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Royals 7 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
May 26, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 26, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 7 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 26, 1979 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 7 H: 14 E: 3 LOB: 5
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Rich Gale  
Losing Pitcher—Paul Hartzell  
Save—Al Hrabosky  
Game Winning RBI—Clint Hurdle 

Game Info

DateMay 26, 1979 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherRich Gale  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Hartzell  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance9,023 
Time of Game2 hours 41 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Don Denkinger
1B: Nick Bremigan
2B: Rich Garcia
3B: Steve Palermo

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Clint Hurdle  Right Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
U L Washington  Second Baseman 
Todd Cruz  Shortstop 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

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

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Royals 7 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
May 26, 1979

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         Game of 5/26/1979 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Wilson W, lf          5  0  3  3   Powell H, rf          5  0  2  0   
Brett G, 3b           5  0  3  1   Smalley R, ss         3  1  0  0   
Otis A, cf            5  0  0  0   Landreaux K, cf       3  0  0  0   
Porter D, c           4  0  1  0   Adams G, lf           3  0  0  0   
LaCock P, 1b          3  1  1  0   Kusick C, ph          1  0  0  0   
Zdeb J, ph            1  0  0  0   Edwards D, lf         0  0  0  0   
Wathan J, 1b          0  0  0  0   Jackson R, 1b         4  0  0  0   
Hurdle C, rf          4  0  1  1   Cubbage M, dh         3  0  1  0   
McRae H, dh           4  2  1  0   Norwood W, ph         1  0  0  0   
Washington U, 2b      4  1  2  0   Wynegar B, c          3  1  0  0   
Cruz T, ss            4  3  2  2   Wilfong R, 2b         2  1  2  0   
                                   Morales J, ph         1  0  1  1   
                                   Randall B, pr-2b      0  0  0  0   
                                   Castino J, 3b         4  1  1  2   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  7 14  7                        33  4  7  3

Kansas City      000 030 202 --  7
Minnesota        000 001 210 --  4

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gale R (W)*           6.0  6  3  2  3  4
Gura L                1.2  1  1  1  1  4
Martin R              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Hrabosky A (S)        1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hartzell P (L)        6.2  9  5  5  0  1
Brett K               2.0  3  2  2  0  1
Marshall M            0.1  2  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Washington U 2, Porter D
DP -- Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Minnesota 8
2B -- Cruz T 2, Morales J
3B -- LaCock P, McRae H
HR -- Castino J
SB -- Powell H, Wilson W
CS -- Brett G, Cubbage M, Wilfong R
SH -- Smalley R
HBP -- by Gale R (Landreaux K)
T -- 2:41
A -- 9023

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