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Athletics 6 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
August 10, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 10, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 10, 1979 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 6 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Winning Pitcher—Dave Heaverlo  
Losing Pitcher—Mike Marshall  
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Game Winning RBI—Mike Heath 

Game Info

DateAugust 10, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Morgan  
Home Starting PitcherPete Redfern  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rocky Roe
1B: Ron Luciano
2B: Russ Goetz
3B: Ken Kaiser

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rickey Henderson  Left Fielder 
Dwayne Murphy  Center Fielder 
Wayne Gross  Third Baseman 
Dave Revering  First Baseman 
Jeff Newman  Catcher 
Mitchell Page  DH 
Tony Armas  Right Fielder 
Dave Chalk  Second Baseman 
Rob Picciolo  Shortstop 
Jim Marshall  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

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

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Athletics 6 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
August 10, 1979

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         Game of 8/10/1979, game 1 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Henderson R, lf       5  0  0  0   Powell H, rf          4  0  1  2   
Edwards M, ss         1  0  0  0   Rivera B, ph-rf       2  0  0  0   
Murphy D, cf          4  1  0  0   Wilfong R, 2b         5  0  1  0   
Gross W, 3b           5  1  2  0   Landreaux K, cf       5  1  3  0   
Revering D, 1b        5  1  2  1   Goodwin D, dh         4  0  0  0   
Newman J, c           5  1  1  2   Morales J, ph         0  0  0  0   
Page M, dh            5  1  2  1   Adams G, lf           3  1  2  1   
Armas T, rf           4  0  1  0   Edwards D, lf         2  0  0  0   
Murray L, pr-rf       1  1  0  0   Smalley R, ss         5  1  2  0   
Chalk D, 2b           3  0  3  0   Wynegar B, c          4  1  1  1   
Picciolo R, ss        2  0  0  0   Jackson R, 1b         3  1  2  1   
Heath M, ph-lf        1  0  1  2   Cubbage M, 3b         2  0  1  0   
                                   Norwood W, ph         0  0  0  0   
                                   Castino J, 3b         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  6 12  6                        40  5 13  5

Oakland          000 004 001 01 --  6
Minnesota        030 010 010 00 --  5

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Morgan M              7.2 10  5  5  3  2
Hamilton D*           1.1  2  0  0  3  0
Heaverlo D (W)        2.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Redfern P             5.1  7  4  4  1  3
Jackson D+            0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Serum G               1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Marshall M (L)        4.2  4  2  2  1  5
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 10th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 6th

DP -- Oakland 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Oakland 7, Minnesota 12
2B -- Revering D, Smalley R 2, Gross W, Landreaux K, Adams G, Newman J, Wynegar B
3B -- Armas T, Landreaux K
SB -- Wilfong R
SH -- Cubbage M, Picciolo R, Landreaux K
SF -- Heath M
HBP -- by Morgan M (Jackson R), by Heaverlo D (Morales J)
WP -- Jackson D
T -- 3:14
A -- 0

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