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Six unearned runs, resulting from two errors by shortstop Nelson Norman and a passed ball by catcher Jim Sundberg, enabled the Twins to breeze to an 11-4 victory over the Rangers. Roy Smalley committed two errors at shortstop for the Twins, but more than made up for them by crashing a bases-loaded triple after a two-out misplay by Norman in the fourth inning. Minnesota Twins 11, Texas Rangers 4Game Played on Saturday, September 15, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTwins 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 - 11 13 2
Rangers 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 14 4
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Smalley ss 6 1 1 3 0 3 .281 Rivers cf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .291
Wilfong 2b 5 0 2 3 0 0 .315 Wills 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .269
Goodwin dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Bell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .298
Ward ph,dh 2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 J. Ellis dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .288
Cubbage ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272 Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Landreaux lf 6 2 3 0 0 1 .309 Oliver ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .326
Powell rf 6 1 2 2 0 1 .284 Zisk rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .273
Wynegar c 3 2 1 0 2 1 .266 Sample lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .297
R. Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .244
Edwards cf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .267 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274
Castino 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .287 Norman ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .208
Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Putnam ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
McCall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 42 11 13 10 6 7 Totals 40 4 14 4 0 3
Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 20,619
Left on Base: Twins 12, Rangers 9
DP: Twins 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Smalley 2, Rivers, Bell, Norman 2
Doubles: Wilfong (21), Landreaux (25), Castino (13), Wills 2 (18), J. Ellis (12)
Triples: Smalley (3)
Home Runs: Zisk (17)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Jackson (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Wilfong (10)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Zahn W(12-6) 7 12 4 4 0 1 1 31 3.62
Redfern 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 3.15
Totals 9 14 4 4 0 3 1 40
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Alexander L(4-7) 4 8 6 2 2 1 0 23 4.46
Darwin 0.1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 4.09
Rajsich 3.2 3 2 0 1 5 0 17 3.75
McCall 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 9.00
Totals 9 13 11 5 6 7 0 50
Passed Balls: Sundberg (7)
Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans
TWINS 1ST: Smalley struck out; Wilfong made an out to shortstop;
Goodwin walked; Landreaux singled to center [Goodwin to second];
Powell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Wills reached on an
error by Smalley; Bell singled to left [Wills out at third (left
to third)]; J. Ellis forced Bell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0.
TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); R. Jackson
flied out to right; Edwards singled to center; Castino singled
to center [Edwards to third]; Smalley made an out to second; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Sample
grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez singled to center;
Sundberg singled to left [Montanez to second]; Norman singled to
center [Montanez scored, Sundberg to second]; Rivers flied out
to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1.
TWINS 3RD: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Goodwin flied
out to left; Landreaux grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 3RD: Wills doubled to center; Bell grounded out (second
to first) [Wills to third]; J. Ellis doubled to left [Wills
scored]; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sample singled to
left [J. Ellis scored]; Montanez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 3.
TWINS 4TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
singled to center; R. Jackson flied out to left; Edwards walked
[Wynegar to second]; Castino reached on an error by Norman
[Wynegar to third, Edwards to second]; Smalley tripled to right
[Wynegar scored (unearned), Edwards scored (unearned), Castino
scored (unearned)]; Wilfong doubled to center [Smalley scored
(unearned)]; Goodwin grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Norman
flied out to right; Rivers singled to left; Wills grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Rangers 3.
TWINS 5TH: Landreaux doubled to right; Powell singled to center
[Landreaux scored, Powell to second (error by Rivers)]; DARWIN
REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Wynegar was walked intentionally;
R. Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Powell
to third, Wynegar to second]; Edwards singled to left [Powell
scored, Wynegar scored]; Castino walked [Edwards to second];
RAJSICH REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Smalley struck out; Wilfong
singled to right [Edwards scored, Castino to third]; WARD BATTED
FOR GOODWIN; Ward grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 5TH: WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell flied out to
center; J. Ellis flied out to left; Zisk homered; Sample singled
to left [Sample out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 4.
TWINS 6TH: Landreaux was called out on strikes; Powell flied out
to center; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8,
Rangers 4.
RANGERS 6TH: Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
flied out to center; Norman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 8, Rangers 4.
TWINS 7TH: R. Jackson flied out to center; Edwards lined to
left; Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 8, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 7TH: Rivers singled to shortstop; Wills lined into a
double play (second to first) [Rivers out at first]; Bell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8,
Rangers 4.
TWINS 8TH: Smalley struck out; Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to
first); Ward struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball;
Landreaux singled to right [Ward to third]; Powell singled to
left [Ward scored (unearned), Landreaux to second]; Wynegar
walked [Landreaux to third, Powell to second]; R. Jackson
reached on an error by Norman [Landreaux scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Powell to third, Wynegar to second]; Edwards grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 10,
Rangers 4.
RANGERS 8TH: J. Ellis singled to center; WASHINGTON RAN FOR J.
ELLIS; REDFERN REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Zisk was called out on
strikes; Sample reached on an error by Smalley [Washington to
second]; Montanez forced Sample (first to shortstop) [Washington
to third]; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 10,
Rangers 4.
TWINS 9TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MCCALL
REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Castino doubled to center; Smalley
flied out to center [Castino to third]; Wilfong hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Castino scored]; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WARD; Cubbage
walked; Landreaux reached on an error by Bell [Cubbage to third,
Landreaux to second]; Powell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 11, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 9TH: CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PUTNAM BATTED
FOR NORMAN; Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); Rivers
singled to right; Wills doubled to center [Rivers to third];
Bell grounded out (third to first); OLIVER BATTED FOR
WASHINGTON; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 11, Rangers 4.
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