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Kansas City Royals 3 Minnesota Twins 8

September 5,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (73-66)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (72-66)

Game Date

September 5,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

11,647

Time of Game

2:48

Umpires

[HP]: Durwood Merrill [1B]: Dallas Parks [2B]: Dave Phillips [3B]: Al Clark

Kansas City Royals 3 Minnesota Twins 8

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7th inning: **Debut game for Jesus Vega**
8th inning: **Debut game for Craig Eaton**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	73-66		0	0	1		1	0	1		0	0	0			3	10	1		2	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	72-66		1	4	0		0	0	2		1	0	x			8	13	1		3	8	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Willie Wilson	lf	24.058	B	4	0	1	0		0	1	.306		131	283
2	Hal McRae	dh	34.057	R	4	0	0	1		0	1	.277		81	1174
3	Amos Otis	cf	32.132	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.295		133	1510
4	George Brett	3b	26.113	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.329		136	867
5	Darrell Porter	c	27.231	L	4	2	2	1		0	0	.298		135	951
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.231	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.280		114	583
7	Al Cowens	rf	27.315	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.300		118	794
8	Frank White	2b	29.001	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.251		105	813
	Jim Nettles	ph	32.187	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	229
9	U L Washington	ss	25.313	B	3	0	1	0		0	1	.249		78	157
	Clint Hurdle	ph	22.037	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.230		50	192
Totals

Errors: Pete LaCock

2B: Amos Otis (24), Darrell Porter (20)

HR: Darrell Porter (18)

RBI: Hal McRae (59), Darrell Porter (95), Al Cowens (66)

GDP: Al Cowens (9)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Randall	2b	31.091	R	4	2	2	1		1	0	.273		66	441
2	John Castino	3b	24.317	R	4	2	4	2		0	0	.292		125	125
3	Jose Morales	dh	34.249	R	2	0	1	2		0	1	.270		78	477
	Mike Cubbage	ph	29.046	L	0	0	0	0		2	0	.273		84	523
	Jesus Vega	ph	23.326	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	1
4	Ron Jackson	1b	26.119	R	5	0	2	3		0	0	.272		135	486
5	Roy Smalley	ss	26.315	B	4	0	1	0		1	0	.294		138	668
6	Dave Edwards	lf	25.193	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.267		80	95
7	Ken Landreaux	cf	24.257	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.310		133	249
8	Bombo Rivera	rf	27.034	R	4	2	0	0		0	0	.279		94	268
9	Butch Wynegar	c	23.175	B	3	2	2	0		0	0	.270		127	555
Totals

Errors: Dave Edwards

3B: John Castino (6), Jose Morales (1), Ron Jackson (4)

RBI: Bob Randall (13), John Castino 2 (41), Jose Morales 2 (24), Ron Jackson 3 (61)

SH: John Castino (18), Dave Edwards (2), Ken Landreaux (10), Butch Wynegar (10)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Splittorff	L	L 13-15	1.2	6	5	5	1	1	0		4.18	1.34		31	301
2	Rich Gale	R		4.0	4	0	0	3	1	0		5.47	1.60		32	63
3	Renie Martin	R		1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0		8.38	1.86		16	16
4	Al Hrabosky	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.21	1.61		52	439
5	Craig Eaton	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.00		1	1
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Splittorff (0-0-0), Rich Gale (0-0-0), Renie Martin (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0), Craig Eaton (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Goltz	R	W 13-10	9.0	10	3	3	1	5	1		4.09	1.38		31	242
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Goltz (0-0-0)