Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
July 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Minnesota Twins 3, Cleveland Indians 9

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 2 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 1
Adams lf 4 1 3 2
Landreaux cf 4 0 1 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 0
Cubbage dh 4 0 1 0
Jackson R. 1b 4 0 0 0
Castino 3b 3 0 1 0
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 1 0 0 0
  Norris cf 2 0 1 1
Bonds rf 5 2 3 2
Harrah ss,3b 3 1 2 1
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 1
  Hargrove 1b 0 0 0 0
Johnson dh 5 0 3 2
  Alston pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Alexander c 4 1 1 1
Cox 3b 4 1 1 0
  Veryzer ss 1 0 0 0
Pruitt lf 5 3 3 0
Rosello 2b 1 1 0 1
  Kuiper 2b 0 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 9
Minnesota 300 000 0003101
Cleveland 012 203 10x9140
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (1-1) 3.1 7 5 3 2 2
  Bacsik   2.1 4 3 3 2 2
  Redfern   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Marshall   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
7
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  W (5-4) 9.0 10 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
0
2

  E–Adams (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Minnesota Wilfong (13,off Paxton); Adams (10,off Paxton), Cleveland Norris (6,off D Jackson); Johnson (8,off Marshall).  3B–Minnesota Castino (4,off Paxton).  HR–Minnesota Adams (5,1st inning off Paxton 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Alexander (10,2nd inning off D Jackson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rosello (5,off Bacsik); Norris (3,off Bacsik).  SF–Rosello (1,off D Jackson); Thornton (4,off Bacsik).  SB–Adams (2,2nd base off Paxton/Alexander); Bonds (22,2nd base off Bacsik/Wynegar).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:35.  A–10,589.
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