Don Money drove in three runs and Gorman Thomas and Ben Oglivie batted in two apiece to lead the Brewers to an 11-8 victory over the Twins. Thomas accounted for his RBIs with his 45th homer of the season in the first inning. Butch Wynegar had four hits for the Twins and had a hand in half their runs, scoring two and driving in two. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 11, Minnesota Twins 8
Game Played on Saturday, September 29, 1979 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      3  0  3    0  0  2    2  1  0  -  11 14  1
Twins        3  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  0  -   8 13  3


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor ss            4   1   2   1     1   1   .322      Powell rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Gantner 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .283        Ward rf             1   0   1   1     0   0   .286
Davis lf              5   3   2   0     0   0   .266        Cubbage ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .274
Thomas cf             3   2   2   2     2   1   .242        Randall 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Oglivie dh            5   3   3   2     0   1   .282      Wilfong 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Money 1b              5   1   2   3     0   0   .240        Norwood ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Smalley ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .271
Wohlford rf           3   0   0   1     0   2   .269      Goodwin dh            2   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Sakata 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .500        Morales ph,dh       2   1   0   0     1   0   .267
Mitchell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Adams lf              2   1   1   1     0   0   .299
  Augustine p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rivera ph,lf        3   1   1   1     0   2   .279
  Boitano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sofield cf            2   0   1   1     0   0   .300
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Edwards ph,cf       2   0   0   0     0   2   .249
                                                          Wynegar c             4   2   4   2     0   0   .272
                                                          R. Jackson 1b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .271
                                                          Castino 3b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .285
                                                          Hartzell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Zahn p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Serum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37  11  14  11     3   6             Totals               40   8  13   8     1   6

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  8,658
Left on Base: Brewers 4, Twins 6
DP: Brewers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Gantner, Smalley, Sofield, Zahn
Doubles: Davis (13), Oglivie (30), Sakata (1), Rivera (13)
Triples: Castino (8)
Home Runs: Thomas (45)
Stolen Bases: Davis (3)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Gantner (3), Wohlford (3)
GIDP: Money (10), Wilfong (2)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mitchell W(4-7)         5     6   3   3   0   2   0  21   5.32
Augustine               2.1   5   5   5   1   3   0  13   3.47
Boitano                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.80
McClure SV(5)           1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.88
Totals                  9    13   8   8   1   6   0  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hartzell L(6-10)        2.2   5   6   6   2   1   1  15   5.36
Zahn                    4.1   5   4   2   1   3   0  19   3.57
Serum                   1     3   1   1   0   1   0   5   6.61
Marshall                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.65
Totals                  9    14  11   9   3   6   1  42

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry Barnett


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to center [Molitor to second (error
by Sofield)]; Gantner hit a sacrifice fly to left [Molitor
scored]; Davis doubled to left; Thomas homered [Davis scored];
Oglivie made an out to third; Money made an out to shortstop; 3
R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Wilfong made an out to
shortstop; Smalley singled to right [Powell to second]; Goodwin
struck out; Adams singled to right [Powell scored, Smalley to
third]; Sofield singled to left [Smalley scored, Adams to
second]; Wynegar singled to center [Adams scored, Sofield to
second]; R. Jackson popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
struck out; Sakata made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 2ND: Castino reached on an error by Gantner; Powell forced
Castino (shortstop to second); Wilfong grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Powell out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Twins 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Molitor walked; Gantner forced Molitor (first to
shortstop); Davis forced Gantner (shortstop to second); Davis
stole second; Thomas walked; Oglivie doubled to right [Davis
scored, Thomas scored]; Money singled to right [Oglivie scored];
ZAHN REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING); Fosse grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Goodwin flied
out to right; Adams made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 6, Twins 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Wohlford flied out to left; Sakata grounded out
(second to first); Molitor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Sofield grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
singled to right; R. Jackson was called out on strikes; Castino
forced Wynegar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 6, Twins 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Gantner grounded out (first unassisted); Davis
flied out to center; Thomas walked; Thomas was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Powell grounded out (first unassisted); Wilfong flied
out to right; Smalley made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 6, Twins 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Oglivie singled [Oglivie to second (error by
Zahn)]; Money reached on an error by Smalley [Oglivie to third];
Fosse struck out; Wohlford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oglivie
scored (unearned), Money to second]; Sakata singled to right
[Money scored (unearned)]; Molitor forced Sakata (shortstop to
second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: AUGUSTINE REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING); MORALES
BATTED FOR GOODWIN; Morales flied out to left; RIVERA BATTED FOR
ADAMS; Rivera was called out on strikes; EDWARDS BATTED FOR
SOFIELD; Edwards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 8, Twins 3.

BREWERS 7TH: WARD REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING RF); RIVERA STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Gantner
made an out to third; Davis singled to left; Thomas was called
out on strikes; Oglivie singled to right [Davis to third]; Money
singled to right [Davis scored, Oglivie scored]; Fosse flied out
to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 10, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar singled to center; R. Jackson flied out to
left; Castino tripled to right [Wynegar scored]; Ward singled to
right [Castino scored]; Wilfong flied out to center; Smalley
forced Ward (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 10, Twins 5.

BREWERS 8TH: SERUM REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Wohlford struck
out; Sakata doubled to center; Molitor singled to left [Sakata
scored, Molitor out at second (left to second)]; Gantner singled
to left; Davis made an out to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 11, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: Morales walked; Rivera doubled to left [Morales
scored]; Edwards was called out on strikes; Wynegar singled to
left [Rivera scored]; BOITANO REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); R.
Jackson singled to center [Wynegar to third]; Castino made an
out to shortstop; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WARD; Cubbage singled to
center [Wynegar scored, R. Jackson to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED
BOITANO (PITCHING); NORWOOD BATTED FOR WILFONG; Norwood grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 11, Twins
8.

BREWERS 9TH: RANDALL REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING 2B); NORWOOD
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MARSHALL REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING);
Thomas singled to left; Oglivie struck out; Money grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Thomas out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 11, Twins 8.

TWINS 9TH: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Morales popped
to catcher in foul territory; Rivera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 11, Twins 8.