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.

In the second, Roy Smalley doubled and scored on a single by Castino. The Yankees tied the score in the seventh with a single by George Scott and double by Chris Chambliss, but in the Twins' half, Bombo Rivera walked and Castino homered to decide the outcome. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      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.