The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers, 9 to 6, on May 6, 1979.

1979 Minnesota Twins

Final

DET

6

MIN

Twins

18-8

9

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

2

4

0

3

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

5

0

8

0

3

9

0

R

6

9

H

9

13

E

0

1

Top 1st

DET

MIN

Tigers

Rusty Staub grounded out; Ron LeFlore scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Butch Wynegar; Willie Norwood scored.

1

1

Twins

Single by Ken Landreaux; Butch Wynegar scored.

1

2

Bottom 4th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Rob Wilfong; Mike Cubbage scored.

1

3

Twins

Double by Willie Norwood; Ron Jackson and Rob Wilfong scored.

1

5

Bottom 6th

DET

MIN

Twins

Home run by Butch Wynegar.

1

6

Top 7th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Double by Aurelio Rodriguez; Jason Thompson and Lance Parrish scored.

3

6

Tigers

Single by Alan Trammell; Aurelio Rodriguez scored.

4

6

Tigers

Home run by Ron LeFlore; Alan Trammell scored.

6

6

Bottom 8th

DET

MIN

Twins

Home run by Roy Smalley; Willie Norwood and Butch Wynegar scored.

6

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Jerry Morales RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Rusty Staub DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jason Thompson 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lance Parrish C 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lou Whitaker PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Wagner 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Phil Mankowski 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 33 6 9 5 1 3 5 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Baker 3.0 7 5 5 0 1 0
Aurelio Lopez 3.0 5 1 1 1 0 1
John Hiller (L) 2.0 1 3 3 2 1 1
Totals 8.0 13 9 9 3 2 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Butch Wynegar C 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
Roy Smalley SS 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Ken Landreaux LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Glenn Adams DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Cubbage 3B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Castino PH,3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Jackson 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rob Wilfong 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bombo Rivera PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Norwood CF 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rick Sofield RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Randall 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 9 2 3 2 0 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jerry Koosman 7.1 9 6 5 2 5 1
Mike Marshall (W) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 6 5 3 5 1

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

14

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

27

16th

R

97

27th

SO

254

3rd

ERA

3.90

15th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.0
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 3.5
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Wed
5/1
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM

Last Game

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LAA Angels

10-16

3

Final

5

MIN Twins

12-13

Fri 26 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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
0-17
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
5-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sat
4/27
PHI PHI
@
SDP SDP
8:40 PM
Sat
4/27
PIT PIT
@
SFG SFG
9:05 PM