Pounding out 13 hits against five pitchers, the Twins thumped the Royals, 8-3. The Twins scored a run in the first inning on a walk to Bob Randall and triple by Ron Jackson and added four more tallies in the second, two scoring on a triple by Jose Morales. A single by Jackson drove home a pair of markers in the sixth stanza. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 5, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  1
Twins        1  4  0    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   8 13  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Randall 2b            4   2   2   1     1   0   .273
McRae dh              4   0   0   1     0   1   .277      Castino 3b            4   2   4   2     0   0   .292
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .295      Morales dh            2   0   1   2     0   1   .270
Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .329        Cubbage ph,dh       0   0   0   0     2   0   .273
Porter c              4   2   2   1     0   0   .298        Vega ph,dh          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
LaCock 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      R. Jackson 1b         5   0   2   3     0   0   .272
Cowens rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .300      Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     1   0   .294
White 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .251      Edwards lf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .267
  Nettles ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Landreaux cf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .310
Washington ss         3   0   1   0     0   1   .249      Rivera rf             4   2   0   0     0   0   .279
  Hurdle ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .230      Wynegar c             3   2   2   0     0   0   .270
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gale p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Eaton p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  10   3     1   5             Totals               34   8  13   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 11,647
Left on Base: Royals 6, Twins 10
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: LaCock, Edwards
Doubles: Porter (20), Otis (24)
Triples: R. Jackson (4), Morales (1), Castino (6)
Home Runs: Porter (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Castino (18), Landreaux (10), Edwards (2), Wynegar (10)
GIDP: Cowens (9)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(13-15)     1.2   6   5   5   1   1   0  12   4.18
Gale                    4     4   2   0   3   1   0  20   5.47
Martin                  1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   8.38
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.21
Eaton                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    13   8   6   4   4   0  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(13-10)          9    10   3   3   1   5   1  36   4.09
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   5   1  36

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Al Clark


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to
first); Otis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall walked; Castino out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Randall to second]; Morales was called out on
strikes; R. Jackson tripled to right [Randall scored]; Smalley
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett walked; Porter flied out to right; LaCock
lined to center; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Edwards singled to left; Landreaux out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Edwards to second]; Rivera reached on a
fielder's choice [Edwards out at third (shortstop to third)];
Wynegar singled to right [Rivera to second]; Randall singled to
right [Rivera scored, Wynegar to third]; Castino singled to left
[Wynegar scored, Randall to second]; Morales tripled to left
[Randall scored, Castino scored]; GALE REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 5
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 5.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled to center; Washington singled to
center [White to second]; On a bunt Wilson singled [White to
third, Washington to second]; McRae forced Washington (shortstop
to third) [White scored, Wilson to second]; Otis struck out;
Brett flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins
5.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley singled to right; Edwards out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Smalley to second]; Landreaux grounded
out (second to first) [Smalley to third]; Rivera grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter doubled to left; LaCock lined to third;
Cowens singled to left [Porter scored, Cowens to second (error
by Edwards)]; White grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar lined to second; Randall grounded out (first
unassisted); Castino tripled; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR MORALES;
Cubbage walked; R. Jackson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 5.

ROYALS 5TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wilson lined to
left; McRae struck out; Otis lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley lined to right; Edwards lined to right;
Landreaux was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett singled to center; Brett was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Porter homered; LaCock singled to center;
Cowens grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[LaCock out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera reached on an error by LaCock; Wynegar out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rivera to second]; Randall
popped to third; Castino singled to center [Rivera to third];
Cubbage walked [Castino to second]; R. Jackson singled to left
[Rivera scored (unearned), Castino scored (unearned), Cubbage to
second]; Smalley walked [Cubbage to third, R. Jackson to
second]; MARTIN REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Edwards was called out
on strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

ROYALS 7TH: White lined to pitcher; Washington flied out to
left; On a bunt Wilson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar singled to right;
Randall singled to right [Wynegar to third]; Castino singled to
right [Wynegar scored, Randall to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED
MARTIN (PITCHING); VEGA BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Vega flied out to
right; Debut game for Jesus Vega; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Twins 8.

ROYALS 8TH: VEGA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); McRae grounded out
(third to first); Otis doubled to left; Brett grounded out
(second to first) [Otis to third]; Porter lined to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: EATON REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); R. Jackson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Craig
Eaton; Smalley flied out to center; Edwards was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.

ROYALS 9TH: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
singled to right; NETTLES BATTED FOR WHITE; Nettles lined to
right; HURDLE BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 8.