Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 3 3 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 5 1 3 2
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Staub dh 4 0 3 2
Parrish c 5 0 1 0
Morales rf 5 1 3 0
Mankowski 3b 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
  Corcoran ph 0 0 0 1
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 4 0 2 3
  Castino ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 3 0 2 1
Landreaux lf 5 0 0 0
Adams rf 4 1 1 1
  Rivera rf 0 0 0 0
Wynegar c 4 1 1 0
Jackson 1b 3 1 1 1
Morales dh 4 0 0 0
Norwood cf 4 2 2 0
Wilfong 2b 2 2 2 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Serum p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 6
Detroit 001 202 1006141
Minnesota 001 311 10x7111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   5.0 7 5 4 2 0
  Lopez  L (0-1) 2.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Hiller   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
4
0
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern   4.0 5 3 1 4 4
  Serum   1.2 5 2 2 0 2
  Bacsik   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Marshall  W (4-1) 2.2 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
4
4
7

  E–Thompson (1), Wilfong (2).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Detroit Staub 2 (3,off Redfern,off Serum); Morales (7,off Bacsik); Kemp (4,off Marshall), Minnesota Cubbage (3,off Lopez).  HR–Minnesota R Jackson (3,5th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 2 out); Adams (2,7th inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thompson (2,off Serum); Corcoran (1,off Marshall).  SH–Wilfong (3,off Wilcox); Castino (3,off Hiller).  IBB–Smalley (1,by Hiller).  SB–Norwood (3,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish).  WP–Redfern (1).  IBB–Hiller (2,Smalley).  U-HP–Larry Gallagher, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Bill Hafner, 3B–Gene Kelly.  T–2:47.  A–5,768.
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