The Twins scored one run on a homer by Ken Landreaux and two others on wild pitches by Dennis Martinez to defeat the Orioles, 3-1. Butch Wynegar walked in the third inning, advanced on a single by Hosken Powell and infield out and crossed the plate on a wild pitch.

The Orioles notched the matching tally on singles by Doug DeCinces, Lee May and Gary Roenicke in the fourth. Landreaux hit his homer for the deciding run in the sixth and the Twins added an insurance marker in that same stanza on a pass to Dave Edwards, single by Mike Cubbage and another wild pitch by Martinez. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 3, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Friday, August 31, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Twins        0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .299      Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
  Rivera ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Garcia ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Wilfong 2b            5   0   1   0     0   2   .316        Kelly ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .294
Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     1   2   .300        Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Landreaux cf          4   1   1   1     0   1   .319      Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .289
Edwards lf            3   1   1   0     1   1   .270      Murray 1b             2   0   1   0     2   0   .287
Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .272      DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   0     0   3   .234
  Castino 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      May dh                3   0   1   0     1   1   .261
R. Jackson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Roenicke lf           3   0   1   1     1   1   .275
Goodwin dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
  Norwood ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Skaggs c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .217
Wynegar c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .264        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   7   1     3  10             Totals               30   1   6   1     6   9

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 30,816
Left on Base: Twins 8, Orioles 8
DP: Twins 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Garcia, Skaggs
Doubles: Edwards (6)
Home Runs: Landreaux (11)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (4)
GIDP: Roenicke (8), Garcia (14)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(12-10)          7     5   1   1   5   7   0  29   4.14
Marshall SV(28)         2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.64
Totals                  9     6   1   1   6   9   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez L(14-12)    6.2   6   3   3   3   5   1  30   3.61
T. Martinez             2.1   1   0   0   0   5   0   8   2.85
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3  10   1  38

Wild Pitches: Goltz (4), D. Martinez 3 (7)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Steve Palermo


TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong
struck out; Smalley made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Garcia
struck out; Singleton walked; Goltz threw a wild pitch
[Singleton to second]; Murray walked; DeCinces was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 2ND: Landreaux struck out; Edwards doubled; Cubbage struck
out; R. Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May walked; Roenicke grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [May out at second]; Dauer struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 3RD: Goodwin flied out to center; Wynegar walked; Powell
singled to center [Wynegar to second]; Wilfong grounded out
(first unassisted) [Wynegar to third, Powell to second]; D.
Martinez threw a wild pitch [Wynegar scored, Powell to third];
Smalley struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs lined to left; Bumbry grounded out (second
to first); Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

TWINS 4TH: Landreaux flied out to left; Edwards flied out to
right; Cubbage flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray
grounded out (first unassisted); DeCinces singled to left; May
singled to shortstop [DeCinces to second]; Roenicke singled to
left [DeCinces scored, May to second]; Dauer made an out to
second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 1.

TWINS 5TH: Skaggs dropped a foul fly hit by R. Jackson for an
error; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); Goodwin flied
out to left; Wynegar reached on an error by Garcia; D. Martinez
threw a wild pitch [Wynegar to second]; Powell singled to second
[Wynegar to third]; Wilfong flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs was called out on strikes; Bumbry singled to
left; Garcia grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Bumbry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Orioles 1.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley struck out; Landreaux homered; Edwards
walked; Cubbage singled to right [Edwards to third]; D. Martinez
threw a wild pitch [Edwards scored, Cubbage to second]; R.
Jackson flied out to left; Goodwin grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray
walked; DeCinces was called out on strikes; May struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar popped to catcher in foul territory; Powell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilfong singled to center;
Smalley walked [Wilfong to second]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED D.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: CASTINO REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING 3B); Roenicke
struck out; Dauer flied out to left; Skaggs singled to left;
Bumbry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Orioles 1.

TWINS 8TH: Edwards struck out; Castino grounded out (shortstop
to first); R. Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR GARCIA; Kelly walked; MARSHALL
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Singleton flied out to left; Murray
singled to right [Kelly to second]; Kelly was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Murray to second]; DeCinces struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

TWINS 9TH: BELANGER REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING SS); NORWOOD BATTED
FOR GOODWIN; Norwood struck out; Wynegar singled to center;
RIVERA BATTED FOR POWELL; Rivera struck out; Wilfong struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May grounded
out (third to first); Roenicke walked; Dauer made an out to
shortstop; CROWLEY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Crowley was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 1.

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