The Indians won the first game of a doubleheader from the Twins, 5-4, when reliever Mike Marshall threw a sacrifice bunt away in the ninth inning, but the Twins rebounded in the second contest behind the seven-hit pitching of Dave Goltz to prevail, 7-2. After the Twins scored twice in the top of the ninth in the lidlifter to tie the score at 4-4, Ron Hassey led off the Tribe half with a double and was replaced by pinch-runner Dave Rosello. Dell Alston was intentionally walked and when Duane Kuiper bunted down the third base line, Marshall, trying for the forceout at third, fired the ball into left field as Rosello scored the winning run.

Willie Norwood singled home two of the Twins' three runs in the first inning of the nightcap and Dave Edwards belted a solo homer in the sixth. Roy Smalley's single to center drove in a seventh-inning marker. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      8, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  2  -   4 11  2
Indians      0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  1  -   5 10  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             5   1   1   1     0   0   .350      Hargrove 1b           4   0   3   1     0   0   .205
Smalley ss            4   0   1   1     1   1   .361      Norris cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Landreaux cf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Adams dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .342      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .288
  Norwood ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
  Morales ph,dh       0   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Hassey c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .271
Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .309        Rosello pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .240
  Randall ph,2b       2   0   0   0     0   2   .295      Alston lf             2   1   2   2     2   0   .375
Wynegar c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .283      Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .250
R. Jackson 1b         4   1   2   0     0   1   .274      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Cubbage 3b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Castino 3b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .270        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Edwards lf            3   0   2   2     1   1   .306        Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hartzell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  11   4     4   5             Totals               30   5  10   4     4   1

Time of Game: 2:45
Left on Base: Twins 10, Indians 6
DP: Twins 2, Indians 1
Errors: Cubbage, Marshall, Alston, Monge
Doubles: Powell (10), Hassey (3)
Triples: Alston (1), Hargrove (1)
Stolen Bases: Landreaux (6)
Caught Stealing: Hargrove (1), Bonds (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer (3)
GIDP: Powell (2), Norris (6), Johnson (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum                   4     5   3   3   2   1   0  18   7.12
Hartzell                4     3   1   1   1   0   0  14   5.15
Marshall L(9-8)         0     2   1   0   1   0   0   3   2.27
Totals                  8    10   5   4   4   1   0  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise                    6     8   2   2   1   1   0  27   3.61
Monge                   2.2   3   2   2   3   3   0  13   1.95
Cruz W(2-6)             0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.11
Totals                  9    11   4   4   4   5   0  41

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy


TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to right; Smalley struck out;
Landreaux flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); Norris
flied out to right; On a bunt Bonds grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (first unassisted); Wilfong
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wynegar grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah singled to center; Johnson struck out;
Hassey forced Harrah (second to shortstop); Alston singled to
center [Hassey to second]; Kuiper forced Alston (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 3RD: R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards singled to left; Powell
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove
singled to center; Norris grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Landreaux
flied out to left; Adams grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bonds flied out to center; Harrah walked; Johnson
flied out to left; Hassey walked [Harrah to second]; Alston
tripled to center [Harrah scored, Hassey scored]; Kuiper singled
to center [Alston scored]; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 3.

TWINS 5TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
singled to center; R. Jackson singled to center [Wynegar to
second]; Cubbage singled to center [Wynegar to third, R. Jackson
to second]; Edwards singled to left [Wynegar scored, R. Jackson
scored, Cubbage to second]; Powell forced Edwards (shortstop to
second) [Cubbage to third]; Smalley grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: HARTZELL REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Hargrove
singled to right; Hargrove was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Norris flied out to left; Bonds reached on an
error by Cubbage; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 3.

TWINS 6TH: Landreaux singled to shortstop; Landreaux stole
second; Adams flied out to right; Wilfong flied out to right;
Wynegar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Harrah made an out to second; Johnson lined to
second; Hassey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 3.

TWINS 7TH: R. Jackson singled to shortstop; Cubbage singled to
left [R. Jackson to second]; Edwards walked [R. Jackson to
third, Cubbage to second]; MONGE REPLACED WISE (PITCHING);
Powell grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first)
[Cubbage to third, Edwards to second, R. Jackson out at home];
Smalley was walked intentionally; Landreaux flied out to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Alston walked; On a bunt Kuiper forced Alston
(first to shortstop); Veryzer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Kuiper to second]; Hargrove tripled to right
[Kuiper scored]; Norris flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 4.

TWINS 8TH: NORWOOD BATTED FOR ADAMS; On a bunt Norwood grounded
out (pitcher to first); RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall
struck out; Wynegar walked; R. Jackson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CASTINO
REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING 3B); Bonds singled to center; Harrah
forced Bonds (shortstop to second); Johnson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Harrah out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Indians 4.

TWINS 9TH: Castino singled to pitcher [Castino to second (error
by Monge)]; Edwards was called out on strikes; Powell doubled to
left [Castino scored]; Smalley singled to left [Powell scored
(RBI), Smalley to second (error by Alston)]; Landreaux flied out
to left; MORALES BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Morales walked; CRUZ
REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Randall struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING); Hassey
doubled to center; ROSELLO RAN FOR HASSEY; Alston was walked
intentionally; On a bunt Kuiper singled to pitcher [Rosello
scored (error by Marshall) (unearned) (no RBI), Alston to
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Indians 5.