The Minnesota Twins lost to the Texas Rangers, 9 to 8, on May 15, 1979.

Final

Rangers

20-14

9

Twins

22-11

8

TEX

MIN

1

0

1

2

0

2

3

0

4

0

5

3

1

6

1

2

7

0

2

8

5

0

9

0

R

9

8

H

12

14

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

TEX

MIN

Butch Wynegar grounded out; Roy Smalley scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

TEX

MIN

Home run by Willie Norwood; Rob Wilfong scored.

0

3

Top 5th

TEX

MIN

Single by Larvell Blanks; Mike Jorgensen scored.

1

3

Home run by Johnny Grubb; Larvell Blanks scored.

3

Bottom 5th

TEX

MIN

Single by Glenn Adams; Ron Jackson scored.

3

4

Top 6th

TEX

MIN

Home run by Al Oliver.

4

Bottom 6th

TEX

MIN

Double by Ron Jackson; Willie Norwood and Roy Smalley scored.

4

6

Bottom 7th

TEX

MIN

Home run by John Castino.

4

7

Home run by Roy Smalley.

4

8

Top 8th

TEX

MIN

Double by Richie Zisk; Johnny Grubb scored.

5

8

Single by Pat Putnam; Richie Zisk scored.

6

8

Double by Jim Sundberg; Pat Putnam scored.

7

8

Single by John Ellis; Mike Jorgensen and Jim Sundberg scored.

9

8

Rangers

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Johnny Grubb LF	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	5
Buddy Bell 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Al Oliver CF	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Richie Zisk RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Pat Putnam DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Jorgensen 1B	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg C	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Bump Wills 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Ellis PH	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Chalk 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larvell Blanks SS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nelson Norman SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	9	12	9	2	2	4	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dock Ellis	5.1	9	6	5	2	1	1
Dave Rajsich	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sparky Lyle (W)	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	2
Jim Kern (S)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	14	8	7	5	3	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Norwood CF	6	2	3	2	1	0	0	6
Roy Smalley SS	6	3	4	1	1	0	0	7
Ken Landreaux LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
Ron Jackson 1B	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	4
Butch Wynegar C	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
Dave Edwards PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Borgmann C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Adams DH	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jose Morales PH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Wilfong 2B	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Randall PH,2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bombo Rivera RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
John Castino 3B	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	5
Totals	43	8	14	8	3	5	3	25

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Pete Redfern	5.0	7	4	4	1	3	2
Mike Bacsik	2.2	3	4	4	1	1	0
Mike Marshall (L)	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Brett	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	12	9	9	2	4	2

Explore

More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Julien

RBI

21

Jeffers

AVG

.298

Miranda

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Paddack

K

41

Ryan

ERA

3.38

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

32

15th

R

148

14th

SO

304

3rd

ERA

3.89

18th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	20	12	.625
Royals	20	13	.606	0.5
Twins	18	13	.581	1.5
Tigers	18	14	.563	2.0
White Sox	6	26	.188	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/4	BOS	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Sun 5/5	BOS	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Mon 5/6	SEA	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 5/7	SEA	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 5/8	SEA	@	MIN	7:40 PM

Last Game

Twins

18-13

5

Final

2

Red Sox

18-15

Fri 3 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Henderson

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

32

Ozuna

31

Bohm

30

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.363

Betts

.358

Bohm

.356

Kwan

Hit Leaders

49

Betts

47

Kwan

47

Turner

Run Leaders

30

Jr.

29

Contreras

29

Betts

OBP Leaders

.466

Betts

.429

Soto

.426

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.612

Ohtani

.605

Perez

.602

Ozuna

SB Leaders

19

Cruz

14

Turang

13

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Imanaga

5

Suárez

5

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

52

Wheeler

50

Flaherty

ERA Leaders

0.78

Imanaga

1.32

Suárez

1.44

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.75

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.50

Flaherty

12.20

Crochet

12.03

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.25

Kirby

10.00

Flaherty

9.00

Eflin

Walk Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Kirby

4

Eflin

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

549.3

Betts

518.9

Cruz

492.2

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

419

Betts

396

Cruz

378

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0