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Overcoming early shakiness, Rick Langford went the route on a five-hitter as the A's won their second straight game over the Twins, 6-3. The game was tied, 3-3, in the fourth inning when Rickey Henderson walked and registered on a triple by Dwayne Murphy. Tony Armas drilled a solo homer in the fifth to make it 5-3 and Mike Heath stroked a run-scoring single in the seventh to complete the scoring. Oakland Athletics 6, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Friday, April 10, 1981 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 11 2 Twins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 3 2 1 1 0 .286 Powell rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Murphy cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .250 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Castino 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .375 Gross 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Smalley ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .167 Armas rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .625 Adams dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 .167 Page dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Ward lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Heath c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .286 Hatcher 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnston cf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .167 Stanley ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 Smith c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 11 5 4 2 Totals 31 3 5 3 3 4 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 4,552 Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 4 DP: A's 1, Twins 2 Errors: Gross, Langford, Ward, Hatcher Doubles: Adams (1) Triples: Henderson (1), Murphy (1) Home Runs: Armas (2) Caught Stealing: Page (1) Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (2) GIDP: Gross (1), Hatcher (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(1-0) 9 5 3 3 3 4 0 34 3.00 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 4 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(0-1) 6.2 8 6 5 4 2 1 33 6.75 Arroyo 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 11 6 5 4 2 1 40 Balks: Erickson (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to left; Erickson balked [Henderson to second]; Murphy flied to left; Revering reached on an error by Hatcher [Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Gross flied to center; Armas singled to left [Revering to second]; Page walked [Revering to third, Armas to second]; Heath struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to third; Wilfong flied to right; Castino singled to shortstop [Powell to second]; Smalley singled to right [Powell scored, Castino to second]; Adams doubled to right [Castino scored, Smalley to third]; Ward grounded out (shortstop to first) [Smalley scored]; Hatcher grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 2ND: Doyle flied to left; Stanley singled to center; Henderson tripled to center [Stanley scored]; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Henderson scored]; Revering singled to center; Gross struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. TWINS 2ND: Johnston struck out; Smith flied to left; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Page flied to center; Heath flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. TWINS 3RD: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Castino lined to center; Smalley walked; Adams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley flied to right; Henderson walked; Murphy tripled to right [Henderson scored]; Revering flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 3. TWINS 4TH: Ward struck out; Hatcher grounded out (third to first); Johnston walked; Smith flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas homered; Page popped to third in foul territory; Heath flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. TWINS 5TH: Powell popped to third; Wilfong flied to right; Castino singled to left; Castino was picked off first but was safe on an error by Langford [Castino to second]; Smalley flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Doyle grounded out (second to first); Stanley singled to center; Henderson popped to first; Murphy grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. TWINS 6TH: Adams walked; Ward reached on an error by Gross [Adams to second]; Adams was out trying to advance to third (second unassisted); Brian Doyle caught Glenn Adams with the hidden ball trick; Hatcher grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Ward out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering popped to shortstop; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas walked; Page walked [Armas to second]; ARROYO REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Heath singled to left [Armas scored, Page to third, Heath to second (error by Ward)]; Page was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. TWINS 7TH: Johnston struck out; Smith grounded out (third to first); Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley singled to shortstop; Henderson lined into a double play (center to center to first) [Stanley out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: Wilfong flied to right; Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy singled to left; Revering popped to second; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. TWINS 9TH: Adams was called out on strikes; Ward grounded out (shortstop to first); Hatcher flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. |
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