Friday June 29, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Roy Smalley cracked a homer and two singles, driving in three runs, to enable Jerry Koosman to pitch the Twins to a 5-2 victory over the White Sox. Smalley batted in the Twins' initial run with a single in the first inning and hit his homer after a double by Bob Randall in the third. Lamar Johnson accounted for the White Sox pair with a homer in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Friday, June 29, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 7 1 Twins 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 9 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moore lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .297 Randall 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .307 Washington rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .271 Rivera lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Lemon cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .304 Smalley ss 3 1 3 3 0 0 .370 Johnson 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .316 R. Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Bannister 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .317 Edwards cf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .283 Nordhagen dh 2 0 1 0 2 0 .270 Landreaux cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Orta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .221 Norwood rf 2 1 2 1 0 0 .263 Pryor ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Powell ph,rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .365 Torres ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Morales dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290 May c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Adams ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Scarbery p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Castino 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .174 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 7 2 4 6 Totals 30 5 9 5 2 1 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 12,763 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Twins 6 DP: White Sox 1, Twins 3 Errors: Wortham Doubles: Orta (7), Norwood (11), Randall (5) Triples: Moore (2), Powell (2) Home Runs: Johnson (5), Smalley (13) Sacrifice Hits: Rivera (6), Castino (10) GIDP: Johnson (6), Bannister (5), Orta (4), Borgmann (1) Hit by Pitch: Smalley (2,by Scarbery) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wortham L(7-8) 2.2 6 5 4 1 0 1 15 4.93 Scarbery 4.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 4.15 Hinton 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.18 Totals 8 9 5 4 2 1 1 35 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(9-6) 9 7 2 2 4 6 1 35 3.68 Totals 9 7 2 2 4 6 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Scarbery (2) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - John Shulock WHITE SOX 1ST: Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington walked; Lemon singled to right [Washington to second]; Johnson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Randall singled to center; Rivera out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Randall to second]; Smalley singled to left [Randall scored]; R. Jackson forced Smalley (third to second); Edwards flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bannister grounded out (second to first); Nordhagen singled to shortstop; Orta doubled to right [Nordhagen to third]; Pryor struck out; May flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 1. TWINS 2ND: Norwood doubled to left; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first) [Norwood to third]; Castino out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Norwood scored]; Borgmann flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Moore popped to first; Washington struck out; Lemon lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 2. TWINS 3RD: Randall doubled to left; Rivera flied out to right [Randall to third]; Smalley homered [Randall scored]; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards walked; Edwards was picked off first but was safe on an error by Wortham [Edwards to third]; Norwood singled to center [Edwards scored (unearned)]; SCARBERY REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Morales popped to first; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 4TH: LANDREAUX REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING CF); Johnson singled to left; Bannister was called out on strikes; Nordhagen walked [Johnson to second]; Orta popped to catcher in foul territory; Pryor forced Johnson (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. TWINS 4TH: Castino made an out to second; Borgmann walked; Randall grounded out (second to first) [Borgmann to second]; Rivera flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 5TH: May struck out; Moore grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. TWINS 5TH: Smalley was hit by a pitch; R. Jackson flied out to right; Landreaux grounded out (second to first) [Smalley to second]; POWELL BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lemon singled to left; Johnson flied out to center; Bannister grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. TWINS 6TH: Morales grounded out (first unassisted); Castino singled to left; Borgmann grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Castino out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta grounded out (second to first); Pryor walked; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. TWINS 7TH: Randall lined to center; Rivera was called out on strikes; Smalley singled to center; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: Moore tripled to right; Washington struck out; Lemon grounded out (third to first); Johnson homered [Moore scored]; Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 5. TWINS 8TH: Landreaux flied out to right; Powell tripled to center; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; HINTON REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); KUSICK BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick popped to catcher in foul territory; Castino popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Nordhagen walked; Orta grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Nordhagen out at second]; TORRES BATTED FOR PRYOR; Torres flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Twins 5.

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