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Sunday July 22, 1979
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Led by Glenn Adams, who had three hits including a homer, the Twins routed the Blue Jays, 13-1. The Twins collected six consecutive hits in the seventh inning with Butch Wynegar, Hosken Powell and Mike Cubbage singling in runs and Rob Wilfong adding a two-run single. Adams hit his solo homer in the fourth, singled in the sixth and stroked a run-scoring single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 13, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Sunday, July 22, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  7  3
Twins        0  0  2    1  1  1    8  0  x  -  13 17  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   0   1   0     0   2   .251      Wilfong 2b            3   1   1   3     0   1   .319
Woods lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .289      Smalley ss            4   2   2   0     1   0   .346
Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Landreaux cf          5   1   3   1     0   1   .292
Carty dh              4   0   2   0     0   1   .258      Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .251
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .275        Castino pr,3b       1   1   0   0     0   0   .277
Velez rf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .260      Adams dh              5   3   3   2     0   0   .336
Bosetti cf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Wynegar c             3   1   2   1     1   0   .286
Cerone c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Powell rf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .335
Ainge 2b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Goodwin 1b            3   2   2   1     1   0   .375
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        R. Jackson 1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards lf            4   1   1   0     0   3   .296
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jefferson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   7   1     1   9             Totals               37  13  17  10     4   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 18,927
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Twins 7
DP: Blue Jays 0, Twins 3
Errors: Bosetti, Ainge 2
Doubles: Smalley 2 (20)
Triples: Goodwin (2)
Home Runs: Velez (9), Adams (8)
Caught Stealing: Smalley (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (14), Wynegar (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Wilfong (7)
GIDP: Howell (5), Mayberry (6)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(7-8)        5.1   8   5   5   3   3   1  26   3.54
Miller                  0.2   4   4   4   0   1   0   6   5.51
Freisleben              0     2   3   3   1   0   0   3   5.24
Jefferson               2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   4.86
Totals                  8    17  13  13   4   5   1  44

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern W(5-0)          7     5   1   1   1   9   1  25   2.77
Marshall                2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.20
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   9   1  32

Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (11), Jefferson (2)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Woods walked; Howell struck
out; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Wilfong struck out; Smalley walked; Landreaux flied
out to left; Smalley was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry made an out to second; Velez flied out
to center; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Adams popped
to third in foul territory; Wynegar walked; Powell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins
0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone flied out to center; Ainge struck out;
Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Goodwin tripled; Edwards was called out on strikes;
Wilfong lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Goodwin scored];
Smalley doubled; Landreaux singled to left [Smalley scored,
Landreaux out at second (left to catcher to second)]; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Woods singled; Howell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Woods out at second]; Carty
singled; Mayberry singled [Carty to second]; Velez struck out; 0
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Cubbage flied out to left; Adams homered; Wynegar
flied out to center; Powell singled; Goodwin forced Powell
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins
3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti struck out; Cerone grounded out (third to
first); Ainge was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Edwards singled; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Edwards to second]; Smalley flied out to
right [Edwards to third]; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Edwards
scored]; Landreaux was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin singled; Woods lined into a double play
(pitcher to first) [Griffin out at first]; Howell flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Cubbage walked; Adams singled [Cubbage to second];
Wynegar reached on an error by Ainge (assist by Mayberry) on a
sacrifice bunt [Cubbage to third, Adams to second]; Powell
forced Cubbage (pitcher to catcher) [Adams to third, Wynegar to
second]; Goodwin singled [Adams scored, Wynegar to third, Powell
to second]; MILLER REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Edwards struck
out; Wilfong flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Twins 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
flied out to right; Velez homered; Bosetti lined to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley doubled; Landreaux singled [Smalley to
third]; Cubbage singled [Smalley scored, Landreaux to third];
CASTINO RAN FOR CUBBAGE; Adams singled [Landreaux scored,
Castino to third]; FREISLEBEN REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING);
Wynegar singled [Castino scored, Adams to third]; Powell singled
[Adams scored (RBI), Wynegar to third, Powell to second (error
by Bosetti)]; Goodwin walked; JEFFERSON REPLACED FREISLEBEN
(PITCHING); Jefferson threw a wild pitch [Wynegar scored, Powell
to third, Goodwin to second]; Edwards struck out; Wilfong
singled [Powell scored, Goodwin scored]; Smalley popped to third
in foul territory [Wilfong scored (error by Ainge) (no RBI)];
Landreaux singled; Castino forced Landreaux (shortstop to
second); 8 R, 8 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 13.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: CASTINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); R. JACKSON
REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING 1B); MARSHALL REPLACED REDFERN
(PITCHING); Cerone lined to second; Ainge grounded out (third to
first); Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Twins 13.

TWINS 8TH: Adams made an out to second; Wynegar singled; Powell
flied out to left; R. Jackson forced Wynegar (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 13.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Woods popped to catcher in foul territory; Howell
singled; Carty singled [Howell to second]; Mayberry grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 13.



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