Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
May 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Minnesota Twins 16

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 1 3 1
Bailor 3b,rf 5 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 3 1 0 0
Carty dh 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 2
Velez rf 3 2 2 2
  Gomez ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Woods lf 2 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0
  McKay ph,2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Randall 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Smalley ss 5 4 4 4
Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Kusick pr,1b 2 3 2 2
Morales dh 2 1 1 0
  Adams ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Norwood cf 3 0 1 0
  Wynegar ph,c 1 1 0 0
Landreaux lf 5 3 4 5
Castino 3b 3 2 2 1
  Wilfong pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Rivera rf 4 0 3 4
Borgmann c 3 0 1 0
  Edwards pr,cf 2 1 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 16 19 16
Toronto 012 003 000690
Minnesota 110 036 41x16191
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   4.2 9 5 5 3 3
  Willis  L (0-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Freisleben   0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Moore   1.0 4 4 4 0 1
  Murphy   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 8.0 19 16 16 6 5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   5.0 7 5 5 2 2
  Redfern   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Brett   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Bacsik  W (1-0) 3.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 9 6 6 4 3

  E–Randall (1).  DP–Toronto 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Toronto Woods (9,off Erickson); Carty (3,off Erickson); Mayberry (8,off Erickson); Velez (6,off Redfern), Minnesota Norwood (9,off Underwood); Rivera 2 (4,off Underwood,off Freisleben); Landreaux (7,off Underwood); Borgmann (1,off Willis); Randall (1,off Moore).  3B–Toronto Griffin 2 (2,off Erickson 2), Minnesota Castino (1,off Willis).  HR–Toronto Velez (3,2nd inning off Erickson 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Smalley 2 (8,1st inning off Underwood 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Moore 1 on, 0 out); Kusick 2 (3,7th inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Murphy 0 on, 2 out); Landreaux (4,7th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Woods (3,off Brett); Randall (2,off Willis).  SF–Mayberry (1,off Erickson).  HBP–R Jackson (3,by Willis); Castino (1,by Moore).  IBB–Morales (2,by Underwood).  CS–Woods (1,2nd base by Erickson/Borgmann).  WP–Underwood (3), Freisleben (2), Moore (3), Erickson (2).  HBP–Willis (1,R Jackson); Moore (2,Castino).  IBB–Underwood (1,Morales).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Les Novack, 2B–Bill Follmer, 3B–Mike Briscese.  T–3:14.  A–3,126.

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