Ken Landreaux rapped a homer, two doubles and a single in support of Geoff Zahn, who allowed only three hits and pitched the Twins to a 6-0 victory over the A's. Landreaux hit his doubles in the fourth and sixth innings and scored both times on singles by Glenn Adams. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 6, Oakland Athletics 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 12, 1980 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Twins 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 - 6 10 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Jackson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Landreaux lf 5 3 4 1 0 0 .357 Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Smalley ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 .214 Essian dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .444 Adams dh 3 0 2 2 0 0 .500 Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morales ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Heath rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rivera pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sofield cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .308 Klutts 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Wynegar c 4 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Powell rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .375 Picciolo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Wilfong 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .100 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Castino 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lysander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 10 6 2 2 Totals 31 0 3 0 0 1 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 5,783 Left on Base: Twins 6, A's 4 DP: Twins 0, A's 1 Errors: Castino Doubles: Landreaux 2 (2) Triples: Powell (1) Home Runs: Landreaux (1) Stolen Bases: Wilfong (1) Sacrifice Hits: Sofield (1), Castino (2) Hit by Pitch: Wilfong (1,by Lacey) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn W(1-0) 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 31 0.00 Totals 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 31 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman L(0-1) 5.1 5 3 3 2 2 0 22 5.06 Lacey 2 3 3 3 0 0 1 10 6.75 Lysander 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 10 6 6 2 2 1 39 Hit by Pitch: Lacey (1) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry McCoy TWINS 1ST: R. Jackson made an out to third; Landreaux flied out to right; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy singled to right; Essian flied out to center; Newman lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (second to first); Sofield was called out on strikes; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering flied out to left; Klutts grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 3RD: Powell flied out to center; Wilfong walked; Wilfong stole second; Castino grounded out (second to first) [Wilfong to third]; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Guerrero lined to left; Picciolo lined to right; Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 4TH: Landreaux doubled to left; Smalley walked; Adams singled to center [Landreaux scored, Smalley to second]; Sofield out on a sacrifice bunt (second to pitcher) [Smalley to third, Adams to second]; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Smalley scored, Adams to third]; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Essian singled to left; Newman lined to center; Heath grounded out (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. TWINS 5TH: Wilfong singled to right; Castino out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wilfong to second]; R. Jackson lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Wilfong out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering reached on an error by Castino [Revering to second]; Klutts grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to left; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Athletics 0. TWINS 6TH: Landreaux doubled to right; Smalley flied out to right [Landreaux to third]; Adams singled to right [Landreaux scored]; LACEY REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Sofield flied out to right; Wynegar forced Adams (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson lined to pitcher; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0. TWINS 7TH: Powell grounded out (first unassisted); Wilfong was hit by a pitch; Castino flied out to center; R. Jackson forced Wilfong (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Heath grounded out (second to first); Revering grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Athletics 0. TWINS 8TH: Landreaux homered; Smalley flied out to right; MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales singled to right; RIVERA RAN FOR MORALES; Sofield singled to left [Rivera to second]; LYSANDER REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivera to third, Sofield to second]; Debut game for Rick Lysander; Powell tripled to left [Rivera scored, Sofield scored]; Wilfong flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Klutts struck out; Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0. TWINS 9TH: Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); R. Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; Landreaux singled to center; Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Henderson popped to first in foul territory; Murphy lined to second; Essian singled to center; Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Athletics 0.

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