Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
August 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 0 2 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Kelly dh 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 0
Roenicke lf 4 1 3 3
Smith 2b 3 0 1 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 4 0 1 1
  Castino 3b 0 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 1 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 1 2 1
Powell rf 4 0 3 0
Goodwin dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 2 1 0 1
Edwards lf 2 1 1 1
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0
Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
  Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Baltimore 010 101 0003101
Minnesota 010 010 11x480
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (14-11) 8.0 8 4 3 1 8
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
1
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hartzell   5.0 7 2 2 2 1
  Redfern  W (7-2) 3.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Marshall  SV (27) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
5

  E–DeCinces (10).  2B–Baltimore Roenicke (12,off Hartzell); DeCinces (19,off Hartzell), Minnesota Wilfong (20,off D Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Roenicke (21,6th inning off Redfern 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Edwards (7,7th inning off D Martinez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Edwards (1,off D Martinez).  SB–Kelly (3,2nd base off Hartzell/Borgmann); Garcia (11,2nd base off Hartzell/Borgmann).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:29.
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