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.