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Twins 5 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 6, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins, played on July 6, 1979 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Twins with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 6, 1979 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 6 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherDan Spillner  
Losing PitcherPaul Hartzell  
SaveSid Monge  
Game Winning RBIAndre Thornton 

Game Info

DateJuly 6, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Hartzell  
Home Starting PitcherLen Barker  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance13,348 
Time of Game2 hours 51 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Marty Springstead
1B: Larry McCoy
2B: Joe Brinkman
3B: Vic Voltaggio

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hosken Powell  Right Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Ken Landreaux  Center Fielder 
Glenn Adams  Left Fielder 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Butch Wynegar  DH 
Mike Cubbage  Third Baseman 
Ron Jackson  First Baseman 
Glenn Borgmann  Catcher 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Norris  Right Fielder 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Ron Hassey  Catcher 
Gary Alexander  DH 
Mike Hargrove  Left Fielder 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

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Twins 5 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 6, 1979

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         Game of 7/6/1979 -- Minnesota at Cleveland (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Powell H, rf          4  1  1  1   Norris J, rf          4  0  1  0   
Norwood W, ph-rf      1  0  0  0   Manning R, cf         4  1  1  0   
Smalley R, ss         5  0  1  0   Harrah T, 3b          2  2  1  0   
Landreaux K, cf       4  2  2  0   Thornton A, 1b        3  1  1  1   
Adams G, lf           4  0  2  2   Hassey R, c           4  0  2  1   
Rivera B, lf          1  0  0  0   Alexander G, dh       4  1  1  1   
Wilfong R, 2b         0  0  0  1   Hargrove M, lf        4  1  2  2   
Morales J, ph         1  0  0  0   Kuiper D, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Randall B, 2b         1  0  0  0   Veryzer T, ss         3  0  1  1   
Wynegar B, dh         4  0  0  0                                      
Cubbage M, 3b         3  0  0  0                                      
Castino J, 3b         0  0  0  0                                      
Jackson R, 1b         4  1  1  0                                      
Borgmann G, c         3  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  8  4                        32  6 10  6

Minnesota        000 040 100 --  5
Cleveland        300 210 00x --  6

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hartzell P (L)        3.1  6  5  5  2  0
Redfern P             3.0  4  1  1  1  4
Marshall M            1.2  0  0  0  1  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Barker L*             4.0  1  2  2  4  1
Spillner D (W)        2.2  5  3  3  0  2
Monge S (S)           2.1  2  0  0  1  3
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th

E -- Barker L, Smalley R, Manning R
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Cleveland 6
2B -- Hargrove M, Jackson R, Adams G
SB -- Landreaux K, Alexander G, Harrah T
CS -- Veryzer T
SF -- Wilfong R
WP -- Monge S
T -- 2:51
A -- 13348

    

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