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Friday May 11, 1979
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Continuing his sensational relief pitching, Mike Marshall made his 17th appearance of the season for the Twins and gained his sixth victory against one defeat, to go along with nine saves, when Ron Jackson and Bob Randall doubled for a run in the ninth inning to beat the Indians, 4-3. Marshall worked the last two innings and allowed only one hit.

Bobby Bonds hit two doubles, Paul Dade tripled and Wayne Cage homered in the Indians' scoring. The Twins, who had a homer by Jackson in the fifth, tied the score at 3-3 in the seventh. Glenn Adams singled, took third on a double by Jackson and scored on a passed ball. Jackson moved to third and came home with the tying tally on a sacrifice fly by Rob Wilfong. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Friday, May 11, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Indians      1  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  1  -   4  7  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .313      Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .294
Dade lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .298      Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .398
Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .267      Landreaux lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .328
Alexander c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .198      Adams dh              3   1   1   0     0   0   .276
Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Kusick ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
  Cox ph,3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Cage 1b               3   1   1   1     1   0   .220        Castino ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Pruitt dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      R. Jackson 1b         4   3   3   1     0   0   .260
Kuiper 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Wilfong 2b            2   0   0   1     0   0   .360
Veryzer ss            3   1   2   0     0   0   .239        Randall ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .296
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norwood cf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .274
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sofield rf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .250
                                                          Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   7   3     2   5             Totals               31   4   7   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  4,121
Left on Base: Indians 3, Twins 4
DP: Indians 0, Twins 2
Doubles: Bonds 2 (10), R. Jackson 2 (6), Randall (2)
Triples: Dade (1)
Home Runs: Cage (1), R. Jackson (4)
Caught Stealing: Veryzer (1), Manning (4), Landreaux (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Wilfong (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise                    7.2   5   3   2   2   4   1  29   3.67
Monge L(1-3)            1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5   1.57
Totals                  8.2   7   4   3   2   5   1  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell                7     6   3   3   2   4   1  27   5.08
Marshall W(6-1)         2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.80
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   5   1  33

Passed Balls: Alexander (5)

Umpires: HP - Mike Fitzpatrick, 1B - Gene Kelly, 2B - Larry Gallagher, 3B - Bill Hafner


INDIANS 1ST: Bonds doubled to left; Dade tripled to right [Bonds
scored]; Manning was called out on strikes; Alexander struck
out; Harrah flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Wynegar popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley
singled to right; Landreaux forced Smalley (shortstop to
second); Landreaux was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Cage grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams flied out to left; Cubbage flied out to left;
R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer singled to left; Bonds doubled to right
[Veryzer scored]; Dade struck out; Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bonds to third]; Alexander grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong flied to left in foul territory; Norwood was
called out on strikes; Sofield singled to right; Wynegar flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Harrah flied out to center; Cage walked; Pruitt
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Cage out at first];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Landreaux
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Adams popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); Veryzer
singled to center; Bonds struck out while Veryzer was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage was called out on strikes; R. Jackson
homered; Wilfong flied out to center; Norwood struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alexander grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Sofield walked; Wynegar was called out on strikes;
Smalley grounded out (first unassisted) [Sofield to second];
Landreaux lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Twins 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Cage homered;
Pruitt popped to first in foul territory; Kuiper walked; Veryzer
forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Adams singled to center; Cubbage grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Adams to second]; R. Jackson doubled to center
[Adams to third]; Alexander allowed a passed ball [Adams scored,
R. Jackson to third]; Wilfong hit a sacrifice fly to center [R.
Jackson scored (unearned)]; Norwood grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 3.

INDIANS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING); Bonds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade flied out to left;
Manning singled to right; Manning was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Sofield flied out to left; Wynegar flied out to
right; Smalley walked; MONGE REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Landreaux
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Alexander flied out to right; COX BATTED FOR
HARRAH; Cox was called out on strikes (strikeout was charged to
Harrah); Toby Harrah ejected by HP umpire Mike Fitzpatrick
during at bat; Cage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: COX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KUSICK BATTED FOR
ADAMS; Kusick struck out; CASTINO BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Castino
flied to right in foul territory; R. Jackson doubled to right;
RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall doubled to left [R. Jackson
scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 4.



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