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Friday August 10, 1979
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Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

A's          1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3 13  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy cf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .259      Powell rf             6   0   1   0     0   1   .319
Heath lf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .278      Wilfong 2b            5   1   3   0     1   1   .314
  Murray lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .185      Landreaux cf          6   1   3   1     1   1   .311
Gross 3b              4   1   2   0     2   0   .231      Adams lf              5   0   2   0     1   0   .312
Revering 1b           6   0   2   0     0   2   .287      Smalley ss            4   0   0   1     1   1   .314
Essian c              6   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Goodwin dh            2   0   0   0     0   1   .305
Page dh               5   0   0   0     0   3   .253        Morales ph,dh       3   0   0   0     1   0   .276
  Newman ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Wynegar c             6   0   2   0     0   0   .266
Armas rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .243        Norwood pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .262
Chalk 2b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .247      R. Jackson 1b         5   0   1   0     1   1   .270
Picciolo ss           5   1   2   0     0   2   .252      Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   0     3   1   .250
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   2  11   2     3  12             Totals               45   3  13   2     9   7

Time of Game: 3:56   Attendance: 13,742
Left on Base: A's 13, Twins 19
DP: A's 0, Twins 2
Errors: Revering, Smalley, Erickson
Doubles: Heath (6), Adams (12), Wynegar (11)
Triples: Picciolo (2)
Stolen Bases: Page (13), Gross (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (7), Powell (5), Wilfong (19)
Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (8)
GIDP: Essian (8), Gross (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman                 5     6   2   2   1   1   0  22   4.72
Minetto                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.10
Todd                    1     0   0   0   3   0   0   6   6.52
Hamilton                0.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   3   3.82
Norris                  3     4   0   0   0   3   0  13   5.06
Heaverlo L(4-10)        1.2   3   1   1   4   1   0  12   4.16
Totals                 11.2  13   3   3   9   7   0  57

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                9     8   2   2   2   7   0  38   6.78
D. Jackson W(3-3)       3     3   0   0   1   5   0  13   4.21
Totals                 12    11   2   2   3  12   0  51

Wild Pitches: Todd (4)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Rocky Roe


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Heath
popped to third in foul territory; Gross singled; Revering
singled [Gross to third]; Essian singled [Gross scored, Revering
to second]; Page struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Wilfong
singled; Landreaux lined to center; Adams lined to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Chalk was called out on
strikes; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley flied out to left; Goodwin flied out to
center; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy struck out; Heath made an out to second;
Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
singled; Powell forced Cubbage (second to shortstop); Wilfong
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled; Essian grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Revering to second]; Page reached on an error by Smalley
[Revering to third]; Page stole second; Armas flied out to
right; Chalk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Landreaux flied out to left; Adams doubled; Smalley
made an out to shortstop; Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo singled; Murphy reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Picciolo to second]; Heath doubled
[Picciolo scored, Murphy to third]; Gross walked; Revering
popped to third in foul territory; Essian grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar grounded out (third to first); R. Jackson
flied out to center; Cubbage walked; Powell made an out to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page flied out to left; Armas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Chalk walked; Picciolo was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Wilfong singled; Landreaux singled [Wilfong to
second]; Adams singled [Wilfong to third, Landreaux to second];
MINETTO REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Revering dropped a foul fly
hit by Smalley for an error; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Wilfong scored, Landreaux to third, Adams to second]; MORALES
BATTED FOR GOODWIN; TODD REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Morales
was walked intentionally; Todd threw a wild pitch [Landreaux
scored, Adams to third, Morales to second]; Wynegar reached on a
fielder's choice [Morales out at third (pitcher to shortstop to
third)]; R. Jackson flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murphy
singled; Heath forced Murphy (shortstop to second); Gross
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Heath out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins
2.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage walked; Powell out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Cubbage to second]; Wilfong walked;
HAMILTON REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Landreaux struck out; Adams
walked [Cubbage to third, Wilfong to second]; Smalley struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Revering flied out to center; Essian reached on
an error by Erickson; Page struck out; Armas grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: NORRIS REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Morales lined to
first; Wynegar singled; R. Jackson singled [Wynegar to second];
Cubbage forced R. Jackson (second to shortstop) [Wynegar to
third]; Powell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Picciolo
tripled; Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Heath grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins
2.

TWINS 9TH: MURRAY REPLACED HEATH (PLAYING LF); Wilfong singled;
Landreaux singled [Wilfong to second]; Adams flied out to
center; Smalley flied out to right; Morales grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 10TH: D. JACKSON REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Gross
walked; Gross stole second; Revering was called out on strikes;
Essian made an out to second; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 10TH: Wynegar popped to third in foul territory; R.
Jackson struck out; Cubbage struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Armas flied out to center; Chalk singled;
Picciolo forced Chalk (second to shortstop); Murphy singled
[Picciolo to second]; Murray was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 11TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Powell singled;
Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Powell to
second]; Landreaux was walked intentionally; Adams grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Powell to third, Landreaux to second];
Smalley was walked intentionally; Morales forced Smalley (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Gross singled; Revering struck out; Essian
popped to first in foul territory; NEWMAN BATTED FOR PAGE;
Newman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 12TH: NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wynegar doubled;
NORWOOD RAN FOR WYNEGAR; R. Jackson was walked intentionally;
Cubbage walked [Norwood to third, R. Jackson to second]; Powell
flied out to center; Wilfong struck out; Landreaux singled
[Norwood scored, R. Jackson to third, Cubbage to second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 3.



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