The Twins swept a doubleheader from the White Sox, 5-4 and 6-4, as Ken Landreaux played a key role in both games. The Twins trailed, 4-3, when John Castino opened the eighth inning of the first game with a double and reached third on a single by Hosken Powell, who moved to second on the throw. Castino scored on a groundout by Pete Mackanin and Landreaux stroked a sacrifice fly to plate the go-ahead run.

In the nightcap, Rob Wilfong homered with one out in the third inning. Landreaux followed with a triple and scored on a groundout by Roy Smalley. Landreaux then drilled a two-run homer in the fifth to snap a 4-4 tie. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1980 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  3  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  4
Twins        0  0  0    1  1  1    0  2  x  -   5 11  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              1   0   1   1     3   0   .291      Powell rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .261
Kuntz lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Wilfong 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .243
  Sutherland ph,lf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Mackanin ph,2b      2   0   0   1     0   0   .273
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Landreaux cf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .282
L. Johnson dh         4   1   1   0     0   0   .275      Smalley ss            5   0   3   0     0   0   .282
Morrison 2b           4   0   3   0     0   1   .277      Adams dh              2   1   1   0     1   0   .280
Borgmann c            4   1   1   0     0   1   .240        Morales ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Mullins 3b            2   1   1   0     0   1   .222        Edwards pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Molinaro ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .283        Goodwin ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .202
  Bell 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .181      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
  Foley ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Cubbage 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Squires 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .274        R. Jackson ph,1b    0   0   0   0     1   0   .260
Cruz ss               3   1   1   2     0   1   .242      Sofield lf            2   1   0   0     1   0   .249
  Pruitt ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Ward ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .444
Hoyt p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Castino 3b            4   2   2   1     0   0   .296
  Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Verhoeven p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wortham p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   9   4     3   5             Totals               36   5  11   3     4   5

Time of Game: 2:44
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Twins 12
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 3
Errors: Bell 2, Squires, Cruz
Doubles: Cruz (11), L. Johnson (25), Castino (17)
Home Runs: Castino (12)
Caught Stealing: Morrison (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Squires (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Molinaro (3), Landreaux (4)
GIDP: Borgmann (1), Pruitt (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hoyt                    5.1   6   3   1   3   3   1  28   4.65
Hoffman                 1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.13
Robinson L(0-1)         0.2   2   2   2   0   1   0   4   4.01
Wortham                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.90
Proly                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.16
Totals                  8    11   5   3   4   5   1  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn                    5.1   7   4   4   2   4   0  24   4.60
Verhoeven W(3-4)        3.2   2   0   0   1   1   0  12   3.77
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   5   0  36

Wild Pitches: Hoffman (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Dallas Parks


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon walked; Kuntz flied out to center; Baines
grounded out (second to first) [Lemon to second]; L. Johnson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to left; Wilfong singled; Landreaux
forced Wilfong (second to shortstop); Smalley flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Morrison singled; Borgmann struck out while
Morrison was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Mullins
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams singled; Wynegar grounded out (first
unassisted) [Adams to second]; Cubbage struck out; Sofield flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Squires lined to third; Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lemon walked; Kuntz forced Lemon (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell
struck out; Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines flied out to left; L. Johnson flied out to
center; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Landreaux lined to first; Smalley singled; Adams
forced Smalley (first to shortstop); Wynegar singled [Adams to
second]; Cubbage reached on an error by Squires [Adams scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Wynegar to third, Cubbage to second];
Sofield grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Borgmann singled; Mullins singled [Borgmann to
second]; Squires out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Borgmann to third, Mullins to second]; Cruz doubled [Borgmann
scored, Mullins scored]; Lemon singled [Cruz scored]; Kuntz
grounded out (third to first) [Lemon to second]; Baines was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins
1.

TWINS 5TH: Castino homered; Powell walked; Wilfong forced Powell
(second to shortstop); Landreaux singled [Wilfong to second];
Smalley grounded out (first unassisted) [Wilfong to third,
Landreaux to second]; Adams walked; Wynegar struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson doubled; Morrison singled [L. Johnson
to third]; Borgmann lined to right; VERHOEVEN REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); MOLINARO BATTED FOR MULLINS; Molinaro hit a
sacrifice fly to right [L. Johnson scored]; Squires grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: BELL REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING 3B); Cubbage grounded
out (second to first); Sofield walked; Castino reached on an
error by Bell [Sofield to third (error by Cruz)]; Powell reached
on an error by Bell [Sofield scored (unearned) (no RBI), Castino
to second]; HOFFMAN REPLACED HOYT (PITCHING); MACKANIN BATTED
FOR WILFONG; Mackanin lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Castino out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MACKANIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cruz struck
out; Lemon walked; SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR KUNTZ; Sutherland
forced Lemon (shortstop to second); Baines grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Landreaux
grounded out (second to first); Smalley singled; MORALES BATTED
FOR ADAMS; Morales singled [Smalley to second]; EDWARDS RAN FOR
MORALES; Hoffman threw a wild pitch [Smalley to third, Edwards
to second]; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); R. JACKSON
BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; R. Jackson was walked intentionally; WARD
BATTED FOR SOFIELD; ROBINSON REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Ward
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); R. JACKSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison singled;
Borgmann grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Morrison out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Castino doubled; Powell singled [Castino to third,
Powell to second (on throw)]; Mackanin grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Castino scored, Powell to third]; WORTHAM REPLACED
ROBINSON (PITCHING); Landreaux hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Powell scored]; Smalley singled; PROLY REPLACED WORTHAM
(PITCHING); GOODWIN BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Goodwin struck out; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: GOODWIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FOLEY BATTED
FOR BELL; Foley flied out to center; Squires singled; PRUITT
BATTED FOR CRUZ; Pruitt grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Squires out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 4, Twins 5.