With 11 saves and seven victories already to his credit, Mike Marshall was unable to stave off the Royals and drew his fourth defeat when the Twins lost, 4-3. Marshall relieved Roger Erickson in the seventh inning with the Twins leading, 3-2. The Royals tied the score in the eighth with a double by Amos Otis and single by Pete LaCock and won in the ninth when Willie Wilson tripled and Otis singled. [The Sporting News]
Kansas City Royals 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, May 25, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals       1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  1  -   4 13  1
Twins        1  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             5   2   3   0     0   1   .346      Randall 2b            5   2   2   0     0   0   .244
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .308      Smalley ss            3   0   3   1     1   0   .398
Otis cf               5   1   3   2     0   0   .335      Landreaux cf          5   0   2   0     0   1   .321
Porter c              5   1   2   1     0   2   .320      R. Jackson 1b         4   0   1   1     0   0   .286
LaCock 1b             4   0   2   1     1   0   .298      Morales dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Hurdle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Rivera lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .230      Powell rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .500
Washington 2b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .219      Castino 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .284
  Braun ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Patek pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Wynegar c           1   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Cruz ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .313        Edwards pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terrell 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  13   4     3   6             Totals               36   3  11   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  9,606
Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 9
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: Wilson, R. Jackson
Doubles: Otis 2 (13), R. Jackson (12), Smalley (5)
Triples: Wilson 2 (3)
Home Runs: Porter (6)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (17), Randall (1), Rivera (2), Powell (1)
Caught Stealing: Washington (2), Otis (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (9)
GIDP: Hurdle (4)
Hit by Pitch: Powell (1,by Splittorff)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(7-3)       8.2  11   3   2   1   3   0  38   3.33
Hrabosky SV(5)          0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.24
Totals                  9    11   3   2   1   4   0  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                6     8   2   2   1   3   1  25   7.09
Marshall L(7-4)         3     5   2   2   2   3   0  16   1.80
Totals                  9    13   4   4   3   6   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (1)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson stole second; Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wilson to third]; Otis
singled to right [Wilson scored]; Porter singled to left [Otis
to second]; LaCock singled to right [Otis to third, Porter to
second]; Hurdle grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [LaCock out at second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall singled to right; Smalley out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Randall to second]; Landreaux grounded
out (first unassisted) [Randall to third]; R. Jackson doubled to
left [Randall scored]; Morales was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Washington singled to third; Washington was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to pitcher);
Cruz flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Rivera popped to second; Powell grounded out (third
to first); Castino grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson tripled to right; Brett walked; Otis lined to
second; Porter struck out; LaCock lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann flied out to center; Randall singled to
center; Randall stole second; Smalley singled to left [Randall
scored]; Landreaux forced Smalley (second to shortstop); R.
Jackson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle was called out on strikes; McRae lined to
center; Washington flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
popped to first in foul territory; Powell singled to right;
Castino struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Cruz popped to second in foul territory; Wilson
popped to third in foul territory; Brett singled to left; Otis
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Borgmann flied out to right; Randall grounded out
(second to first); Smalley walked; Landreaux singled to left
[Smalley to second]; R. Jackson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Porter homered; LaCock flied out to center; Hurdle
grounded out (first unassisted); McRae struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Morales grounded out (second to first); Rivera
singled to center; Powell was hit by a pitch [Rivera to second];
Rivera stole third and Powell stole second [Rivera scored (error
by Wilson) (unearned)]; Castino struck out; Borgmann grounded
out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Twins 3.

ROYALS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); WYNEGAR
REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING C ); Washington grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cruz singled to center; Wilson was called
out on strikes; Brett grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Randall flied out to center; Smalley doubled to left;
Landreaux singled to center [Smalley out at home (center to
catcher)]; R. Jackson flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis doubled to left; Porter lined to shortstop;
LaCock singled to center [Otis scored]; Hurdle reached on a
fielder's choice [LaCock to second (error by R. Jackson)]; McRae
lined to center; BRAUN BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Braun walked
[LaCock to third, Hurdle to second]; PATEK RAN FOR BRAUN;
POQUETTE BATTED FOR CRUZ; Poquette grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); TERRELL REPLACED
POQUETTE (PLAYING 2B); Morales grounded out (first to pitcher);
Rivera grounded out (catcher unassisted); Powell flied to left
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson tripled to left; Brett was called out on
strikes; Otis doubled to left [Wilson scored]; Porter struck
out; LaCock was walked intentionally; Otis was caught stealing
third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins
3.

TWINS 9TH: Castino flied out to right; Wynegar singled to left;
EDWARDS RAN FOR WYNEGAR; Randall forced Edwards (first to
shortstop); Smalley singled to right [Randall to second];
HRABOSKY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Landreaux struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 3.
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