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 6
Game Played on Tuesday, May       8, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Blue 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.