to left; Morales singled to left [R. Jackson
scored]; Norwood singled to right [Morales to third]; Wynegar
forced Norwood (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 1, Twins 1.

MARINERS 2ND: R. Jones grounded out (second to first); Valentine
flied to right; Cox flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Landreaux homered; Rivera was called out on strikes;
Castino singled to left; Randall grounded out (second to first)
[Castino to second]; Smalley singled to right [Castino scored];
R. Jackson tripled to center [Smalley scored, R. Jackson out at
home (center to pitcher to catcher)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 1, Twins 4.

MARINERS 3RD: Mendoza struck out; Cruz singled to right; B.
Stein flied to center; Bochte singled to left [Cruz to second];
Roberts doubled to left [Cruz scored, Bochte to third]; Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Morales flied to right; Norwood doubled to right;
Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Landreaux popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2,
Twins 4.

MARINERS 4TH: R. Jones struck out; Valentine walked; Cox singled
to center [Valentine to second]; Mendoza grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Cox out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Rivera popped to second in foul territory; Castino
doubled to center; Randall popped to first; Smalley homered
[Castino scored]; MONTAGUE REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); R.
Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mariners 2, Twins 6.

MARINERS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); B. Stein
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Morales singled; Norwood out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Morales to second]; Wynegar grounded out
(first unassisted) [Morales to third]; Landreaux grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Twins 6.

MARINERS 6TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
struck out; R. Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 2, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera was called out on strikes; Castino popped to
first; Randall flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
2, Twins 6.

MARINERS 7TH: Valentine walked; Cox singled to center [Valentine
to third]; Mendoza hit a sacrifice fly to right [Valentine
scored]; Cruz singled to left [Cox to second]; B. Stein singled
to right [Cox scored, Cruz to third]; Bochte forced B. Stein
(first to shortstop) [Cruz scored]; Roberts singled to left
[Bochte to second]; REDFERN REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Horton
singled to left [Bochte to third, Roberts to second]; R. Jones
flied to center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 5, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); R. Jackson
singled to center; Morales singled to center [R. Jackson to
second]; Norwood grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 5, Twins 6.

MARINERS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); SIMPSON
BATTED FOR VALENTINE; Simpson singled to left; MEYER BATTED FOR
COX; Meyer forced Simpson (shortstop to second); HALE BATTED FOR
MENDOZA; Hale grounded out (first unassisted) [Meyer to second];
Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 5, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: SIMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); STINSON REPLACED
MEYER (PLAYING C ); MILBOURNE REPLACED HALE (PLAYING SS);
Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Landreaux grounded out
(second to first); Rivera grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5, Twins 6.

MARINERS 9TH: B. Stein singled to center; PACIOREK RAN FOR B.
STEIN; Bochte grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Paciorek out at second]; Roberts singled to left;
Horton singled to right [Roberts to second]; R. Jones forced
Horton (second to shortstop); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Twins 6.

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