John Castino drove in all of the Twins' runs to beat the Yankees, 3-1. Rookie Dave Righetti was the loser, although yielding only three hits in seven innings. Minnesota Twins 3, New York Yankees 1Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumYankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 1 Twins 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 x - 3 4 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Norwood dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .247 Murcer cf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .261 Adams ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Beniquez pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 White lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Landreaux lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .305 Piniella rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 R. Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Scott dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .257 Smalley ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .276 Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .275 Rivera rf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .275 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Castino 3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 .284 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Gulden c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .151 Wilfong ph,2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Werth ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Edwards cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Robinson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Righetti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 3 2 Totals 27 3 4 3 1 7 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 5,357 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Twins 2 DP: Yankees 0, Twins 1 Errors: Nettles Doubles: Chambliss (25), Smalley (27) Home Runs: Castino (4) Caught Stealing: Randolph (11) Sacrifice Hits: Rivera (13) GIDP: Piniella (16) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Righetti L(0-1) 7 3 3 3 1 6 1 25 4.50 Griffin 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 13.50 Kaat 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.65 Totals 8 4 3 3 1 7 1 29 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(13-6) 9 7 1 1 3 2 0 35 3.47 Totals 9 7 1 1 3 2 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Russ Goetz YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Randolph was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Murcer walked; White singled to left [Murcer to second]; Piniella was called out on strikes; Scott walked [Murcer to third, White to second]; Chambliss lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Norwood was called out on strikes; Landreaux was called out on strikes; R. Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles singled to right; Dent forced Nettles (third to second); Gulden forced Dent (first to shortstop); Randolph forced Gulden (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Smalley doubled to left; Rivera out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Smalley to third]; Castino singled to right [Smalley scored]; Wynegar lined to second; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. YANKEES 3RD: Murcer was called out on strikes; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Edwards lined to shortstop; Norwood struck out; Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. YANKEES 4TH: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Chambliss grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: R. Jackson struck out; Smalley flied out to center; Rivera grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. YANKEES 5TH: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Gulden grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Castino flied out to right; Wynegar flied out to right; Randall made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. YANKEES 6TH: Murcer singled to right; White popped to first in foul territory; Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Murcer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Edwards lined to center; Norwood reached on an error by Nettles; Norwood was picked off first (pitcher to first); Landreaux struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1. YANKEES 7TH: Scott singled to center; Chambliss doubled to left [Scott scored]; Nettles popped to third in foul territory; Dent flied out to center; WERTH BATTED FOR GULDEN; Werth grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: ROBINSON REPLACED WERTH (PLAYING C ); R. Jackson struck out; Smalley flied out to right; Rivera walked; Castino homered [Rivera scored]; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3. YANKEES 8TH: Randolph made an out to second; Murcer singled to right; BENIQUEZ RAN FOR MURCER; White popped to first in foul territory; Piniella forced Beniquez (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GRIFFIN REPLACED RIGHETTI (PITCHING); WILFONG BATTED FOR RANDALL; Wilfong singled to center; Edwards struck out; ADAMS BATTED FOR NORWOOD; KAAT REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales flied out to right; Landreaux flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3. YANKEES 9TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Scott grounded out (third to first); Chambliss singled to right; Nettles flied out to left; JACKSON BATTED FOR DENT; Jackson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3. |
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