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Twins 5 @ Royals 6
Royals Stadium
September 10, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 10, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Twins with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 10, 1979 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 15
Runs: 5
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 15
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 6 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherDan Quisenberry  
Losing PitcherMike Marshall  
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Game Winning RBIHal McRae 

Game Info

DateSeptember 10, 1979 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherRoger Erickson  
Home Starting PitcherMarty Pattin  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance 
Time of Game4 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Mike Reilly
1B: Dale Ford
2B: Derryl Cousins
3B: Terry Cooney

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hosken Powell  Right Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Ken Landreaux  Center Fielder 
Ron Jackson  First Baseman 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Danny Goodwin  DH 
Rick Sofield  Left Fielder 
John Castino  Third Baseman 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Center Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Jim Nettles  Left Fielder 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
U L Washington  Shortstop 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Twins 5 @ Royals 6
Royals Stadium
September 10, 1979

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         Game of 9/10/1979, game 1 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Powell H, rf          4  0  0  1   Wilson W, cf-lf       7  1  2  0   
Vega J, ph            1  0  0  0   McRae H, dh           6  2  3  3   
Norwood W, rf         1  0  1  0   Brett G, 3b-1b        6  0  1  1   
Smalley R, ss         7  0  2  0   Porter D, c           4  0  0  0   
Landreaux K, cf       6  1  2  0   LaCock P, 1b          2  1  1  1   
Jackson R, 1b         5  1  2  0   Wathan J, ph-1b       1  0  0  0   
Wilfong R, 2b         2  1  1  1   Braun S, ph           0  0  0  0   
Rivera B, ph          1  0  1  1   Barranca G, pr        0  0  0  0   
Randall B, 2b         3  0  0  0   Terrell J, 3b         1  0  0  0   
Cubbage M, ph-2b      1  0  0  0   Quirk J, ph           1  0  0  0   
Wynegar B, c          5  1  0  0   Cruz T, 3b            0  0  0  0   
Goodwin D, dh         3  1  2  1   Nettles J, lf         1  0  1  0   
Morales J, ph         1  0  1  0   Otis A, ph-cf         4  1  1  1   
Ward G, pr            2  0  0  0   Cowens A, rf          5  0  0  0   
Sofield R, lf         1  0  0  0   White F, 2b           6  0  0  0   
Edwards D, ph-lf      5  0  1  0   Washington U, ss      6  1  1  0   
Castino J, 3b         6  0  3  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     54  5 16  5                        50  6 10  6

Minnesota        000 410 000 000 00 --  5
Kansas City      010 310 000 000 01 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erickson R            3.1  6  4  4  4  2
Jackson D             2.2  2  1  1  1  2
Redfern P             4.0  0  0  0  1  2
Marshall M (L)        3.1  2  1  1  0  3

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pattin M              3.1  7  4  4  1  2
Christenson G         4.0  3  1  0  1  1
Martin R              0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Hrabosky A*           4.0  6  0  0  4  1
Quisenberry D (W)     2.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 13th

E -- Wathan J
DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Minnesota 15, Kansas City 10
2B -- Landreaux K, Washington U, McRae H
3B -- Wilfong R, McRae H
HR -- LaCock P, Otis A, McRae H
SB -- Wilson W, Barranca G
SH -- Sofield R
SF -- Powell H
WP -- Pattin M, Hrabosky A
PB -- Wynegar B
T -- 4:21
A -- 0

    

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