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Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

1979-08-16 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 22036 · 71°F, night · 2:31

Minnesota Twins defeated New York Yankees 5–1. Minnesota Twins put up 3 in the 8th. Geoff Zahn earned the win. Fred Stanley went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	5	11
NYA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Geoff Zahn L: Catfish Hunter SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dallas Parks · 1B: Dave Phillips · 2B: Al Clark · 3B: Greg Kosc · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rob Wilfong	5	1	3	0	0	0
Roy Smalley	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Landreaux	4	1	2	1	1	0
Glenn Adams	4	0	1	0	1	0
Butch Wynegar	4	1	1	0	1	0
Hosken Powell	4	1	0	1	1	0
Ron Jackson	4	1	1	2	0	0
Willie Norwood	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Castino	4	0	1	1	0	2

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Willie Randolph	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer	4	0	0	0	1
Lou Piniella	4	0	1	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	0	2	0	0
Chris Chambliss	4	0	1	0	1
Graig Nettles	3	0	0	0	0
Roy White	3	0	0	0	0
Brad Gulden	3	0	0	0	1
Fred Stanley	3	1	1	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geoff Zahn	8.0	5	0	3
Mike Marshall	1.0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	5.1	5	3	2
Jim Kaat	0.1	0	0	0
Ron Davis	2.0	6	2	1
Don Hood	1.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rob Wilfong: 63
Roy Smalley: 8
Ken Landreaux: D7
Glenn Adams: 7

Bot 1

Willie Randolph: 8
Bobby Murcer: 8
Lou Piniella: 7/L

Top 2

Butch Wynegar: 63
Hosken Powell: 43
Ron Jackson: 53

Bot 2

Reggie Jackson: S7
Chris Chambliss: S9.1-2
Graig Nettles: 4
Roy White: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Brad Gulden: 7

Top 3

Willie Norwood: 9
John Castino: K/C
Rob Wilfong: S5
Roy Smalley: POCS2(16)

Bot 3

Fred Stanley: HR/7
Willie Randolph: 53
Bobby Murcer: K
Lou Piniella: 7

Top 4

Roy Smalley: 43
Ken Landreaux: W
Glenn Adams: W.1-2
Butch Wynegar: 7
Hosken Powell: 53

Bot 4

Reggie Jackson: 43
Chris Chambliss: 7/L
Graig Nettles: 9/L

Top 5

Ron Jackson: 6
Willie Norwood: K
John Castino: 8

Bot 5

Roy White: 9/L
Brad Gulden: K/C
Fred Stanley: 63

Top 6

Rob Wilfong: D9
Roy Smalley: 43.2-3
Ken Landreaux: S7.3-H
Glenn Adams: D9.1-3
Butch Wynegar: W
Hosken Powell: 63.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ron Jackson: 63

Bot 6

Willie Randolph: 8
Bobby Murcer: 13
Lou Piniella: S8
Reggie Jackson: S8.1-2
Chris Chambliss: K

Top 7

Willie Norwood: D7
John Castino: K
Rob Wilfong: S7.2-3;B-2(THH)
Roy Smalley: IW
Ken Landreaux: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Glenn Adams: 3/G

Bot 7

Graig Nettles: 8
Roy White: 9/L
Brad Gulden: 7

Top 8

Butch Wynegar: S
Hosken Powell: W.1-2
Ron Jackson: D.2-H;1-H;B-3(THH)
Willie Norwood: S5.3-3
John Castino: D7.3-H;1-3
Rob Wilfong: 3/G
Roy Smalley: 7
Ken Landreaux: 43

Bot 8

Fred Stanley: 9
Willie Randolph: 63
Bobby Murcer: 9

Top 9

Glenn Adams: 6
Butch Wynegar: 43
Hosken Powell: 6/L

Bot 9

Lou Piniella: 53
Reggie Jackson: 8
Chris Chambliss: 9

Notes & reviews

Yankees manager Martin ejected by HP umpire Parks for arguing balls and strikes; he kicked dirt on the plate
Yankees coach Fowler ejected by HP umpire Parks for arguing balls and strikes sometime in the ninth inning

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