MINNESOTA 8, SEATTLE 1 IN SEATTLE

Date:  Friday, April 10.

Batting stars:  Randy Bush was 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs.  Kirby Puckett was 2-for-4 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in two.  Steve Lombardozzi was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.

Pitching stars:  Mike Smithson pitched eight innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.  George Frazier pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Jim Presley was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Rey Quinones was 2-for-4.

The game:  Bush hit a two-run homer in a three-run fifth that put the Twins up 5-1.  The Twins had added three in the eighth, two scoring on a two-run homer by Gary Gaetti.

Of Note:  Al Newman started at shortstop in place of Greg Gagne and was 3-for-5 with a run.  Gaetti was 1-for-4.  Tom Brunansky was 0-for-4.

Record:  The Twins remained unbeaten, going to 4-0.  They were in first place, leading California by a game.

Notes:  Dan Gladden remained out of the lineup, with Brunansky in left and Bush in right...I don't remember Jim Presley as a home run hitter, but he hit 28 in 1985, 27 in 1986, and 24 in 1987.  Those were his only really productive years, though.  He hung on in Seattle through 1989, then bounced around a couple more seasons before ending his playing career.  He has stayed in baseball as a coach, and in 2016 was the batting coach for Round Rock.