Al Bumbry belted a two-run triple off Mike Marshall with two out in the ninth inning to bring the Orioles a 6-5 victory over the Twins. Doug DeCinces and Terry Crowley walked before Bumbry tripled for the only hit allowed by Marshall in two innings of work.

In the early going, John Lowenstein and DeCinces homered for the Orioles. Ken Landreaux batted in two runs for the Twins with a homer and sacrifice fly. Hosken Powell also produced two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]
Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Orioles      0  1  0    0  1  0    2  0  2  -   6  9  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    2  1  1  -   5 11  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             5   0   3   2     0   0   .293      Powell rf             4   0   2   2     1   0   .377
Krenchicki 2b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Wynegar c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .285
  Dauer 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .257        Rivera pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .309      Smalley ss            4   1   1   0     1   2   .371
  Roenicke lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Adams lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .287
Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269        Edwards pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Lowenstein lf,rf      4   2   2   1     0   1   .313        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .284
May dh                4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Landreaux cf          3   1   1   2     0   2   .289
DeCinces 3b           3   3   2   2     1   1   .212      R. Jackson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Garcia ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .234      Cubbage dh            2   1   0   0     2   1   .240
Skaggs c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .240      Wilfong 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .299
  Crowley ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .263      Castino 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Dempsey pr,c        0   1   0   0     0   0   .266        Norwood ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .254
D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6   9   6     3   6             Totals               33   5  11   5     4   8

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 11,831
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Twins 8
DP: Orioles 2, Twins 1
Errors: Hartzell
Doubles: DeCinces (6), Bumbry (12), Adams (6)
Triples: Bumbry (1)
Home Runs: Lowenstein (6), DeCinces (5), Landreaux (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (6), Castino (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Landreaux (2)
GIDP: Murray (11), Adams (3)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez             7     8   4   4   3   5   1  30   3.16
Stanhouse W(5-1)        1.1   3   1   1   1   1   0   8   3.00
Stoddard SV(2)          0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   1.77
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   8   1  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell                6.2   7   4   4   1   2   2  27   5.07
Bacsik                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.03
Marshall L(8-6)         2     1   2   2   2   4   0   9   2.03
Totals                  9     9   6   6   3   6   2  38

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Greg Kosc


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Krenchicki
grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Wayne
Krenchicki; Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Wynegar out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Powell to second]; Smalley grounded out
(second to first) [Powell to third]; Adams struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to left; Lowenstein homered; May
lined to shortstop; DeCinces struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Landreaux was called out on strikes; R. Jackson
struck out; Cubbage flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Skaggs flied
out to right; Bumbry singled to left; Krenchicki singled to
center [Bumbry to third, Krenchicki to second (on throw to 3b)];
Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: On a bunt Wilfong singled; Castino popped to pitcher;
Powell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wilfong to second];
Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray grounded out (first unassisted); Lowenstein
flied out to left; May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley struck out; Adams doubled; Landreaux struck
out; R. Jackson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces homered; Garcia struck out; Skaggs
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry popped to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage walked; Wilfong singled to center [Cubbage to
second]; On a bunt Castino forced Cubbage (pitcher to third)
[Wilfong to second]; Powell flied out to left; Wynegar grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Twins 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Krenchicki grounded out (first unassisted);
Singleton walked; Murray grounded into a double play (first to
first to shortstop) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley walked; Adams grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Smalley out at second];
Landreaux homered; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Lowenstein singled to center; Lowenstein was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Hartzell [Lowenstein to
second]; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Lowenstein to
third]; DeCinces doubled [Lowenstein scored]; Garcia grounded
out (second to first) [DeCinces to third]; Skaggs singled to
right [DeCinces scored]; BACSIK REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING);
Bumbry doubled to right [Skaggs to third]; Krenchicki grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: DAUER REPLACED KRENCHICKI (PLAYING 2B); Cubbage
walked; On a bunt Wilfong singled [Cubbage to second]; Castino
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Cubbage to third,
Wilfong to second]; Powell singled to center [Cubbage scored,
Wilfong scored]; Wynegar lined into a double play (third to
first) [Powell out at first]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Twins 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED BACSIK (PITCHING); Singleton
flied out to left; Murray struck out; Lowenstein was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: ROENICKE REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Smalley singled to right;
STANHOUSE REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Adams singled to
center [Smalley to third]; EDWARDS RAN FOR ADAMS; Landreaux hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Smalley scored]; R. Jackson popped to
third; Cubbage struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Twins 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); May struck
out; DeCinces walked; Garcia was called out on strikes; CROWLEY
BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Crowley walked [DeCinces to second]; DEMPSEY
RAN FOR CROWLEY; Bumbry tripled to right [DeCinces scored,
Dempsey scored]; Dauer flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 6, Twins 4.

TWINS 9TH: DEMPSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Wilfong grounded
out (second to first); NORWOOD BATTED FOR CASTINO; Norwood
singled to center; Powell walked [Norwood to second]; Wynegar
singled to left [Norwood scored, Powell to third]; RIVERA RAN
FOR WYNEGAR; STODDARD REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Smalley
struck out; MORALES BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Morales struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Twins 5.
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