The Minnesota Twins eked out a victory over the Detroit Tigers, 7 to 6, on May 3, 1979.

1979 Minnesota Twins

Final

DET

6

MIN

Twins

16-7

7

1

1

0

2

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

2

7

3

1

8

0

1

9

0

R

6

7

H

13

14

E

3

1

Top 1st

DET

MIN

Tigers

Rusty Staub walked; Ron LeFlore scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

DET

MIN

Tigers

Triple by Ron LeFlore; Alan Trammell scored.

2

0

Tigers

Triple by Lou Whitaker; Ron LeFlore scored.

3

0

Bottom 3rd

DET

MIN

Twins

Home run by Rob Wilfong.

3

1

Twins

Double by Ken Landreaux; Roy Smalley scored.

3

2

Bottom 5th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Ken Landreaux; Rob Wilfong scored.

3

3

Bottom 6th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Willie Norwood; Craig Kusick scored.

3

4

Twins

Single by John Castino; Willie Norwood scored.

3

5

Top 7th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Home run by Jason Thompson; Steve Kemp scored.

5

5

Tigers

Single by Lance Parrish; Lynn Jones scored.

6

5

Bottom 7th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Bob Randall; Error by Steve Kemp; Ron Jackson scored.

6

6

Bottom 8th

DET

MIN

Twins

Home run by Roy Smalley.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Tim Corcoran RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Steve Kemp LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jason Thompson 1B 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 4
Mark Wagner PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Staub DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Lynn Jones PR 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lance Parrish C 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jerry Morales RF,CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Mankowski 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez PH,3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 6 13 6 1 6 3 1 1 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kip Young 4.1 5 3 3 3 1 1
Sheldon Burnside 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0
John Hiller 1.1 3 1 1 2 0 0
Jack Billingham (L) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 1
Totals 8.0 14 7 7 5 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Cubbage 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Castino PH,3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Roy Smalley SS 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Ken Landreaux LF 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
Glenn Adams RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bombo Rivera PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Morales PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Edwards RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Sofield PH,RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Butch Wynegar C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Jackson 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Craig Kusick DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Norwood CF 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rob Wilfong 2B 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Bob Randall PH,2B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 7 14 7 2 5 4 0 1 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Erickson 1.1 4 3 3 3 2 0
Ken Brett 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1
Mike Marshall (W) 2.1 4 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 13 6 6 6 3 1

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

13

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

3.45

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

26

13th

R

92

25th

SO

244

2nd

ERA

3.94

15th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
16 10 .615 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 4.0
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
4/29
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Tue
4/30
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

11-13

6

Final

3

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM