The Minnesota Twins came up just a bit short against the Texas Rangers, 5 to 4, on September 7, 1979.

1979 Minnesota Twins

Final

TEX

Rangers

69-72

5

MIN

Twins

72-67

4

TEX

MIN

1

1

1

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

1

1

R

5

4

H

12

7

E

1

0

Top 1st

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Single by Buddy Bell; Bump Wills scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

MIN

Twins

Single by Ken Landreaux; Error by Richie Zisk; Mike Cubbage scored.

1

1

Bottom 2nd

TEX

MIN

Twins

Dave Edwards grounded out; Ron Jackson scored.

1

2

Twins

Double by Mike Cubbage; Danny Goodwin scored.

1

3

Top 4th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

John Ellis grounded out; Al Oliver scored.

2

3

Top 5th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Bump Wills hit into fielder's choice; Nelson Norman scored.

3

3

Top 8th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Single by Jim Sundberg; Willie Montanez scored.

4

3

Top 9th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Single by Bump Wills; Mickey Rivers scored.

5

3

Bottom 9th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Single by Glenn Adams; Dave Edwards scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Bump Wills 2B 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Al Oliver LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Buddy Bell 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
John Ellis DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Putnam PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Zisk RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Montanez 1B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Nelson Norman SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 5 12 5 0 3 2 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doyle Alexander 4.1 4 3 3 4 0 0
Sparky Lyle (W) 3.2 2 1 1 2 3 0
Jim Kern (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 4 4 6 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Cubbage 3B 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Bob Randall PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Adams PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Ward PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Wilfong 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Castino 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smalley SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Ken Landreaux CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Butch Wynegar C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Jackson 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Danny Goodwin DH 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jose Morales PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Hosken Powell RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bombo Rivera PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Edwards LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 30 4 7 4 0 6 4 0 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Geoff Zahn 7.0 7 3 3 3 1 0
Mike Marshall (L) 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 0
Darrell Jackson 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Redfern 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 3 2 0

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Julien

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RBI

14

Jeffers

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AVG

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Correa

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Alcala

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K

38

Ryan

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ERA

3.45

Ryan

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Team Rankings

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R

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SO

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ERA

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
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

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10

Trout

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9

Ozuna

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8

Henderson

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RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

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25

Perez

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23

García

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Batting Average Leaders

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Betts

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.376

Smith

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.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

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40

Ohtani

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37

Kwan

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28

Betts

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24

Cruz

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24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

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SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

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Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

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4

Suárez

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4

Minter

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Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

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ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

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0.98

Imanaga

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1.23

Berríos

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WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

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0.74

Skubal

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0.74

Cease

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K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

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12.07

Peralta

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K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

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9.50

Ryan

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9.33

Imanaga

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Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

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4

Jones

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4

Ryan

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Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

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457.8

Cruz

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439.3

Ohtani

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

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Cruz

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337

Ohtani

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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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM