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Twins 3 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
April 28, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on April 28, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Twins with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateApril 28, 1979 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherKip Young  
Losing PitcherDave Goltz  
SaveJohn Hiller  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateApril 28, 1979 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Goltz  
Home Starting PitcherKip Young  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance8,818 
Time of Game2 hours 23 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ted Hendry
1B: Bob Moyer
2B: Dick Runchey
3B: Joe Kavulich

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Mike Cubbage  Third Baseman 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Glenn Adams  DH 
Ken Landreaux  Left Fielder 
Willie Norwood  Center Fielder 
Bombo Rivera  Right Fielder 
Craig Kusick  First Baseman 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  DH 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Phil Mankowski  Third Baseman 
Jerry Morales  Right Fielder 
Lynn Jones  Center Fielder 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Les Moss  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
April 28, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/28/1979 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Wilfong R, 2b         3  0  0  0   LeFlore R, dh         2  2  2  0   
Randall B, ph-2b      2  0  1  0   Whitaker L, 2b        1  1  1  0   
Wynegar B, c          5  1  1  1   Kemp S, lf            2  1  1  1   
Cubbage M, 3b         3  0  1  0   Corcoran T, pr-lf     0  0  0  0   
Castino J, ph-3b      2  0  0  0   Thompson J, 1b        4  0  1  1   
Smalley R, ss         4  0  0  0   Machemer D, pr        0  0  0  0   
Adams G, dh           3  1  2  0   Wockenfuss J, 1b      0  0  0  0   
Morales J, ph         1  0  0  0   Parrish L, c          4  0  1  1   
Landreaux K, lf       4  0  1  0   Mankowski P, 3b       3  0  1  0   
Norwood W, cf         4  0  1  1   Rodriguez A, 3b       1  0  0  0   
Rivera B, rf          4  0  0  0   Morales J, rf         4  1  1  0   
Kusick C, 1b          4  1  3  1   Jones L, cf           3  0  2  1   
Edwards D, pr         0  0  0  0   Trammell A, ss        4  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  3 10  3                        28  5 10  4

Minnesota        100 011 000 --  3
Detroit          100 120 10x --  5

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Goltz D (L)           6.0  9  4  4  3  1
Redfern P             0.1  0  1  1  1  0
Holly J*              0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Serum G               1.2  0  0  0  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Young K (W)           5.1  8  3  3  0  1
Hiller J (S)          3.2  2  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Trammell A 2
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Detroit 7
2B -- Whitaker L, Kusick C, Morales J, Parrish L
HR -- Wynegar B, Kusick C
SB -- Norwood W, Landreaux K
CS -- LeFlore R, Jones L, Machemer D
SH -- Whitaker L 2
WP -- Goltz D
T -- 2:23
A -- 8818

    

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