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May 17, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 14 4
Royals 6 11 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 14 4
Royals 6 11 3

Amos Otis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .344
OBP .500 .442
At Bats 3 128
Hits 1 44
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 1 23

Mike Marshall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 9
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Royals Stadium - May 17, 1979
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Mike Marshall
Butch Wynegar
Ron Jackson
Rob Wilfong
John Castino
Roy Smalley
Ken Landreaux
Willie Norwood
Hosken Powell
Amos Otis
George Brett
Jerry Terrell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 7 14 4 9
Kansas City Royals 6 11 3 6
Winning Pitcher Jerry Koosman
Losing Pitcher Dennis Leonard
Save Mike Marshall
Game Winning RBI Butch Wynegar
Attendance 21,437
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marshall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jerry Terrell pinch runs for Tom Poquette. Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Terrell moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tom Poquette pinch hits for Willie Wilson. Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. LaCock scores.
Bottom 9 Pete LaCock pinch hits for U L Washington. LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Landreaux. LaCock reaches second base with a double. Hurdle scores.
Bottom 9 Mike Marshall now pitching. Steve Braun pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Braun hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field. Norwood picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Norwood. Wathan goes all the way around to score. Hurdle moves to third.
Bottom 9 Wathan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Jose Morales pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Morales hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jackson hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Porter strikes out.
Bottom 8 Wynegar fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Wynegar. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Landreaux fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Landreaux. Wilson scores. Brett goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Washington is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Landreaux hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Castino scores. Powell moves to second.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Castino moves to third.
Top 8 Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Castino moves to second.
Top 8 Castino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wilfong hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 There goes Norwood. The throw from Porter and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Top 8 Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wathan hits a popup towards first. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a line drive towards first. Wathan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Eduardo Rodriguez now pitching. Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Powell bunts towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out. Castino moves to second.
Top 6 Castino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wilfong hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Norwood hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson moves to third.
Top 5 Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Porter tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Castino. Porter moves to third.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Porter is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Landreaux is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Powell moves to third.
Top 4 Powell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilfong scores.
Top 4 Castino bunts towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilfong moves to second.
Top 4 Wilfong hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Koosman fires to first and has Wilson trapped. There's the throw to Smalley who tags Wilson for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Norwood hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes McRae. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Bottom 2 Hurdle hits a popup towards third. Castino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wathan hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wynegar for the out.
Top 2 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out. Smalley moves to second.
Top 2 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Koosman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Otis. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Bottom 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wilfong hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Norwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Adams moves to second.
Top 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards second. Washington throws towards the plate. Porter fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Porter. Wynegar scores. Jackson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Otis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Otis. Landreaux scores. Wynegar moves to third. Jackson moves to second.
Top 1 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smalley scores. Landreaux moves to second.
Top 1 Landreaux hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third.
Top 1 Smalley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Smalley reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.