Kansas City Royals (1) Minnesota Twins (0)

| 1979

Date of Game: Monday, September 03, 1979
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Kansas City Royals (AL)	Minnesota Twins (AL)
Record: 73-64	Record: 70-66
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Attendance: 19,643 Time of Game: 2:22

Game Notes:

Gary Ward - 1st career game

Dennis Leonard - Complete game/Shutout

Best at-bats

U.L. Washington 1B in 8th inning (31.07)

Ron Jackson 2B in 8th inning (9.12)

Darrell Porter BB in 8th inning (7.33)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	0
Minnesota Twins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Wilson	lf	24.056	4	0	0	0	0	0	.307	129	281	5	42	65
Hal McRae	dh	34.055	3	0	1	0	1	1	.284	79	1172	8	58	4
Amos Otis	cf	32.130	4	0	1	0	0	1	.297	131	1508	17	84	30
George Brett	3b	26.111	4	0	2	0	0	0	.331	134	865	18	90	13
Al Cowens	rf	27.314	4	0	1	0	0	1	.301	116	792	9	65	8
Darrell Porter	c	27.230	3	1	0	0	1	2	.298	133	949	17	94	3
Frank White	2b	28.364	2	0	1	0	0	0	.253	103	811	9	42	20
John Wathan	1b	29.334	3	0	0	0	0	1	.214	75	223	1	22	2
U.L. Washington	ss	25.311	3	0	1	1	0	1	.251	76	155	0	15	7
Totals:			30	1	7	1	2	7	.233	976	6756

Minnesota Twins Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Hosken Powell	rf	24.112	4	0	0	0	0	2	.294	86	207	2	31	5
Glenn Borgmann	c	29.101	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	29	440	0	8	1
Rob Wilfong	2b	26.002	4	0	0	0	0	0	.310	118	281	8	51	9
Roy Smalley	ss	26.313	4	0	0	0	0	0	.295	136	666	22	86	2
Ken Landreaux	cf	24.255	4	0	0	0	0	1	.314	131	247	11	72	10
Butch Wynegar	c	23.173	3	0	1	0	0	1	.267	125	553	6	51	2
Willie Norwood	pr	28.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	87	251	6	28	8
John Castino	3b	24.315	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	123	123	3	39	5
Mike Cubbage	3b	29.044	3	0	1	0	0	1	.273	83	522	2	21	1
Gary Ward	pr-rf	25.271	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Jackson	1b	26.117	3	0	1	0	0	1	.268	133	484	11	57	3
Danny Goodwin	dh	26.001	2	0	0	0	1	2	.282	38	101	3	19	0
Dave Edwards	lf	25.191	3	0	1	0	0	1	.266	78	93	8	27	5
Totals:			30	0	4	0	1	9	.133	1168	3969

Game Stats

2B: Ron Jackson (34), Amos Otis (23), Butch Wynegar (14)
RBIs: U.L. Washington (15)
SH: Frank White (3)
GDP: Al Cowens (8), Amos Otis (9)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dennis Leonard (W 11-9)	28.118	9	4	0	0	1	9	0	4.40	1.22	0	0	0	26	176
Pitching Totals:		9	4	0	0	1	9	0			0	0	0	26	176

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Geoff Zahn (L 10-6)	33.258	9	7	1	1	2	7	0	3.67	1.28	0	0	0	20	137
Pitching Totals:		9	7	1	1	2	7	0			0	0	0	20	137

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Dennis Leonard;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard 0-0-0; Geoff Zahn 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dennis Leonard 31; Geoff Zahn 33;
Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 19,643
Umpires: Home: Dave Phillips 1B Al Clark 2B Durwood Merrill 3B Dallas Parks

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