The Twins won their ninth straight game, gaining an 8-7 victory over the Royals, who went down to their eighth successive defeat. A pinch-hit homer by George Brett with the bases loaded gave the Royals a 7-4 lead in the sixth inning, but the Twins retaliated with four markers in the seventh. A two-run homer by Glenn Adams drove in the second and third runs of the inning and, after Butch Wynegar walked, Rob Wilfong drilled a run-scoring double. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 7
Game Played on Sunday, September 28, 1980 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       1  0  2    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   7 11  0
Twins        0  3  0    0  1  0    4  0  x  -   8 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mulliniks ss          5   0   3   0     0   0   .260      Ward lf               5   2   3   3     0   1   .452
  Washington pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Castino 3b,ss         5   0   2   0     0   1   .300
LaCock lf,1b          4   2   1   0     1   0   .204      Landreaux cf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .285
  White pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Smalley ss            2   0   0   1     0   0   .278
Quirk 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .270        Faedo ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Aikens dh             4   1   2   1     0   0   .283        Cubbage ph,3b       1   1   0   1     0   0   .243
Porter c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .254      Morales dh            2   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .249        Adams ph,dh         1   1   1   2     1   0   .284
Hurdle rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Wynegar c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .259
  McRae ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .289      Mackanin 2b           2   1   1   0     0   0   .273
  Wathan rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .308        Wilfong ph,2b       2   0   2   1     0   0   .250
Phelps 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      R. Jackson 1b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .263
  Cardenal ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Rivera rf             1   1   0   0     1   0   .225
  G. Brett ph         1   1   1   4     0   0   .385        Powell ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Terrell lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .063      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilson ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .325        Kinnunen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Castillo 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Redfern p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chamberlain p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gale p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  11   6     2   5             Totals               32   8  11   8     5   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  6,938
Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 6
DP: Royals 2, Twins 2
Errors: Landreaux, Smalley
Doubles: LaCock (6), Ward (4), Wilfong (16)
Triples: Landreaux (11)
Home Runs: G. Brett (22), Adams (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (9)
GIDP: LaCock (6), Quirk (7), Powell (13)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              4     6   4   4   3   0   0  21   4.25
Chamberlain             1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   6.75
Gale L(13-9)            1.2   4   4   4   1   1   1   9   4.09
Quisenberry             1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.16
Totals                  8    11   8   8   5   3   1  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson                2.2   5   3   2   0   2   0  14   3.02
Kinnunen                2.2   2   3   3   1   1   0  11   5.01
Redfern W(7-7)          3     4   1   1   1   2   1  13   4.56
Corbett SV(22)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.05
Totals                  9    11   7   6   2   5   1  39

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller


ROYALS 1ST: Mulliniks singled to left; LaCock forced Mulliniks
(first to shortstop); Quirk reached on an error by Landreaux
[LaCock to second]; Aikens forced Quirk (first to shortstop)
[LaCock scored (error by Smalley) (unearned) (no RBI), Aikens to
second]; Porter lined to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Ward grounded out (second to first); Castino grounded
out (second to first); Landreaux tripled to left; Smalley
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to
first); Phelps struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Morales lined to right; Wynegar flied out to center;
Mackanin singled to center; R. Jackson singled to center
[Mackanin to second]; Rivera walked [Mackanin to third, R.
Jackson to second]; Ward doubled to right [Mackanin scored, R.
Jackson scored, Rivera scored]; Castino lined to pitcher; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Castillo grounded out (second to first); Mulliniks
grounded out (second to first); LaCock doubled to center; Quirk
singled to right [LaCock to third]; Aikens singled to center
[LaCock scored, Quirk to third]; Porter singled to right [Quirk
scored, Aikens to second]; KINNUNEN REPLACED ERICKSON
(PITCHING); Otis flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Landreaux popped to catcher in foul territory;
Smalley popped to second; Morales grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle struck out; Phelps grounded out (first to
pitcher); Castillo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Mackanin
grounded out (third to first); R. Jackson walked; Rivera forced
R. Jackson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
3, Twins 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Mulliniks grounded out (first to pitcher); LaCock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Quirk grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Ward singled to right; Castino singled to left [Ward
to second]; Landreaux walked [Ward to third, Castino to second];
CHAMBERLAIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Smalley hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Ward scored, Castino to third, Landreaux
to second]; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams was walked
intentionally; Wynegar lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Adams out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
3, Twins 4.

ROYALS 6TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FAEDO REPLACED
SMALLEY (PLAYING SS); Aikens singled to left; Porter singled to
center [Aikens to second]; Otis flied out to right; MCRAE BATTED
FOR HURDLE; McRae walked [Aikens to third, Porter to second];
CARDENAL BATTED FOR PHELPS; REDFERN REPLACED KINNUNEN
(PITCHING); G. BRETT BATTED FOR CARDENAL; G. Brett homered
[Aikens scored, Porter scored, McRae scored]; Castillo singled
to left; Mulliniks singled to left [Castillo to second]; LaCock
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Mulliniks out at second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7,
Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: WATHAN REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); TERRELL REPLACED
G. BRETT (PLAYING LF); LACOCK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
GALE REPLACED CHAMBERLAIN (PITCHING); WILFONG BATTED FOR
MACKANIN; Wilfong singled to right; R. Jackson popped to third
in foul territory; POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wilfong out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Twins 4.

ROYALS 7TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); POWELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Quirk flied out to right; Aikens grounded
out (second to first); Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: On a bunt Ward singled; Castino singled to right
[Ward to third]; Landreaux was called out on strikes; CUBBAGE
BATTED FOR FAEDO; Cubbage forced Castino (second to shortstop)
[Ward scored]; Adams homered [Cubbage scored]; Wynegar walked;
QUISENBERRY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Wilfong doubled to right
[Wynegar scored]; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Twins 8.

ROYALS 8TH: CASTINO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); CUBBAGE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Otis struck out; Wathan grounded
out (second to pitcher); WILSON BATTED FOR TERRELL; Wilson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Powell grounded
out (second to first); Ward struck out; Castino struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Twins 8.

ROYALS 9TH: Castillo grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Mulliniks singled; WASHINGTON RAN FOR MULLINIKS; LaCock walked
[Washington to second]; CORBETT REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING);
WHITE RAN FOR LACOCK; Quirk grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Twins 8.