A pinch-hit single by Mike Cubbage drove home two runs in the eighth inning to key the Twins to a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. The Twins trailed, 2-1, when Gary Ward opened the eighth with a double.

After John Castino walked, Ed Farmer replaced Ross Baumgarten on the hill for the White Sox and uncorked a wild pitch, sending the runners to second and third. Roy Smalley and Glenn Adams struck out, but Cubbage laced a single to put the Twins ahead. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Sunday, September 14, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 11 3 White Sox 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Ward lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .375 Lemon cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .287 Castino 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .300 Squires 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Smalley ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .274 Molinaro lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Morales dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Kuntz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Adams ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Sutherland ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .278 R. Jackson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .264 L. Johnson dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .275 Cubbage ph,1b 1 0 1 2 0 0 .243 Morrison 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Wynegar c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .251 Baines rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .256 Mackanin 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .274 Mullins 3b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Wilfong ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Foley ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Edwards cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Kimm c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Rivera rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Bell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pruitt ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .239 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordhagen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 11 3 1 9 Totals 37 2 10 2 0 6 Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 11,288 Left on Base: Twins 6, White Sox 9 DP: Twins 1, White Sox 2 Errors: R. Jackson, Rivera, Williams Doubles: Ward (1), Baines (20) Triples: Ward (1) Caught Stealing: R. Jackson (7) Sacrifice Hits: Morales (3) Sacrifice Flies: Mullins (1) GIDP: Smalley (14), Rivera (4), Mullins (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Williams 1.1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 3.71 Arroyo W(5-6) 5.2 6 1 1 0 3 0 23 4.65 Corbett SV(19) 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 1.99 Totals 9 10 2 1 0 6 0 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Baumgarten L(2-11) 7 10 3 3 1 6 0 29 3.34 Farmer 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 3.22 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 9 0 36 Wild Pitches: Farmer (7) Balks: Arroyo (3) Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller TWINS 1ST: Ward tripled to center; Castino singled to right [Ward scored]; Smalley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Castino out at second]; Morales flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon lined to left; Squires struck out; Molinaro reached on an error by R. Jackson [Molinaro to second]; L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson struck out; Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); Mackanin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Morrison lined to third; Baines singled to pitcher [Baines to third (error by Williams)]; Albert Williams hit by flying bat; ARROYO REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Mullins reached on an error by Rivera on a sacrifice fly [Baines scored (unearned), Mullins to second]; Kimm popped to first in foul territory; Cruz struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. TWINS 3RD: Edwards struck out; Rivera singled to right; Ward singled to third [Rivera to second]; Castino grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivera to third, Ward to second]; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon struck out; Squires flied out to right; Molinaro flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. TWINS 4TH: Morales struck out; R. Jackson singled to right; R. Jackson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Wynegar singled to center; Mackanin singled to left [Wynegar to second]; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: L. Johnson struck out; Morrison grounded out (second to first); Baines doubled to right; Mullins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. TWINS 5TH: Rivera popped to shortstop; Ward flied out to center; Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kimm grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz singled to left; Arroyo balked [Cruz to second]; Lemon singled to left [Cruz scored]; Squires grounded out (third to first) [Lemon to second]; Molinaro grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. TWINS 6TH: Smalley singled to center; Morales out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Smalley to second]; R. Jackson flied out to right; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson singled to left; Morrison singled to pitcher [L. Johnson to second]; Baines lined to left; Mullins grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Morrison out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. TWINS 7TH: Mackanin singled to shortstop; Edwards forced Mackanin (first to shortstop); Rivera grounded into a double play (second to first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Kimm singled to center; Cruz forced Kimm (catcher to shortstop); Lemon popped to third in foul territory; Squires forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 2. TWINS 8TH: KUNTZ REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING LF); Ward doubled to center; Castino walked; FARMER REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Farmer threw a wild pitch [Ward to third, Castino to second]; Smalley struck out; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams struck out; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR R. JACKSON; Cubbage singled to right [Ward scored, Castino scored, Cubbage to second (on throw to home)]; Wynegar struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CORBETT REPLACED ARROYO (PITCHING); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR KUNTZ; Sutherland singled to center; L. Johnson singled to right [Sutherland to second]; Morrison popped to pitcher in foul territory; Baines forced L. Johnson (second to shortstop) [Sutherland to third]; FOLEY BATTED FOR MULLINS; Foley flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 2. TWINS 9TH: FOLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BELL REPLACED KIMM (PLAYING 3B); SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WILFONG BATTED FOR MACKANIN; Wilfong popped to shortstop; Edwards grounded out (third to first); Rivera popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PRUITT BATTED FOR BELL; Pruitt struck out; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR CRUZ; Nordhagen struck out; Lemon singled to center; Squires grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 2.

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