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Monday September 10, 1979
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Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 10, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    1  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivera lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .281      Wilson lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
  Powell ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .289      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Castino 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Brett 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .330
Smalley ss            4   1   1   2     0   0   .289      Porter c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .291
R. Jackson 1b         2   2   1   1     2   1   .272      LaCock 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Morales dh            3   1   2   0     0   0   .280      Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .297
  Goodwin ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Nettles rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Edwards cf,lf         3   0   1   1     0   1   .262      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Norwood rf            2   0   0   0     0   2   .254        Braun ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .264
  Landreaux ph,cf     1   0   1   1     1   0   .308        Cruz pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Washington ss         3   0   1   0     0   2   .245
  Wilfong ph,2b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .307        Quirk ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .206      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
                                                            Eaton p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   8   5     4   6             Totals               35   2   9   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 31,337
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 8
DP: Twins 1, Royals 1
Doubles: Quirk (3)
Home Runs: R. Jackson (13), Smalley (23), Brett (19), Porter (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Castino (20), Edwards (3)
GIDP: Wilfong (1), Otis (10)
Hit by Pitch: Wilson (6,by Goltz)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz W(14-10)          9     9   2   2   1   4   2  37   4.01
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   4   2  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(13-16)     5.1   6   5   5   2   4   2  24   4.29
Gale                    0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.46
Eaton                   3.1   1   0   0   1   2   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9     8   5   5   4   6   2  38

Hit by Pitch: Goltz (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Castino
grounded out (third to first); Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; McRae grounded out (third to
first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson walked; Morales flied out to center;
Edwards popped to first in foul territory; Norwood was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter flied out to left; LaCock grounded out (first
unassisted); Otis singled to center; Nettles popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Borgmann
grounded out (third to first); Rivera grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Washington was
called out on strikes; Wilson popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
grounded out (third to first); R. Jackson homered; Morales
singled to center; Edwards struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett
homered; Porter homered; LaCock singled to left; Otis grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [LaCock out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 5TH: Norwood struck out; Randall lined to shortstop;
Borgmann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); White
flied out to center; Washington singled to right; Wilson singled
to center [Washington to second]; McRae grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera singled to left; Castino out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Rivera to second]; Smalley homered
[Rivera scored]; R. Jackson walked; Morales singled to right [R.
Jackson to second]; Edwards singled to left [R. Jackson scored,
Morales to second]; GALE REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING);
LANDREAUX BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Landreaux singled to right
[Morales scored, Edwards to second]; WILFONG BATTED FOR RANDALL;
Wilfong grounded out (shortstop to first) [Edwards to third,
Landreaux to second]; Borgmann walked; EATON REPLACED GALE
(PITCHING); POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell forced Borgmann
(shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); EDWARDS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LANDREAUX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Brett grounded out (second
to first); Porter flied out to left; LaCock grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 2.

TWINS 7TH: Castino was called out on strikes; Smalley flied out
to left; R. Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to left; Nettles walked [Otis to
second]; White popped to second; Washington struck out; Wilson
was hit by a pitch [Otis to third, Nettles to second]; McRae was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 2.

TWINS 8TH: GOODWIN BATTED FOR MORALES; Goodwin singled to left;
Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Goodwin to
second]; Landreaux was walked intentionally; Wilfong grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Landreaux
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); Porter flied
out to right; LaCock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 2.

TWINS 9TH: Borgmann flied out to right; Powell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Castino flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis flied out to center; Nettles lined to left;
BRAUN BATTED FOR WHITE; Braun singled to left; CRUZ RAN FOR
BRAUN; QUIRK BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Quirk doubled to right [Cruz
to third]; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 2.



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