Homers by Butch Wynegar and Rob Wilfong powered the Twins to a 6-3 decison over the Blue Jays. Wilfong belted a two-run round-tripper in the second inning and Wynegar blasted his two-run shot in the eighth, following a double by Ken Landreaux. Wynegar also had an RBI single in the third inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Monday, April     30, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Twins        0  2  2    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   6 10  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .246      Griffin ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .184
  Castino ph,3b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Bailor rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Smalley ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .382      Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Landreaux lf          5   2   2   0     0   1   .282      Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .324
Adams dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .328      Velez dh              4   1   1   2     0   0   .207
Wynegar c             3   2   2   3     1   0   .314      Woods lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Sofield rf            3   0   1   1     1   0   .281      Howell 3b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .233
Norwood cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      McKay 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .218
Wilfong 2b            3   1   1   2     0   0   .263      Cerone c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .261
  R. Jackson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Lemongello p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Randall 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kusick 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   6     4   1             Totals               33   3   7   3     2   0

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 10,170
Left on Base: Twins 6, Blue Jays 6
DP: Twins 1, Blue Jays 2
Doubles: Landreaux (4), Norwood (7), Mayberry (6), McKay (4)
Home Runs: Wilfong (1), Wynegar (2), Velez (1)
GIDP: Norwood (3), Landreaux (5), Bosetti (6)
Hit by Pitch: Bailor (1,by Hartzell)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell W(1-0)         9     7   3   3   2   0   1  36   4.18
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   0   1  36

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemongello L(0-3)       7.2   9   6   6   3   1   2  34   7.02
Moore                   1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   5   6.35
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   1   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Hartzell (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Panas, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Joe Sawchuk, 3B - Alan Contant


TWINS 1ST: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley
popped to third in foul territory; Landreaux singled to right;
Adams forced Landreaux (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to left; Bailor singled to right
[Griffin to second]; Bosetti grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Griffin to third, Bailor out at second];
Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar walked; Sofield walked [Wynegar to second];
Norwood grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Wynegar to third, Sofield out at second]; Wilfong homered
[Wynegar scored]; Kusick flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Howell singled to
center; McKay grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 0.

TWINS 3RD: Cubbage walked; Smalley forced Cubbage (shortstop
unassisted); Landreaux forced Smalley (first to shortstop);
Adams singled to right [Landreaux to third]; Wynegar singled to
right [Landreaux scored, Adams to second]; Sofield singled to
center [Adams scored, Wynegar to second]; Norwood popped to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
lined to center; Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Blue Jays 0.

TWINS 4TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Kusick
grounded out (second to first); Cubbage singled to right;
Smalley grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry doubled to right; Velez homered [Mayberry scored];
Woods grounded out (second to first); Howell walked; McKay
doubled to left [Howell scored]; Cerone walked; Griffin grounded
out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Blue
Jays 3.

TWINS 5TH: Landreaux struck out; Adams flied out to right;
Wynegar lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Blue
Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 6TH: Sofield flied out to center; Norwood made an out to
second; Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Woods
grounded out (second to first); Howell singled to right; McKay
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
grounded out (second to first); Smalley lined to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
grounded out (second to first); Bailor was hit by a pitch;
Bosetti flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 8TH: Landreaux doubled to right; Adams grounded out (first
unassisted) [Landreaux to third]; Wynegar homered [Landreaux
scored]; Sofield flied out to right; Norwood doubled to right;
MOORE REPLACED LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); R. JACKSON BATTED FOR
WILFONG; R. Jackson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: RANDALL REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING 2B);
Mayberry flied out to right; Velez flied out to left; Woods
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 9TH: Kusick flied out to center; CASTINO BATTED FOR
CUBBAGE; Castino walked; Smalley singled to left [Castino to
second]; Landreaux grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 6, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: CASTINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Howell lined
to right; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); Cerone grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Blue Jays
3.