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Twins 5 @ Tigers 3
Tiger Stadium
April 29, 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 29, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateApril 29, 1979 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherGeoff Zahn  
Losing PitcherMilt Wilcox  
SaveMike Marshall  
Game Winning RBIGlenn Adams 

Game Info

DateApril 29, 1979 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherGeoff Zahn  
Home Starting PitcherMilt Wilcox  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance12,577 
Time of Game2 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Kavulich
1B: Doug Cossey
2B: Ted Hendry
3B: Bob Moyer

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

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

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

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

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Twins 5 @ Tigers 3
Tiger Stadium
April 29, 1979

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         Game of 4/29/1979 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Cubbage M, dh         5  0  0  0   LeFlore R, dh         3  1  1  1   
Smalley R, ss         5  3  4  1   Whitaker L, 2b        4  0  2  0   
Landreaux K, lf       3  1  2  0   Kemp S, lf            4  0  2  1   
Adams G, rf           4  1  1  2   Parrish L, c          4  0  0  0   
Rivera B, rf          0  0  0  0   Thompson J, 1b        3  0  0  0   
Wynegar B, c          4  0  1  1   Morales J, rf         4  1  1  0   
Norwood W, cf         5  0  0  0   Jones L, cf           4  1  2  1   
Wilfong R, 2b         4  0  1  1   Rodriguez A, 3b       3  0  1  0   
Castino J, 3b         3  0  0  0   Mankowski P, ph       1  0  0  0   
Kusick C, 1b          4  0  1  0   Trammell A, ss        3  0  3  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  5 10  5                        33  3 12  3

Minnesota        103 100 000 --  5
Detroit          110 001 000 --  3

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Zahn G (W)            5.2 11  3  3  1  2
Marshall M (S)        3.1  1  0  0  0  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilcox M (L)          2.2  6  4  4  2  2
Burnside S            1.0  2  1  1  0  2
Lopez A               5.1  2  0  0  2  3

DP -- Minnesota 3
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Detroit 5
2B -- Adams G, Kusick C, Morales J, Smalley R
HR -- Smalley R
SB -- Wilfong R
CS -- Trammell A
SF -- LeFlore R
HBP -- by Burnside S (Adams G)
T -- 2:40
A -- 12577

    

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