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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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