Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
August 29, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 7, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 5 0 1 0
Ayala lf 4 1 2 0
  Bumbry pr,cf 1 2 1 0
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
Murray 1b 5 3 3 7
DeCinces 3b 2 0 0 0
Roenicke cf,lf 3 0 0 0
May dh 5 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0
Skaggs c 4 0 0 0
Ford p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 1 0
Smalley ss 3 0 1 1
Landreaux cf 3 1 1 0
Cubbage dh 2 0 1 0
  Morales ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Goodwin 1b 2 1 1 1
  Jackson ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Edwards lf 4 0 1 2
Castino 3b 3 0 1 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Baltimore 000 030 202791
Minnesota 000 110 200470
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W (2-0) 6.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Martinez T.   0.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Martinez D.   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse  SV (15) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (10-5) 6.1 7 5 5 5 2
  Marshall   2.2 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
6
4

  E–Garcia (23).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Ayala (4,off Zahn), Minnesota Cubbage (9,off Ford).  3B–Baltimore Garcia (8,off Zahn), Minnesota Wilfong (4,off Ford).  HR–Baltimore Murray 3 (21,5th inning off Zahn 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off Zahn 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Marshall 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Goodwin (3,5th inning off Ford 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–DeCinces (3,by Marshall).  CS–Smalley (3,2nd base by Ford/Skaggs); Wilfong (3,2nd base by Stanhouse/Skaggs).  WP–T Martinez (6), Marshall (7).  HBP–Marshall (3,DeCinces).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:47.  A–11,470.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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