The Minnesota Twins defeated 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

7

Julien

RBI

14

Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

W

1

Alcala

K

38

Ryan

ERA

3.45

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

27

15th

R

97

27th

SO

254

3rd

ERA

3.90

15th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sun 4/28	MIN	@	LAA	4:07 PM
Mon 4/29	MIN	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Tue 4/30	MIN	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Wed 5/1	MIN	@	CWS	2:10 PM

Last Game

Angels

10-16

3

Final

5

Twins

12-13

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

29

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.677

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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