With help from John Hiller, who pitched 3 2/3 innings of two-hit relief, Kip Young gained his first victory of the season when the Tigers defeated the Twins, 5-3. Butch Wynegar and Craig Kusick hit homers for the Twins to effect a 2-2 tie before the Tigers broke away with two runs in the fifth.

Ron LeFlore singled, advanced on a sacrifice, took third after a long fly and scored on a wild pitch by Dave Goltz. Steve Kemp walked and raced home on a double by Lance Parrish. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     28, 1979 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
Tigers       1  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .260      LeFlore dh            2   2   2   0     2   0   .311
  Randall ph,2b       2   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Whitaker 2b           1   1   1   0     1   0   .370
Wynegar c             5   1   1   1     0   0   .302      Kemp lf               2   1   1   1     2   0   .400
Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .264        Corcoran pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Castino ph,3b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .381      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .179
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .364        Machemer pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Adams dh              3   1   2   0     0   0   .340        Wockenfuss 1b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Morales ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Parrish c             4   0   1   1     0   1   .289
Landreaux lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Norwood cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .294        Rodriguez 3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Rivera rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Morales rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .169
Kusick 1b             4   1   3   1     0   1   .231      Jones cf              3   0   2   1     1   0   .375
  Edwards pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Young p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Redfern p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Serum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   3  10   3     0   3             Totals               28   5  10   4     6   1

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  8,818
Left on Base: Twins 9, Tigers 7
DP: Twins 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Trammell 2
Doubles: Kusick (1), Whitaker (2), Morales (5), Parrish (3)
Home Runs: Wynegar (1), Kusick (1)
Stolen Bases: Landreaux (1), Norwood (2)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (1), Jones (1), Machemer (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Whitaker 2 (3)
GIDP: Morales (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(2-3)            6     9   4   4   3   1   0  27   4.50
Redfern                 0.1   0   1   1   1   0   0   2   1.46
Holly                   0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   7.11
Serum                   1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   6.97
Totals                  8    10   5   5   6   1   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Young W(1-0)            5.1   8   3   3   0   1   2  25   8.68
Hiller SV(2)            3.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  14   3.21
Totals                  9    10   3   3   0   3   2  39

Wild Pitches: Goltz (1)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Bob Moyer, 2B - Dick Runchey, 3B - Joe Kavulich


TWINS 1ST: Wilfong struck out; Wynegar homered; Cubbage grounded
out (second to first); Smalley flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; LeFlore was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Whitaker doubled to left; Kemp singled
to center [Whitaker scored]; Thompson grounded out (first
unassisted) [Kemp to second]; Parrish struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TWINS 2ND: Adams flied out to left; Landreaux popped to catcher
in foul territory; Norwood flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Mankowski singled to right; Morales grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Mankowski out at second];
Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Rivera grounded out (pitcher to first); Kusick
doubled to right; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted)
[Kusick to third]; Wynegar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell grounded out (third to first); LeFlore
singled to center; Whitaker walked [LeFlore to second]; Kemp
grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to third, Whitaker to
second]; Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TWINS 4TH: Cubbage singled to center; Smalley popped to second;
Adams singled to right [Cubbage to second]; Landreaux flied out
to left; Norwood grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Mankowski
grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales doubled to right; Jones
singled to center [Morales scored]; Trammell flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 2.

TWINS 5TH: Rivera flied out to center; Kusick homered; Wilfong
reached on an error by Trammell; Wynegar forced Wilfong (second
to shortstop); Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore singled to right; Whitaker out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [LeFlore to second]; Kemp
walked; Thompson flied out to center [LeFlore to third]; Goltz
threw a wild pitch [LeFlore scored, Kemp to second]; Parrish
doubled to left [Kemp scored]; Mankowski flied out to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Tigers 4.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley flied out to center; Adams singled to right;
Landreaux singled to right [Adams to third]; Norwood singled to
left [Adams scored, Landreaux to second]; HILLER REPLACED YOUNG
(PITCHING); Rivera flied out to center; Landreaux stole third
and Norwood stole second; Kusick struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Morales flied out to left; Jones singled to left;
Jones was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Trammell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Tigers 4.

TWINS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); RANDALL
BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall singled to right; Wynegar popped to
first; CASTINO BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Castino grounded out (third
to first) [Randall to second]; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CASTINO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); REDFERN REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); LeFlore
walked; Whitaker out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[LeFlore to second]; HOLLY REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Kemp
walked; CORCORAN RAN FOR KEMP; Thompson singled to right
[LeFlore scored, Corcoran to third]; MACHEMER RAN FOR THOMPSON;
SERUM REPLACED HOLLY (PITCHING); Machemer was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TWINS 8TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WOCKENFUSS
REPLACED MACHEMER (PLAYING 1B); MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS;
Morales flied out to right; Landreaux popped to first in foul
territory; Norwood flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
flied out to left; Jones walked; Trammell forced Jones
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.

TWINS 9TH: Rivera reached on an error by Trammell; Kusick
singled to left [Rivera to second]; EDWARDS RAN FOR KUSICK;
Randall grounded out (third to first) [Rivera to third, Edwards
to second]; Wynegar lined to third; Castino grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 5.