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Tigers 8 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
May 5, 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 5, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 5, 1979 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJack Billingham  
Losing PitcherPaul Hartzell  
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Game Winning RBIRusty Staub 

Game Info

DateMay 5, 1979 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMark Fidrych  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Hartzell  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance15,002 
Time of Game2 hours 47 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Derryl Cousins
1B: Bill Hafner
2B: Gene Kelly
3B: Larry Gallagher

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Jerry Morales  Right Fielder 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Phil Mankowski  Third Baseman 
Mark Wagner  Second 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  DH 
Butch Wynegar  Catcher 
Ron Jackson  First Baseman 
Rob Wilfong  Second Baseman 
Willie Norwood  Center Fielder 
Rick Sofield  Right Fielder 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

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Tigers 8 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
May 5, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/5/1979 -- Detroit at Minnesota (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, cf         4  3  3  2   Cubbage M, 3b         2  0  0  0   
Jones L, cf           1  0  0  0   Castino J, ph-3b      3  0  0  0   
Morales J, rf         5  1  1  0   Smalley R, ss         4  1  1  1   
Staub R, dh           4  2  2  3   Landreaux K, lf       5  0  2  0   
Kemp S, lf            4  0  3  2   Adams G, dh           2  1  1  0   
Thompson J, 1b        3  0  2  1   Morales J, ph         3  0  1  1   
Parrish L, c          4  0  0  0   Wynegar B, c          4  1  1  1   
Mankowski P, 3b       2  1  1  0   Jackson R, 1b         4  0  2  0   
Rodriguez A, 3b       1  0  0  0   Wilfong R, 2b         2  0  1  1   
Wagner M, 2b          4  0  1  0   Randall B, ph-2b      2  0  1  0   
Trammell A, ss        5  1  0  0   Norwood W, cf         4  0  0  0   
                                   Sofield R, rf         0  1  0  0   
                                   Rivera B, ph-rf       2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8 13  8                        37  4 10  4

Detroit          321 000 020 --  8
Minnesota        001 101 100 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fidrych M             4.0  4  2  2  2  1
Burnside S            1.1  2  1  1  1  1
Billingham J (W)      3.2  4  1  1  1  3

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hartzell P (L)        4.0 11  6  6  3  1
Bacsik M              3.1  1  2  0  3  1
Brett K               0.2  1  0  0  1  0
Serum G               1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Trammell A, Norwood W, Serum G
DP -- Detroit 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Detroit 11, Minnesota 10
2B -- Staub R 2, Kemp S 2, Adams G, Wilfong R
3B -- Smalley R, LeFlore R
HR -- Wynegar B
SB -- LeFlore R
SH -- Parrish L, Wagner M
PB -- Wynegar B
T -- 2:47
A -- 15002

    

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