Sunday July 22, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Led by Glenn Adams, who had three hits including a homer, the Twins routed the Blue Jays, 13-1. The Twins collected six consecutive hits in the seventh inning with Butch Wynegar, Hosken Powell and Mike Cubbage singling in runs and Rob Wilfong adding a two-run single. Adams hit his solo homer in the fourth, singled in the sixth and stroked a run-scoring single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 13, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Sunday, July 22, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 3 Twins 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 0 x - 13 17 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .251 Wilfong 2b 3 1 1 3 0 1 .319 Woods lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .289 Smalley ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 .346 Howell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Landreaux cf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .292 Carty dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .258 Cubbage 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .251 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Castino pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .277 Velez rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .260 Adams dh 5 3 3 2 0 0 .336 Bosetti cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Wynegar c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .286 Cerone c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Powell rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .335 Ainge 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Goodwin 1b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .375 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Jackson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards lf 4 1 1 0 0 3 .296 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 7 1 1 9 Totals 37 13 17 10 4 5 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 18,927 Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Twins 7 DP: Blue Jays 0, Twins 3 Errors: Bosetti, Ainge 2 Doubles: Smalley 2 (20) Triples: Goodwin (2) Home Runs: Velez (9), Adams (8) Caught Stealing: Smalley (2) Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (14), Wynegar (7) Sacrifice Flies: Wilfong (7) GIDP: Howell (5), Mayberry (6) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(7-8) 5.1 8 5 5 3 3 1 26 3.54 Miller 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 6 5.51 Freisleben 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 3 5.24 Jefferson 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 9 4.86 Totals 8 17 13 13 4 5 1 44 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Redfern W(5-0) 7 5 1 1 1 9 1 25 2.77 Marshall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.20 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 9 1 32 Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (11), Jefferson (2) Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Woods walked; Howell struck out; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Wilfong struck out; Smalley walked; Landreaux flied out to left; Smalley was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry made an out to second; Velez flied out to center; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Adams popped to third in foul territory; Wynegar walked; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone flied out to center; Ainge struck out; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Goodwin tripled; Edwards was called out on strikes; Wilfong lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Goodwin scored]; Smalley doubled; Landreaux singled to left [Smalley scored, Landreaux out at second (left to catcher to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Woods singled; Howell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Woods out at second]; Carty singled; Mayberry singled [Carty to second]; Velez struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. TWINS 4TH: Cubbage flied out to left; Adams homered; Wynegar flied out to center; Powell singled; Goodwin forced Powell (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti struck out; Cerone grounded out (third to first); Ainge was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 3. TWINS 5TH: Edwards singled; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Edwards to second]; Smalley flied out to right [Edwards to third]; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Edwards scored]; Landreaux was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin singled; Woods lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Griffin out at first]; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 4. TWINS 6TH: Cubbage walked; Adams singled [Cubbage to second]; Wynegar reached on an error by Ainge (assist by Mayberry) on a sacrifice bunt [Cubbage to third, Adams to second]; Powell forced Cubbage (pitcher to catcher) [Adams to third, Wynegar to second]; Goodwin singled [Adams scored, Wynegar to third, Powell to second]; MILLER REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Edwards struck out; Wilfong flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry flied out to right; Velez homered; Bosetti lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 5. TWINS 7TH: Smalley doubled; Landreaux singled [Smalley to third]; Cubbage singled [Smalley scored, Landreaux to third]; CASTINO RAN FOR CUBBAGE; Adams singled [Landreaux scored, Castino to third]; FREISLEBEN REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Wynegar singled [Castino scored, Adams to third]; Powell singled [Adams scored (RBI), Wynegar to third, Powell to second (error by Bosetti)]; Goodwin walked; JEFFERSON REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Jefferson threw a wild pitch [Wynegar scored, Powell to third, Goodwin to second]; Edwards struck out; Wilfong singled [Powell scored, Goodwin scored]; Smalley popped to third in foul territory [Wilfong scored (error by Ainge) (no RBI)]; Landreaux singled; Castino forced Landreaux (shortstop to second); 8 R, 8 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 13. BLUE JAYS 8TH: CASTINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); R. JACKSON REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING 1B); MARSHALL REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Cerone lined to second; Ainge grounded out (third to first); Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 13. TWINS 8TH: Adams made an out to second; Wynegar singled; Powell flied out to left; R. Jackson forced Wynegar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 13. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Woods popped to catcher in foul territory; Howell singled; Carty singled [Howell to second]; Mayberry grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 13.

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