| A four-hitter by Dennis Leonard carried the Royals to a 1-0 whitewashing of the Twins. The only run of the game came in the eighth inning when Darrell Porter drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Frank White, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a single by U.L. Washington. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Monday, September 3, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Powell rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .284 Borgmann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Brett 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .331 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .301 Landreaux cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Porter c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .298 Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .267 White 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Norwood pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Wathan 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Castino 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Washington ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .251 Cubbage 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Jackson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Goodwin dh 2 0 0 0 1 2 .282 Edwards lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 7 1 2 7 Totals 30 0 4 0 1 9 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 19,643 Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 4 DP: Royals 0, Twins 2 Doubles: Otis (23), Wynegar (14), R. Jackson (34) Sacrifice Hits: White (3) GIDP: Otis (9), Cowens (8) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(11-9) 9 4 0 0 1 9 0 31 4.40 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 9 0 31 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(10-6) 9 7 1 1 2 7 0 33 3.68 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 7 0 33 Wild Pitches: Leonard (7) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dallas Parks ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell lined to left; Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: Brett singled to center; Cowens grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brett out at second]; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Wynegar struck out; Cubbage singled; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Cubbage to second]; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Wathan was called out on strikes; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Goodwin struck out; Edwards flied out to left; Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 4TH: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis doubled to center; Brett grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Smalley lined to center; Landreaux popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (second to first); Porter struck out; White singled to center; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Cubbage struck out; R. Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 6TH: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Goodwin struck out; Edwards singled to left; Edwards was picked off first (pitcher to first); Powell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 7TH: Otis was called out on strikes; Brett grounded out (catcher to first); Cowens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Wilfong flied out to left; Smalley flied out to left; Landreaux struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 8TH: Porter walked; White out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Porter to second]; Wathan grounded out (second to first) [Porter to third]; Washington singled to left [Porter scored]; Wilson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar doubled to right; NORWOOD RAN FOR WYNEGAR; Cubbage reached on a fielder's choice [Norwood out at third (second to third)]; WARD RAN FOR CUBBAGE; R. Jackson doubled to right [Ward to third]; Debut game for Gary Ward; Goodwin was walked intentionally; Edwards struck out; Powell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. ROYALS 9TH: BORGMANN REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING C ); CASTINO REPLACED NORWOOD (PLAYING 3B); WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McRae singled to left [McRae out at second (left to second)]; Otis grounded out (second to first); Brett singled to center; Cowens singled to left [Brett to second]; Porter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: Wilfong grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley flied out to left; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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