The Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 16 to 6, on May 8, 1979.

Final

Blue Jays

8-22

6

Twins

20-8

16

TOR

MIN

1

0

1

2

1

3

2

0

4

0

5

0

3

6

3

6

7

0

4

8

0

1

9

0

R

6

16

H

9

19

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

TOR

MIN

Home run by Roy Smalley.

0

1

Top 2nd

TOR

MIN

Home run by Otto Velez.

1

Bottom 2nd

TOR

MIN

Double by Bombo Rivera; John Castino scored.

1

2

Top 3rd

TOR

MIN

Single by Rico Carty; Alfredo Griffin scored.

2

Sacrifice fly by John Mayberry; Rick Bosetti scored.

3

2

Bottom 5th

TOR

MIN

Double by Ken Landreaux; Roy Smalley and Jose Morales scored.

3

4

Triple by John Castino; Ken Landreaux scored.

3

5

Top 6th

TOR

MIN

Double by John Mayberry; Rico Carty scored.

4

5

Double by Otto Velez; John Mayberry scored.

5

Single by Alfredo Griffin; Otto Velez scored.

6

5

Bottom 6th

TOR

MIN

Single by Roy Smalley; Dave Edwards scored.

6

Single by Ken Landreaux; Roy Smalley and Craig Kusick scored.

6

8

Double by Bombo Rivera; Butch Wynegar, Ken Landreaux, and John Castino scored.

6

11

Bottom 7th

TOR

MIN

Home run by Roy Smalley; Bob Randall scored.

6

13

Home run by Craig Kusick.

6

14

Home run by Ken Landreaux.

6

15

Bottom 8th

TOR

MIN

Home run by Craig Kusick.

6

16

Blue Jays

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Alfredo Griffin SS	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	7
Bob Bailor 3B,RF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Bosetti CF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rico Carty DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
John Mayberry 1B	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Otto Velez RF	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	6
Luis Gomez 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Woods LF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
Tim Johnson 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave McKay PH,2B,3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Cerone C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	32	6	9	6	1	4	3	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tom Underwood	4.2	9	5	5	3	3	1
Mike Willis (L)	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	0
Dave Freisleben	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0
Balor Moore	1.0	4	4	4	0	1	3
Tom Murphy	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Totals	8.0	19	16	16	6	5	5

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bob Randall 2B,3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Roy Smalley SS	5	4	4	4	2	1	1	10
Ron Jackson 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Kusick PR,1B	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	8
Jose Morales DH	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Glenn Adams PH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Norwood CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Butch Wynegar PH,C	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ken Landreaux LF	5	3	4	5	1	0	1	8
John Castino 3B	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	4
Rob Wilfong PR,2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bombo Rivera RF	4	0	3	4	0	1	0	5
Glenn Borgmann C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Dave Edwards PR,CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	40	16	19	16	5	6	5	42

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Roger Erickson	5.0	7	5	5	2	2	1
Pete Redfern	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Brett	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Bacsik (W)	3.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	9	6	6	4	3	1

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More Twins Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Julien

RBI

12

Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

W

1

Alcala

K

30

Ryan

ERA

3.57

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

18

25th

R

74

28th

SO

212

5th

ERA

4.08

17th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	16	6	.727
Tigers	13	10	.565	3.5
Royals	13	10	.565	3.5
Twins	8	13	.381	7.5
White Sox	3	19	.136	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/23	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 4/24	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	CWS	@	MIN	1:10 PM
Fri 4/26	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sat 4/27	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM

Last Game

Twins

8-13

7

Final

0

White Sox

3-19

Mon 22 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Ozuna

8

Trout

7

Alonso

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.368

Ohtani

.359

Rosario

.358

Kwan

Hit Leaders

35

Ohtani

34

Kwan

33

Betts

Run Leaders

24

Betts

21

Kwan

21

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.469

Betts

.439

Soto

.439

Winker

SLG Leaders

.687

Ozuna

.676

Abrams

.663

Ohtani

SB Leaders

11

Cruz

10

Turang

10

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.08

Blackburn

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

14.00

Houck

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Houck

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

410.3

Betts

361.3

Ohtani

359.5

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

309

Betts

280

Ohtani

272

Cruz

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