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Twins 3 @ Orioles 1
Memorial Stadium
August 31, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 31, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The home team Orioles were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1979 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 1 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Dave Goltz  
Losing Pitcher—Dennis Martinez  
Save—Mike Marshall  
Game Winning RBI—Ken Landreaux 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Goltz  
Home Starting PitcherDennis Martinez  
BallparkMemorial Stadium 
CityBaltimore 
StateMD 
Attendance30,816 
Time of Game3 hours 3 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rich Garcia
1B: Don Denkinger
2B: Nick Bremigan
3B: Steve Palermo

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hosken Powell  Right Fielder 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Ken Landreaux  Center Fielder 
Dave Edwards  Left Fielder 
Mike Cubbage  Third Baseman 
Ron Jackson  First Baseman 
Danny Goodwin  DH 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Bumbry  Center Fielder 
Kiko Garcia  Shortstop 
Ken Singleton  Right Fielder 
Eddie Murray  First Baseman 
Doug DeCinces  Third Baseman 
Lee May  DH 
Gary Roenicke  Left Fielder 
Rich Dauer  Second Baseman 
Dave Skaggs  Catcher 
Earl Weaver  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Orioles 1
Memorial Stadium
August 31, 1979

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         Game of 8/31/1979 -- Minnesota at Baltimore (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI
Powell H, rf          4  0  2  0   Bumbry A, cf          4  0  1  0   
Rivera B, ph-rf       1  0  0  0   Garcia K, ss          3  0  0  0   
Wilfong R, 2b         5  0  1  0   Kelly P, ph           0  0  0  0   
Smalley R, ss         3  0  0  0   Belanger M, ss        0  0  0  0   
Landreaux K, cf       4  1  1  1   Singleton K, rf       3  0  0  0   
Edwards D, lf         3  1  1  0   Murray E, 1b          2  0  1  0   
Cubbage M, 3b         3  0  1  0   DeCinces D, 3b        4  1  1  0   
Castino J, 3b         1  0  0  0   May L, dh             3  0  1  0   
Jackson R, 1b         4  0  0  0   Roenicke G, lf        3  0  1  1   
Goodwin D, dh         3  0  0  0   Dauer R, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Norwood W, ph         1  0  0  0   Skaggs D, c           3  0  1  0   
Wynegar B, c          3  1  1  0   Crowley T, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  3  7  1                        30  1  6  1

Minnesota        001 002 000 --  3
Baltimore        000 100 000 --  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Goltz D (W)*          7.0  5  1  1  5  7
Marshall M (S)        2.0  1  0  0  1  2

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Martinez D (L)        6.2  6  3  3  3  5
Martinez T            2.1  1  0  0  0  5
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Skaggs D, Garcia K
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Baltimore 8
2B -- Edwards D
HR -- Landreaux K
CS -- Kelly P
WP -- Goltz D, Martinez D 3
T -- 3:03
A -- 30816

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