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Wednesday June 20, 1979
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The Brewers, with the help of errors by Ron Jackson and Roy Smalley, scored four runs on singles by Buck Martinez and Jim Gantner and Gorman Thomas' double and rolled to an 8-3 triumph over the Twins. Bill Travers pitched an eight-hitter in his seventh complete game, the 33rd for the Brewers' staff. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 8, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Wednesday, June 20, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  3
Brewers      0  0  4    0  1  1    2  0  x  -   8 12  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .315      Gantner 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Landreaux cf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .282      Bando 3b              5   2   3   0     0   0   .242
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .367      Cooper 1b             4   1   2   1     1   0   .308
R. Jackson 1b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Thomas cf             3   2   1   2     1   0   .248
Morales dh            3   0   2   1     0   0   .307      Oglivie lf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .230
Edwards lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Lezcano rf            4   1   0   0     1   1   .314
Norwood rf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .240      Yount ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .238
Castino 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .243      Davis dh              2   0   0   1     1   0   .277
Borgmann c            3   0   1   1     0   1   .231      Martinez c            4   1   2   1     0   1   .241
Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   8   2     1   5             Totals               35   8  12   6     5   2

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 21,404
Left on Base: Twins 5, Brewers 10
DP: Twins 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Smalley, R. Jackson, Norwood, Bando
Doubles: R. Jackson (16), Randall (4), Thomas (13), Yount (14)
Stolen Bases: Norwood (4), Thomas (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (2), Thomas (2), Davis (1)
GIDP: Edwards (2), Norwood (8), Lezcano (6)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell L(3-5)         5.2   9   6   3   3   2   0  31   5.05
D. Jackson              2.1   3   2   2   2   0   0  11   7.71
Totals                  8    12   8   5   5   2   0  42

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers W(5-3)          9     8   3   2   1   5   0  35   2.73
Totals                  9     8   3   2   1   5   0  35

Wild Pitches: Travers (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Randall made an out to second; Landreaux flied out to
left; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Gantner grounded out (second to first); Bando
singled to right; On a bunt Cooper singled to third [Bando to
second]; Thomas made an out to shortstop; Oglivie forced Cooper
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson flied out to left; Morales singled to
right; Edwards grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano grounded out (third to first); Yount flied
out to right; Davis lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Norwood grounded out (third to first); Castino
singled to right; Borgmann struck out; Randall flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Martinez singled to shortstop; Gantner singled to
right [Martinez to second]; Bando reached on an error by R.
Jackson [Gantner to second, Martinez to third]; Cooper forced
Gantner (shortstop to third) [Martinez scored, Bando to second];
Thomas doubled to left [Cooper to third, Bando scored
(unearned)]; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Lezcano struck
out; Yount reached on an error by Smalley [Oglivie to second,
Thomas scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cooper scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Davis grounded out (third to first); 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 4TH: Landreaux singled to center; Smalley was called out
on strikes; R. Jackson doubled to left [Landreaux to third];
Travers threw a wild pitch [R. Jackson to third, Landreaux
scored]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to right [R. Jackson
scored]; Edwards made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Martinez was called out on strikes; Gantner
grounded out (second to first); Bando singled to second; Cooper
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Brewers 4.

TWINS 5TH: Norwood reached on an error by Bando; Norwood stole
second; Castino was called out on strikes; Borgmann singled to
right [Norwood scored (unearned)]; Randall doubled to right
[Borgmann to third]; Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first);
Smalley flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Thomas walked; Thomas stole second; Oglivie made an
out to shortstop; Lezcano flied out to center; Yount singled to
right [Yount to second (error by Norwood), Thomas scored]; Davis
walked; Martinez flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 5.

TWINS 6TH: R. Jackson flied out to center; Morales singled to
left; Edwards struck out; Norwood made an out to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 6TH: Gantner flied out to center; Bando singled to
right; Cooper singled [Bando to third]; Thomas hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Bando scored]; D. JACKSON REPLACED HARTZELL
(PITCHING); Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 6.

TWINS 7TH: Castino walked; Borgmann forced Castino (third to
second); Randall flied out to right; Landreaux made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 7TH: Lezcano walked; Yount doubled to right [Lezcano to
third]; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lezcano scored,
Yount to third]; Martinez singled [Yount scored]; Gantner forced
Martinez (shortstop to second); Bando forced Gantner (shortstop
to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 8.

TWINS 8TH: Smalley flied out to center; R. Jackson flied out to
center; Morales grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 8TH: Cooper walked; Thomas flied out to center; Oglivie
singled to right [Cooper to second]; Lezcano grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oglivie out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 8.

TWINS 9TH: Edwards singled to left; Norwood grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Edwards out at second];
Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 3, Brewers 8.



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