Extending his hitting streak to 17 games, Roy Smalley had a single, double and two walks to highlight the Twins' 7-6 victory over the Royals. Smalley's two-bagger came with one out in the first inning and was followed by five straight hits -- singles by Ken Landreaux, Butch Wynegar, Ron Jackson, Glenn Adams and Willie Norwood -- that produced four runs.

The Twins added a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Hosken Powell and two more in the eighth on a solo homer by Rob Wilfong and a wild pitch by Royals' reliever Al Hrabosky. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 6
Game Played on Thursday, May       17, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        4  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   7 14  4
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  3  -   6 11  3


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .500      Wilson lf             3   1   2   0     1   1   .327
Smalley ss            3   1   2   0     2   0   .416        Poquette ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Landreaux lf          5   1   1   0     0   1   .317        Terrell pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .600
Wynegar c             4   1   1   1     1   0   .298      Brett 3b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .270
R. Jackson 1b         5   1   2   1     0   0   .262      Otis cf               4   0   1   1     1   0   .341
Adams dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Porter c              3   1   0   0     0   1   .315
  Morales ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .244      McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Norwood cf            5   0   1   1     0   0   .271      Wathan 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .268
Wilfong 2b            4   2   2   1     0   0   .333      Hurdle rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .273
Castino 3b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .327      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington 2b         3   0   0   0     0   1   .191
                                                            LaCock ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .296
                                                          Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  14   5     3   1             Totals               34   6  11   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 21,437
Left on Base: Twins 9, Royals 6
DP: Twins 2, Royals 1
Errors: Landreaux, Wynegar, Norwood, Castino, Brett, Otis, Porter
Doubles: Smalley (4), R. Jackson (9), Otis (9), LaCock (9)
Home Runs: Wilfong (3)
Stolen Bases: Otis (17), McRae (4)
Caught Stealing: Norwood (4), Wilson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Castino (4), Powell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hurdle (4)
GIDP: Landreaux (6), Brett (4), Otis (3)
Hit by Pitch: Porter (2,by Koosman)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(7-0)          8     8   5   3   3   4   0  34   3.58
Marshall SV(10)         1     3   1   1   0   0   0   5   1.62
Totals                  9    11   6   4   3   4   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(3-4)          6    11   5   4   2   1   0  30   4.08
Rodriguez               1.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   7   4.68
Hrabosky                1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.78
Totals                  9    14   7   6   3   1   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Koosman (2)
Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (2)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Al Purduski, 2B - Don Schulte, 3B - Larry Zirbel


TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to right; Smalley doubled to right;
Landreaux singled to left [Smalley to third]; Wynegar singled to
left [Smalley scored, Landreaux to second]; R. Jackson singled
to center [Landreaux scored, Wynegar to third, R. Jackson to
second (error by Otis)]; Adams singled to second [Wynegar scored
(error by Porter; assist by Washington) (unearned), R. Jackson
to third]; Norwood singled to left [R. Jackson scored, Adams to
second]; Wilfong flied out to left; Castino grounded out
(pitcher to first); 4 R (3 ER), 6 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; Brett grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wilson out at
second]; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Porter grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Powell flied out to right; Smalley walked; Landreaux
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Smalley to second]; Wynegar
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to center; Wathan flied out to center;
Hurdle popped to third; McRae stole second; Patek struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: R. Jackson grounded out (third to first); Adams
grounded out (first to pitcher); Norwood popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
singled to left; Wilson was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Brett walked; Otis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Wilfong singled to left; Castino out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Wilfong to second]; Powell singled to
left [Wilfong scored]; Smalley singled to right [Powell to
third]; Landreaux was called out on strikes; Wynegar grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter was hit by a pitch; McRae flied out to right;
Wathan singled to third [Porter to third (error by Castino)];
Hurdle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Porter scored (unearned)];
Patek popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 1.

TWINS 5TH: R. Jackson doubled to left; Adams flied out to center
[R. Jackson to third]; Norwood popped to catcher in foul
territory; Wilfong flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
struck out; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 1.

TWINS 6TH: Castino singled to left; Powell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Castino to second]; Smalley walked;
Landreaux grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to center; Porter popped to
shortstop; McRae grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 1.

TWINS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Wynegar
grounded out (pitcher to first); R. Jackson lined to first;
Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Wathan popped to first; Hurdle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 1.

TWINS 8TH: Norwood reached on an error by Brett; Norwood was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wilfong homered;
Castino singled to left; Powell singled to right [Castino to
second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Smalley flied
out to center [Castino to third]; Hrabosky threw a wild pitch
[Castino scored, Powell to second]; Landreaux popped to second;
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Washington was called out on strikes; Wilson walked;
Brett singled to left [Wilson to second]; Otis doubled to left
[Wilson scored, Brett scored (error by Landreaux) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Otis was picked off second but was safe on an error by
Wynegar [Otis to third]; Porter struck out; McRae flied out to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 3.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar walked; R. Jackson popped to shortstop;
MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales popped to first in foul
territory; Norwood forced Wynegar (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wathan singled
to left; Hurdle singled to center [Wathan scored (error by
Norwood) (no RBI), Hurdle to third]; MARSHALL REPLACED KOOSMAN
(PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR PATEK; Braun lined to shortstop;
LACOCK BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; LaCock doubled to left [Hurdle
scored]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette singled to center
[LaCock scored]; TERRELL RAN FOR POQUETTE; Brett singled to left
[Terrell to second]; Otis grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Brett out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 6.