The Minnesota Twins came up just a bit short against the Texas Rangers, 6 to 5, on September 9, 1979.

1979 Minnesota Twins

Final

TEX

Rangers

71-72

6

MIN

Twins

72-69

5

TEX

MIN

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

3

1

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

0

2

9

2

2

R

6

5

H

11

8

E

2

1

Top 4th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Single by Pat Putnam; Buddy Bell scored.

1

0

Rangers

Home run by Johnny Grubb; Pat Putnam scored.

3

0

Bottom 4th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Ken Landreaux; Roy Smalley scored.

3

1

Top 6th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Nelson Norman; Johnny Grubb scored.

4

1

Bottom 8th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Single by Rick Sofield; Rob Wilfong scored.

4

2

Twins

Bombo Rivera hit into fielder's choice; Rick Sofield scored.

4

3

Top 9th

TEX

MIN

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Nelson Norman scored.

5

3

Rangers

Single by Buddy Bell; Bump Wills scored.

6

3

Bottom 9th

TEX

MIN

Twins

Double by Rick Sofield; Ron Jackson and Butch Wynegar scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bump Wills 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Al Oliver LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Willie Montanez DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pat Putnam 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Jorgensen 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Grubb RF 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nelson Norman SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 35 6 11 6 1 4 1 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Comer (W) 7.0 6 3 2 1 1 0
Sparky Lyle 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Jim Kern (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 5 2 1 1 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Hosken Powell RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bombo Rivera PH,RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smalley SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Landreaux CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Jackson 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Butch Wynegar C 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Danny Goodwin DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Morales PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Cubbage PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Wilfong 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Sofield LF 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
John Castino 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Adams PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5 0 1 1 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Hartzell (L) 8.1 9 6 6 4 1 1
Darrell Jackson 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Redfern 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 6 4 1 1

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K

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Ryan

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3.45

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R

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SO

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TEAM W L PCT GB
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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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Trout

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9

Ozuna

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Henderson

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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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Contreras

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42

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Kwan

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24

Cruz

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24

Contreras

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OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

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.437

Soto

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.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

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.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

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SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

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13

Turang

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11

Jr.

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Imanaga

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4

Suárez

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Minter

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Wheeler

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44

Glasnow

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42

Castillo

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López

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0.98

Imanaga

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1.23

Berríos

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Suárez

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0.74

Cease

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Crochet

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Jones

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Peralta

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Jones

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Ryan

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9.33

Imanaga

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Walk Leaders

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Imanaga

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4

Jones

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4

Ryan

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Betts

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Cruz

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439.3

Ohtani

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Betts

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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