Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
July 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Wynegar c 4 1 2 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 3 2
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Adams rf 4 0 0 1
  Rivera rf 0 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 1 1 0
Cubbage dh 3 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 3 1 1 0
Edwards lf 3 1 1 0
Castino 3b 3 1 1 2
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 1
Kemp lf 4 1 1 2
Morales rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
Wockenfuss dh 4 0 1 1
Brookens 3b 3 0 1 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner pr 0 1 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 1 1 2
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Minnesota 000 040 0105103
Detroit 200 100 003690
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn   6.2 6 3 3 3 1
  Marshall  L (9-9) 1.2 3 3 2 1 0
Totals
8.1
9
6
5
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Young   4.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Tobik   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Lopez  W (4-2) 5.0 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Wynegar (5), Wilfong (8), Zahn (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Minnesota Wynegar (9,off Young); Wilfong (14,off Young); Edwards (3,off Young).  3B–Detroit Parrish (2,off Zahn).  HR–Detroit Kemp (13,1st inning off Zahn 1 on, 1 out); Summers (9,9th inning off Marshall 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Wilfong (12,off Lopez); R Jackson (5,off Lopez); Castino (13,off Lopez).  SF–Adams (3,off Lopez).  IBB–Edwards (1,by Lopez).  SB–LeFlore (45,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar).  CS–Brookens (1,3rd base by Zahn/Wynegar).  IBB–Lopez (3,Edwards).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:49.  A–17,747.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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