Recording his third shutout of the season and sixth victory without a defeat, Tommy John pitched the Yankees to a 5-0 decision over the Twins. The Yankees scored in the second inning on a single by Rick Cerone, a wild pitch and single by Graig Nettles. Ruppert Jones hit a sacrifice fly after a triple by Bobby Brown in the fifth and stroked a two-run single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Sunday, May 11, 1980 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Yankees 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 x - 5 7 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Vega dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .179 Randolph 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .255 Landreaux lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .336 Jones cf 3 0 2 3 0 1 .210 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Gamble lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 R. Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .340 Edwards cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .344 Soderholm dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Mackanin 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Cerone c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .215 Castino 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .240 Nettles 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .229 Norwood rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .178 Stanley 3b 1 1 0 0 1 1 .222 Wynegar c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Dent ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown rf 2 2 2 0 1 0 .300 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 John p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 6 0 3 0 Totals 28 5 7 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 30,680 Left on Base: Twins 5, Yankees 5 DP: Twins 0, Yankees 2 Doubles: Castino (4) Triples: Jones (2), Brown (1) Stolen Bases: Randolph (5) Sacrifice Hits: Mackanin (1), Dent 2 (3) Sacrifice Flies: Jones (2) GIDP: Norwood (2), Landreaux (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(2-4) 6.2 7 5 5 3 3 0 30 4.07 Marshall 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7.47 Totals 8 7 5 5 3 4 0 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John W(6-0) 9 6 0 0 3 0 0 32 1.77 Totals 9 6 0 0 3 0 0 32 Wild Pitches: Zahn (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Al Clark TWINS 1ST: Vega grounded out (shortstop to first); Landreaux singled to second; Smalley grounded out (second to first) [Landreaux to second]; R. Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (second to first); Jones tripled to left; Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Watson walked; Soderholm grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 2ND: Edwards singled; Mackanin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Castino walked; Norwood grounded into a double play (second to first) [Castino out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Cerone singled to center; Zahn threw a wild pitch [Cerone to second]; Nettles singled to center [Cerone scored]; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Nettles to second]; Brown walked; Randolph flied out to right [Nettles to third]; Jones struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 3RD: Wynegar walked; Vega singled to third [Wynegar to second]; Landreaux grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynegar to third, Vega out at second]; Smalley walked; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 3RD: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Watson made an out to second; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Mackanin flied out to center; Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Cerone flied out to left; Nettles grounded out (second to first); Dent struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 5TH: STANLEY REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 3B); Norwood made an out to second; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Vega grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Brown tripled to left; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones hit a sacrifice fly to left [Brown scored]; Gamble grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. TWINS 6TH: Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Smalley flied out to right; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 6TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. TWINS 7TH: Edwards flied out to right; Mackanin singled to second [Mackanin out at second (second to shortstop)]; Castino doubled to right; Norwood was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to shortstop [Castino out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 7TH: Stanley walked; Dent out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Stanley to second]; Brown singled to right [Stanley to third]; Randolph singled to left [Stanley scored, Brown to third]; Randolph stole second; Jones singled to right [Brown scored, Randolph scored]; Gamble struck out; MARSHALL REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Watson flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 5. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Vega made an out to second; Landreaux flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Cerone flied out to center; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 5. TWINS 9TH: Smalley flied out to right; R. Jackson flied out to right; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 5.

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