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With Roy Smalley and Craig Kusick socking two homers apiece and Ken Landreaux driving in five runs with four hits, including an inside-the-park homer, the Twins lambasted the Blue Jays, 16-6. The Jays led, 6-5, going into the bottom of the sixth inning when the Twins scored six times. Landreaux drove in two tallies with a single and Bombo Rivera doubled home three more. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 16, Toronto Blue Jays 6Game Played on Tuesday, May 8, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumBlue Jays 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 9 0
Twins 1 1 0 0 3 6 4 1 x - 16 19 1
Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Griffin ss 5 1 3 1 0 1 .200 Randall 2b,3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .269
Bailor 3b,rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Smalley ss 5 4 4 4 1 1 .400
Bosetti cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .295 R. Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Carty dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .302 Kusick pr,1b 2 3 2 2 0 0 .250
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .307 Morales dh 2 1 1 0 1 0 .281
Velez rf 3 2 2 2 0 1 .280 Adams ph,dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Gomez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Norwood cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .282
Woods lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .276 Wynegar ph,c 1 1 0 0 1 1 .306
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Landreaux lf 5 3 4 5 0 1 .339
McKay ph,2b,3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .204 Castino 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .324
Cerone c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Wilfong pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370
Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rivera rf 4 0 3 4 1 0 .250
Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333
Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards pr,cf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bacsik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 6 9 6 4 3 Totals 40 16 19 16 6 5
Time of Game: 3:14 Attendance: 3,126
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, Twins 9
DP: Blue Jays 1, Twins 1
Errors: Randall
Doubles: Woods (9), Carty (3), Mayberry (8), Velez (6), Norwood (9), Rivera 2 (4), Landreaux (7), Borgmann (1), Randall (1)
Triples: Griffin 2 (2), Castino (1)
Home Runs: Velez (3), Smalley 2 (8), Kusick 2 (3), Landreaux (4)
Caught Stealing: Woods (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Woods (3), Randall (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Mayberry (1)
GIDP: Bailor (2), Norwood (4)
Hit by Pitch: R. Jackson (3,by Willis), Castino (1,by Moore)
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Underwood 4.2 9 5 5 3 3 1 24 6.63
Willis L(0-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0 0 6 7.04
Freisleben 0.1 2 3 3 2 0 0 5 6.43
Moore 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 8 8.56
Murphy 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5.40
Totals 8 19 16 16 6 5 5 49
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Erickson 5 7 5 5 2 2 1 23 8.06
Redfern 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.20
Brett 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4.26
Bacsik W(1-0) 3.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1.17
Totals 9 9 6 6 4 3 1 38
Hit by Pitch: Willis (1), Moore (2)
Wild Pitches: Underwood (3), Freisleben (2), Moore (3), Erickson (2)
Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Les Novack, 2B - Bill Follmer, 3B - Mike Briscese
BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin tripled to right [Griffin out at home
(right to shortstop to catcher)]; Bailor lined to third; Bosetti
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Randall grounded out (second to first); Smalley
homered; R. Jackson flied out to center; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins
1.
BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
made an out to second; Velez homered; Woods doubled to right;
Johnson reached on an error by Randall [Woods to third]; Cerone
forced Johnson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue
Jays 1, Twins 1.
TWINS 2ND: Norwood doubled to right [Norwood out at third (right
to second to third)]; Landreaux was called out on strikes;
Castino singled to left; Rivera doubled to center [Castino
scored]; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 2.
BLUE JAYS 3RD: Griffin tripled to center; Bailor flied out to
right; Bosetti walked; Carty singled to pitcher [Griffin scored,
Bosetti to second]; Erickson threw a wild pitch [Bosetti to
third, Carty to second]; Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Bosetti scored, Carty to third]; Velez was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 2.
TWINS 3RD: Randall walked; Smalley walked [Randall to second];
Underwood threw a wild pitch [Randall to third, Smalley to
second]; R. Jackson grounded out (third to first); Morales was
walked intentionally; Norwood grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 2.
BLUE JAYS 4TH: Woods walked; Johnson popped to catcher; Woods
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cerone popped to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 2.
TWINS 4TH: Landreaux singled to center; Castino popped to
pitcher; Rivera singled to right [Landreaux to second]; Borgmann
struck out; Randall forced Rivera (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 2.
BLUE JAYS 5TH: Griffin struck out (catcher to first); Bailor
flied out to left; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 2.
TWINS 5TH: Smalley singled to left; R. Jackson flied out to
right; Morales singled to right [Smalley to second]; Norwood
struck out; Landreaux doubled to right [Smalley scored, Morales
scored]; WILLIS REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Castino tripled
to left [Landreaux scored]; Rivera flied out to center; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 5.
BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty doubled to right; Mayberry doubled to right
[Carty scored]; REDFERN REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Velez
doubled to right [Mayberry scored]; BRETT REPLACED REDFERN
(PITCHING); Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Velez to third]; MCKAY BATTED FOR JOHNSON; McKay walked; Cerone
walked [McKay to second]; Griffin singled to center [Velez
scored, McKay to third, Cerone to second]; BACSIK REPLACED BRETT
(PITCHING); Bailor grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Griffin out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays
6, Twins 5.
TWINS 6TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Borgmann doubled
to left; EDWARDS RAN FOR BORGMANN; Randall out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Edwards to third]; Smalley singled to
center [Edwards scored]; R. Jackson was hit by a pitch [Smalley
to second]; Ron Jackson was hit on the thigh; as he started
towards 1B pitcher Mike Willis yelled at Jackson, who responded
by charging the mound; both benches cleared; Jackson ejected by
HP umpire Derryl Cousins; KUSICK RAN FOR R. JACKSON;
FREISLEBEN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES;
Adams grounded out (first unassisted) [Smalley to third, Kusick
to second]; WYNEGAR BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Wynegar walked;
Landreaux singled to left [Smalley scored, Kusick scored,
Wynegar to second]; Freisleben threw a wild pitch [Wynegar to
third, Landreaux to second]; Castino walked; Rivera doubled to
left [Wynegar scored, Landreaux scored, Castino scored]; MOORE
REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Edwards grounded out (shortstop
to first); 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 11.
BLUE JAYS 7TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); EDWARDS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WYNEGAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bosetti grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carty struck out; Mayberry flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 11.
TWINS 7TH: Randall doubled to center; Moore threw a wild pitch
[Randall to third]; Balor Moore threw a pitch behind Roy
Smalley, who charged the mound; both benches cleared;
Smalley homered [Randall scored]; Kusick homered; Adams lined to
right; Wynegar was called out on strikes; Landreaux hit an
inside the park homer to center; Castino was hit by a pitch;
ejected by HP umpire Derryl Cousins; WILFONG RAN FOR
CASTINO; MURPHY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); GOMEZ REPLACED VELEZ
(PLAYING 2B); MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BAILOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Rivera walked [Wilfong to
second]; Edwards forced Rivera (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 15.
BLUE JAYS 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); RANDALL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Gomez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Woods grounded out (first to pitcher); McKay flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 15.
TWINS 8TH: Randall grounded out (second to first); Smalley
struck out; Kusick homered; Adams grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Twins 16.
BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone flied out to left; Griffin flied out to
left; Bailor flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays
6, Twins 16.
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