Rob Wilfong hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to bring the Twins a 5-2 victory over the Yankees and enable Jerry Koosman to become a 15-game winner. Reggie Jackson homered in the second inning and doubled and scored on a two-bagger by Roy White in the fourth to account for the Yankee runs.

With the score tied, 2-2, Willie Norwood and John Castino beat out infield hits for the Twins in the fifth and Wilfong followed with his homer off Jim Beattie, who had just been recalled from Columbus (International). The crowd of 30,372 at the game raised the Yankees' attendance to 2,015,352. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Friday, August    17, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        0  0  1    1  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
Yankees      0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilfong 2b            4   1   1   3     0   0   .325      Randolph 2b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .271
Smalley ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .307      Randle cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Landreaux lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .306
Adams dh              1   0   0   1     0   0   .306      Jackson rf            4   2   2   1     0   1   .308
  Morales ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Wynegar c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .269      Nettles 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .246
Powell rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      White dh              4   0   2   1     0   1   .196
Goodwin 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .316      Stanley ss            4   0   1   0     0   2   .212
Norwood cf            3   1   1   0     0   1   .266      Narron c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .164
Castino 3b            2   1   1   1     0   0   .277        Murcer ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beattie p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   7   5     0   1             Totals               35   2  10   2     1   7

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 30,372
Left on Base: Twins 2, Yankees 7
DP: Twins 1, Yankees 0
Doubles: Smalley (23), Wynegar (12), Nettles (9), Jackson (15), White (6)
Triples: Goodwin (4)
Home Runs: Wilfong (7), Jackson (21)
Caught Stealing: Randolph (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Castino (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Adams (6)
GIDP: Stanley (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(15-10)        9    10   2   2   1   7   1  36   3.56
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   7   1  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beattie L(3-4)          5     6   5   5   0   1   1  21   5.20
Hood                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.74
Clay                    3     0   0   0   0   0   0   9   4.85
Totals                  9     7   5   5   0   1   1  34

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Dallas Parks


TWINS 1ST: Wilfong flied out to center; Smalley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Landreaux grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to left; Randle lined to right;
Randolph was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop to pitcher); Piniella grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
grounded out (second to first); Powell lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson homered; Chambliss grounded out (third to
first); Nettles doubled to center; White flied out to right
[Nettles to third]; Stanley was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 1.

TWINS 3RD: Goodwin tripled to left; Norwood struck out; Castino
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Goodwin scored];
Wilfong flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Narron struck out; Randolph was called out on
strikes; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Yankees 1.

TWINS 4TH: Smalley doubled to right; Landreaux grounded out
(second to first) [Smalley to third]; Adams hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Smalley scored]; Wynegar doubled to right; Powell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella flied out to right; Jackson doubled to
center; Chambliss walked; Nettles flied out to center; White
doubled to left [Jackson scored, Chambliss to third]; Stanley
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

TWINS 5TH: Goodwin flied out to center; Norwood singled to
shortstop; Castino singled to third [Norwood to second]; Wilfong
homered [Norwood scored, Castino scored]; Smalley made an out to
shortstop; Landreaux flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Narron struck out; Randolph singled to left; Randle
lined to center; Piniella singled to right [Randolph to second];
Jackson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.

TWINS 6TH: HOOD REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR
ADAMS; Morales made an out to second; Wynegar singled to right;
Powell grounded out (second to first) [Wynegar to second];
Goodwin flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nettles singled to center; White struck out; Stanley singled to
right [Nettles to second]; Narron grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.

TWINS 7TH: CLAY REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Norwood made an out to
second; Castino grounded out (third to first); Wilfong grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph made an out to third; Randle grounded out
(third to first); Piniella lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 5, Yankees 2.

TWINS 8TH: Smalley flied out to left; Landreaux grounded out
(pitcher to first); Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); Nettles lined to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.

TWINS 9TH: Wynegar lined to right; Powell grounded out (second
to first); Goodwin lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: White singled to left; Stanley grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at
second]; MURCER BATTED FOR NARRON; Murcer grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 2.