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Getting big pitching and big hitting, the Orioles swept a doubleheader from the Twins, 4-0 and 7-4. Scott McGregor unfurled his second shutout of the season in the opener. The Orioles scored once in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Al Bumbry and twice in the fourth on a triple by Doug DeCinces Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Wednesday, August 29, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumOrioles 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 2
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1
Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Bumbry cf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .274 Randall 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Garcia ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .251 Castino 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Singleton rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .291 Smalley ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298
Murray 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .280 R. Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267
Kelly dh 4 1 1 0 0 2 .294 Edwards cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .270
Roenicke lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Norwood rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .238 Morales dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .270
Dauer 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256 Rivera lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282
Dempsey c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Borgmann c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .215
McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 4 6 4 3 7 Totals 37 0 8 0 1 5
Time of Game: 2:14
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Twins 11
DP: Orioles 0, Twins 0
Errors: Garcia 2, Castino
Doubles: Murray (25)
Triples: DeCinces (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dempsey (3), Bumbry (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bumbry (4), Murray (5)
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
McGregor W(10-4) 9 8 0 0 1 5 0 38 3.55
Totals 9 8 0 0 1 5 0 38
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Erickson L(1-8) 4.1 6 4 3 2 4 0 21 6.00
Redfern 4.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 15 3.47
Totals 9 6 4 3 3 7 0 36
Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman
ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Garcia
struck out; Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Randall flied out to right; Castino flied out to
left; Smalley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles
0, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 2ND: Murray doubled to center; Kelly flied out to left;
Roenicke flied out to left; DeCinces was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson popped to second; Edwards singled to left;
Norwood struck out; Morales singled to left [Edwards to second];
Rivera grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to third [Dauer to second (error by
Castino)]; Dempsey out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Dauer to third]; Bumbry hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dauer
scored (unearned)]; Garcia popped to first; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Borgmann flied out to left; Randall lined to pitcher;
Castino reached on an error by Garcia; Smalley forced Castino
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton struck out; Murray struck out; Kelly
singled to center; Roenicke singled to left [Kelly to second];
DeCinces tripled to center [Kelly scored, Roenicke scored];
Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: R. Jackson popped to second; Edwards singled to
center; On a bunt Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Edwards to second]; Morales lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Orioles 3, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey singled to left; Bumbry out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Dempsey to second]; Garcia walked;
Singleton walked [Dempsey to third, Garcia to second]; REDFERN
REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Murray hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Dempsey scored, Garcia to third, Singleton to second];
Kelly was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles
4, Twins 0.
TWINS 5TH: Rivera popped to first; Borgmann grounded out
(shortstop to first); Randall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 4, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke grounded out (shortstop to first);
DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Dauer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Castino flied out to center; Smalley flied out to
center; R. Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4,
Twins 0.
ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Bumbry grounded out
(third to first); Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 4, Twins 0.
TWINS 7TH: Edwards struck out; Norwood flied out to center;
Morales singled to center; Rivera reached on an error by Garcia
[Morales to second]; Borgmann singled to left [Morales to third,
Rivera to second]; Randall popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3
LOB. Orioles 4, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton walked; Murray forced Singleton (first to
shortstop); Kelly struck out; Roenicke flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Twins 0.
TWINS 8TH: Castino flied out to right; Smalley singled to right;
R. Jackson singled to third [Smalley to second]; Edwards flied
out to center; Norwood popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 4, Twins 0.
ORIOLES 9TH: DeCinces popped to catcher in foul territory; Dauer
flied out to center; Dempsey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Orioles 4, Twins 0.
TWINS 9TH: Morales struck out (catcher to first); Rivera singled
to center; Borgmann walked [Rivera to second]; Randall popped to
first in foul territory; Castino forced Rivera (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Twins 0.
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