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Friday August 3, 1979
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Making his 63rd appearance of the season, Mike Marshall relieved Jerry Koosman in the eighth inning and gained his 21st save as the Twins defeated the Angels, 4-1. The Twins nicked Jim Barr for two runs in the first inning on singles by Rob Wilfong and Ken Landreaux, an error by Don Baylor and a double by Danny Goodwin. Hosken Powell tripled in the third and tallied on a sacrifice fly by Wilfong before Roy Smalley wrapped up the Twins' scoring with a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 1

Game Played on Friday, August 3, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  9  1
Twins        2  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  8  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
R. Miller cf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .304      Powell rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .326
Lansford 3b           4   1   1   0     0   3   .294      Wilfong 2b            2   1   1   1     0   0   .318
Ford rf               4   0   0   1     0   0   .289      Landreaux cf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .297
Baylor lf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .301      Goodwin dh            4   0   2   1     0   1   .342
Downing c             2   0   2   0     2   0   .339      R. Jackson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Rudi 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Adams lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .315
Grich 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .302        Edwards ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Rettenmund dh         3   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Smalley ss            3   1   1   1     0   0   .324
  Carew ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   1   .348      Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Anderson ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Castino 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .267
  Aikens ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barr p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   9   1     2   9             Totals               31   4   8   3     0   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 30,653
Left on Base: Angels 8, Twins 5
DP: Angels 0, Twins 2
Errors: Baylor, Wilfong
Doubles: Goodwin (2)
Triples: Lansford (4), Powell (3)
Home Runs: Smalley (19)
Caught Stealing: R. Miller (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Wilfong (8)
GIDP: Rudi (5), Aikens (11)
Hit by Pitch: Wilfong (2,by Barr)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(7-8)             8     8   4   4   0   3   1  33   4.08
Totals                  8     8   4   4   0   3   1  33

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(12-10)        7.1   8   1   1   2   8   0  32   3.89
Marshall SV(21)         1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.38
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   9   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Barr (3)

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry Barnett


ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller singled to left; Lansford was called out
on strikes; R. Miller was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first); Ford lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell popped to third in foul territory; Wilfong
singled to center; Landreaux singled to left [Wilfong scored
(error by Baylor), Landreaux to second]; Goodwin doubled to left
[Landreaux scored]; R. Jackson flied out to center [Goodwin to
third]; Adams grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 2.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor singled to center; Downing walked [Baylor to
second]; Rudi singled to pitcher [Baylor to third, Downing to
second]; Grich struck out; Rettenmund struck out; Anderson flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley flied out to center; Wynegar grounded out
(second to first); Castino grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 2.

ANGELS 3RD: R. Miller singled to center; Lansford struck out;
Ford flied out to center; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Powell tripled to right; Wilfong hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Powell scored]; Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to
first); Goodwin grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Downing singled to left; Rudi forced Downing
(shortstop to second); Grich struck out; Rettenmund forced Rudi
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: R. Jackson flied out to left; Adams grounded out
(first to pitcher); Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Anderson lined to center; R. Miller grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lansford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Angels 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar lined to second; Castino struck out; Powell
singled to pitcher; Wilfong was hit by a pitch [Powell to
second]; Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Ford reached on an error by Wilfong; Baylor flied
out to right; Downing walked [Ford to second]; Rudi forced Ford
(third unassisted) [Downing to second]; Grich popped to second;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Goodwin struck out; R. Jackson flied out to center;
Adams lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first);
Anderson struck out; R. Miller lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley homered; Wynegar popped to third in foul
territory; Castino struck out; Powell grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 4.

ANGELS 8TH: Lansford tripled to center; Ford grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lansford scored]; Baylor singled to left;
Downing singled to left [Baylor to second]; MARSHALL REPLACED
KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Rudi grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Downing out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Landreaux
singled to center; Goodwin singled to center [Landreaux to
third]; R. Jackson popped to shortstop; EDWARDS BATTED FOR
ADAMS; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 1, Twins 4.

ANGELS 9TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Grich singled
to right; CAREW BATTED FOR RETTENMUND; Carew was called out on
strikes; AIKENS BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Aikens grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Grich out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 4.



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