The Twins and Royals divided a doubleheader, the Royals winning the first game, 6-5, in 14 innings, and the Twins capturing the nightcap, 5-2. The lidlifter was tied, 5-5, going into the 14th, when Hal McRae belted a one-out homer to produce the winning run. Dan Quisenberry pitched brilliantly in relief for the Royals, getting out of a bases-loaded, none-out situation in the 13th frame.

Homers by Ron Jackson and Roy Smalley paced the Twins to victory in the second game. Jackson drilled a solo round-tripper in the fourth inning and Smalley connected for a two-run shot in the sixth stanza to give the Twins a 3-2 lead. After Smalley's blast, the Twins picked up two more runs in the same inning on consecutive singles by Jose Morales, Dave Edwards and Ken Landreaux. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 10, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    4  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   5 16  0
Royals       0  1  0    3  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   6 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .291      Wilson cf,lf          7   1   2   0     0   1   .309
  Vega ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      McRae dh              6   2   3   3     1   0   .278
  Norwood rf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Brett 3b,1b           6   0   1   1     0   0   .330
Smalley ss            7   0   2   0     0   0   .289      Porter c              4   0   0   0     2   2   .291
Landreaux cf          6   1   2   0     1   0   .307      LaCock 1b             2   1   1   1     0   0   .279
R. Jackson 1b         5   1   2   0     2   1   .271        Wathan ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Wilfong 2b            2   1   1   1     0   0   .309        Braun ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .257
  Rivera ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .280        Barranca pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Randall 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .266        Terrell 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .321
  Cubbage ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Wynegar c             5   1   0   0     2   1   .268        Cruz 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Goodwin dh            3   1   2   1     0   0   .285      Nettles lf            1   0   1   0     1   0   .500
  Morales ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .273        Otis ph,cf          4   1   1   1     0   2   .295
  Ward pr,dh          2   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Cowens rf             5   0   0   0     1   1   .298
Sofield lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .254      White 2b              6   0   0   0     0   2   .248
  Edwards ph,lf       5   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Washington ss         6   1   1   0     0   1   .244
Castino 3b            6   0   3   1     0   0   .296      Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Christenson p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Redfern p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               54   5  16   5     6   5             Totals               50   6  10   6     6   9

Time of Game: 4:21
Left on Base: Twins 15, Royals 10
DP: Twins 0, Royals 2
Errors: Wathan
Doubles: Landreaux (23), Washington (12), McRae (28)
Triples: Wilfong (6), McRae (4)
Home Runs: LaCock (2), Otis (18), McRae (9)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (68), Barranca (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Sofield (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Powell (1)
GIDP: Powell (9), R. Jackson (14)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                3.1   6   4   4   4   2   1  20   5.99
D. Jackson              2.2   2   1   1   1   2   1  11   4.38
Redfern                 4     0   0   0   1   2   0  13   3.25
Marshall L(10-14)       3.1   2   1   1   0   3   1  12   2.71
Totals                 13.1  10   6   6   6   9   3  56

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin                  3.1   7   4   4   1   2   0  18   4.96
Christenson             4     3   1   0   1   1   0  16   5.68
Martin                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   8.10
Hrabosky                4     6   0   0   4   1   0  21   3.90
Quisenberry W(3-2)      2     0   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.84
Totals                 14    16   5   4   6   5   0  62

Passed Balls: Wynegar (5)
Wild Pitches: Pattin (3), Hrabosky (7)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Terry Cooney


TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley
grounded out (second to first); Landreaux doubled to left; R.
Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
walked; Brett lined to center; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); Wynegar
grounded out (second to first); Goodwin singled to right;
Sofield was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: LaCock homered; Nettles singled to center; Cowens
walked [Nettles to second]; White was called out on strikes;
Washington forced Cowens (first to shortstop) [Nettles to
third]; Wilson forced Washington (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 3RD: Castino singled to center; Powell forced Castino
(shortstop unassisted); Smalley grounded out (second to first)
[Powell to second]; Landreaux lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae flied out to center; Brett singled to center;
Porter walked [Brett to second]; LaCock forced Porter (shortstop
to second) [Brett to third]; Nettles walked [LaCock to second];
Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 4TH: R. Jackson singled to left; Pattin threw a wild pitch
[R. Jackson to second]; Wilfong tripled [R. Jackson scored];
Wynegar walked; Goodwin singled to center [Wilfong scored,
Wynegar to second]; Sofield out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Wynegar to third, Goodwin to second]; Castino singled to
left [Wynegar scored, Goodwin to third]; CHRISTENSON REPLACED
PATTIN (PITCHING); Powell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Goodwin
scored]; Smalley flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
doubled to right; Wilson singled to left [Washington to third];
Wilson stole second; McRae tripled to right [Washington scored,
Wilson scored]; D. JACKSON REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Brett
grounded out (first unassisted) [McRae scored]; Porter walked;
WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wynegar allowed a passed ball [Porter
to third]; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 4.

TWINS 5TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Landreaux reached
on an error by Wathan [Landreaux to second]; R. Jackson grounded
out (second to first) [Landreaux to third]; RIVERA BATTED FOR
WILFONG; Rivera singled to center [Landreaux scored (unearned)];
Wynegar forced Rivera (second to shortstop); Royals manager
Whitey Herzog ejected by 2B umpire Derryl Cousins for arguing
that Bombo Rivera ran out of baseline at 2B; Goodwin
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: RANDALL REPLACED RIVERA (PLAYING 2B); OTIS BATTED
FOR NETTLES; Otis homered; Cowens grounded out (third to first);
White struck out; Washington lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 6TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WILSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS BATTED FOR SOFIELD; Edwards
flied out to left; Castino singled to left; Powell grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Castino out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Wilson singled
to left; McRae forced Wilson (third to second); Brett flied out
to left; Porter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 5.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley popped to shortstop; Landreaux popped to
second; R. Jackson walked; Randall popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: REDFERN REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED
FOR WATHAN; Braun walked; BARRANCA RAN FOR BRAUN; Barranca stole
second; Otis struck out; Cowens struck out; White flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED BARRANCA (PLAYING 3B); BRETT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Wynegar struck out; MORALES BATTED FOR
GOODWIN; Morales singled to right; MARTIN REPLACED CHRISTENSON
(PITCHING); WARD RAN FOR MORALES; Edwards lined to center;
Castino forced Ward (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Washington
grounded out (second to first); Wilson grounded out (pitcher to
first); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
5, Royals 5.

TWINS 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Powell flied out
to center; Smalley flied out to center; Landreaux singled to
center; R. Jackson walked [Landreaux to second]; Randall forced
R. Jackson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Brett flied out to left; Porter lined to right;
Terrell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 10TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Ward walked; Edwards
popped to second; On a bunt Castino made an out to catcher;
John Castino called for interference; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 10TH: Otis flied out to right; Cowens flied out to left;
White popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 11TH: VEGA BATTED FOR POWELL; Vega struck out; Smalley
singled to center; Landreaux lined to center; R. Jackson singled
to left [Smalley to second]; Randall popped to second; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 11TH: NORWOOD REPLACED VEGA (PLAYING RF); MARSHALL
REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Washington struck out; Wilson
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae doubled to right; Brett
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 12TH: Wynegar walked; Ward forced Wynegar (first to
shortstop); Edwards singled to left [Ward to third, Edwards out
at second (left to third to second)]; Castino popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 12TH: Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); QUIRK
BATTED FOR TERRELL; Quirk grounded out (first unassisted); Otis
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 13TH: CRUZ REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING 3B); Norwood singled to
right; Smalley singled to left [Norwood to second]; Hrabosky
threw a wild pitch [Norwood to third, Smalley to second];
Landreaux was walked intentionally; QUISENBERRY REPLACED
HRABOSKY (PITCHING); R. Jackson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to catcher to third) [Landreaux to second, Norwood
out at home, Smalley out at third]; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR RANDALL;
Cubbage struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 13TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt White grounded out
(pitcher to first); Washington popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 14TH: Wynegar popped to third in foul territory; Ward
grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 14TH: Wilson struck out; McRae homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 6.