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Tigers 6 @ Twins 7
Metropolitan Stadium
May 3, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 3, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 3, 1979 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 7 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherMike Marshall  
Losing PitcherJack Billingham  
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Game Winning RBIRoy Smalley 

Game Info

DateMay 3, 1979 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherKip Young  
Home Starting PitcherRoger Erickson  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance4,581 
Time of Game2 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Gene Kelly
1B: Larry Gallagher
2B: Derryl Cousins
3B: Bill Hafner

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

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

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

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

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Tigers 6 @ Twins 7
Metropolitan Stadium
May 3, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/3/1979 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, cf         5  2  3  1   Cubbage M, 3b         2  0  0  0   
Corcoran T, rf        0  0  0  0   Castino J, ph-3b      2  0  1  1   
Whitaker L, 2b        5  0  2  1   Smalley R, ss         4  2  3  1   
Kemp S, lf            4  1  1  0   Landreaux K, lf       3  0  3  2   
Thompson J, 1b        1  1  1  2   Adams G, rf           2  0  0  0   
Wagner M, pr          0  0  0  0   Rivera B, ph-rf       1  0  0  0   
Staub R, dh           3  0  1  1   Morales J, ph         1  0  0  0   
Jones L, pr           1  1  1  0   Edwards D, rf         0  0  0  0   
Parrish L, c          5  0  2  1   Sofield R, ph-rf      1  0  1  0   
Morales J, rf-cf      4  0  1  0   Wynegar B, c          5  0  0  0   
Mankowski P, 3b       2  0  0  0   Jackson R, 1b         5  1  1  0   
Rodriguez A, ph-3b    1  0  0  0   Kusick C, dh          5  1  1  0   
Trammell A, ss        4  1  1  0   Norwood W, cf         3  1  2  1   
                                   Wilfong R, 2b         1  2  1  1   
                                   Randall B, ph-2b      1  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  6 13  6                        36  7 14  7

Detroit          120 000 300 --  6
Minnesota        002 012 11x --  7

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Young K               4.1  5  3  3  3  1
Burnside S            1.0  3  2  2  0  2
Hiller J              1.1  3  1  1  2  0
Billingham J (L)      1.1  3  1  1  0  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erickson R            1.1  4  3  3  3  2
Brett K               5.1  5  3  3  2  1
Marshall M (W)        2.1  4  0  0  1  0

E -- Erickson R, Kemp S 2, Parrish L
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, Minnesota 12
2B -- Landreaux K, Staub R
3B -- LeFlore R, Whitaker L
HR -- Wilfong R, Thompson J, Smalley R
SB -- LeFlore R
CS -- Whitaker L, Norwood W
SH -- Cubbage M, Randall B, Rodriguez A
T -- 2:56
A -- 4581

    

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