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Athletics 2 @ Twins 3
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 beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 10, 1979 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 2
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 19
Runs: 3
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 19
Winning PitcherDarrell Jackson  
Losing PitcherDave Heaverlo  
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Game Winning RBIKen Landreaux 

Game Info

DateAugust 10, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherBrian Kingman  
Home Starting PitcherRoger Erickson  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance13,742 
Time of Game3 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ron Luciano
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Ken Kaiser
3B: Rocky Roe

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dwayne Murphy  Center Fielder 
Mike Heath  Left Fielder 
Wayne Gross  Third Baseman 
Dave Revering  First Baseman 
Jim Essian  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 
Glenn Adams  Left Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Danny Goodwin  DH 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Ron Jackson  First Baseman 
Mike Cubbage  Third Baseman 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

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Athletics 2 @ Twins 3
Metropolitan Stadium
August 10, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/10/1979, game 2 -- Oakland at Minnesota (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Murphy D, cf          5  0  2  0   Powell H, rf          6  0  1  0   
Heath M, lf           5  0  1  1   Wilfong R, 2b         5  1  3  0   
Murray L, lf          1  0  0  0   Landreaux K, cf       6  1  3  1   
Gross W, 3b           4  1  2  0   Adams G, lf           5  0  2  0   
Revering D, 1b        6  0  2  0   Smalley R, ss         4  0  0  1   
Essian J, c           6  0  1  1   Goodwin D, dh         2  0  0  0   
Page M, dh            5  0  0  0   Morales J, ph         3  0  0  0   
Newman J, ph          1  0  0  0   Wynegar B, c          6  0  2  0   
Armas T, rf           5  0  0  0   Norwood W, pr         0  1  0  0   
Chalk D, 2b           4  0  1  0   Jackson R, 1b         5  0  1  0   
Picciolo R, ss        5  1  2  0   Cubbage M, 3b         3  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  2 11  2                        45  3 13  2

Oakland          100 010 000 000 --  2
Minnesota        000 002 000 001 --  3
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kingman B*            5.0  6  2  2  1  1
Minetto C             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Todd J                1.0  0  0  0  3  0
Hamilton D            0.2  0  0  0  1  2
Norris M              3.0  4  0  0  0  3
Heaverlo D (L)        1.2  3  1  1  4  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erickson R            9.0  8  2  2  2  7
Jackson D (W)         3.0  3  0  0  1  5
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 6th

E -- Smalley R, Revering D, Erickson R
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Oakland 13, Minnesota 19
2B -- Adams G, Heath M, Wynegar B
3B -- Picciolo R
SB -- Page M, Gross W
SH -- Murphy D, Powell H, Wilfong R
SF -- Smalley R
WP -- Todd J
T -- 3:56
A -- 13742

    

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