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New York Yankees 7 Minnesota Twins 5

August 24,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (69-56)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (66-60)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

29,800

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

[HP]: Jim McKean [1B]: Jerry Neudecker [2B]: John Shulock [3B]: George Maloney

New York Yankees 7 Minnesota Twins 5

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	69-56		0	1	3		1	2	0		0	0	0			7	12	1		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	66-60		0	0	0		4	0	0		1	0	0			5	7	2		2	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Willie Randolph	2b	25.049	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.275		121	557
2	Lenny Randle	cf	30.193	B	4	1	2	1		1	0	.238		12	888
3	Lou Piniella	lf	35.361	R	5	1	2	3		0	1	.310		108	1364
4	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.098	L	5	1	1	0		0	1	.297		99	1749
5	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.241	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.277		114	1253
6	Graig Nettles	3b	35.004	L	3	1	2	2		1	0	.251		117	1650
7	Roy White	dh	35.240	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.191		64	1863
8	Jerry Narron	c	23.221	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.150		41	41
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.272	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.230		117	907
Totals

Errors: Chris Chambliss

2B: Willie Randolph (11), Lou Piniella (20), Reggie Jackson (17)

HR: Graig Nettles (16)

RBI: Lenny Randle (2), Lou Piniella 3 (65), Chris Chambliss (50), Graig Nettles 2 (63)

CS: Lou Piniella (1)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Randall	2b	31.079	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.288		60	435
	Glenn Adams	ph	31.324	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.304		106	445
2	John Castino	3b	24.305	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.281		114	114
	Butch Wynegar	ph	23.163	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.268		117	545
3	Roy Smalley	ss	26.303	B	3	1	0	0		1	0	.304		126	656
4	Ron Jackson	1b	26.107	R	3	0	2	1		1	0	.268		123	474
5	Jose Morales	dh	34.237	R	2	1	0	0		0	0	.266		71	470
	Danny Goodwin	ph	25.356	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.315		31	94
6	Dave Edwards	rf	25.181	R	3	1	1	1		0	1	.259		69	84
	Rob Wilfong	ph-lf	25.357	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.325		110	273
7	Ken Landreaux	cf	24.245	L	4	1	1	3		0	0	.318		123	239
8	Bombo Rivera	lf	27.022	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.281		87	261
	Hosken Powell	ph-rf	24.102	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.292		78	199
9	Glenn Borgmann	c	29.091	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.220		26	437
	Mike Cubbage	ph	29.034	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.268		75	514
Totals

Errors: Roy Smalley, Glenn Borgmann

2B: John Castino (12)

HR: Ken Landreaux (10)

RBI: Ron Jackson (54), Dave Edwards (23), Ken Landreaux 3 (70)

SH: Jose Morales (4)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Guidry	L	W 13-7	6.2	6	4	4	3	3	1		2.74	1.11		26	109
2	Rich Gossage	R	SV 11	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0		3.48	1.29		22	345
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ron Guidry (0-0-0), Rich Gossage (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Geoff Zahn	L	L 10-4	5.0	11	6	6	0	4	1		3.70	1.28		18	135
2	Roger Erickson	R		4.0	1	0	0	3	1	0		5.99	1.64		18	55
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Geoff Zahn (0-0-0), Roger Erickson (0-0-0)