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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. Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 2Game Played on Friday, August 17, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium ITwins 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.
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