The A's posted their third straight victory over the Twins, 3-0, behind the six-hit pitching of Matt Keough. Oakland scored twice in the third inning when Rickey Henderson and Dwayne Murphy walked, advanced on a groundout by Dave Revering and came home on a single by Wayne Gross. Revering collected an RBI single in the seventh to close out the scoring. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 11, 1981 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

A's 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 9 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .200 Powell rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Murphy cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .273 Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .100 Revering 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .222 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .111 Gross 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .222 Adams dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .222 McKay 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Castino 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Armas rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .583 Sofield lf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .200 Page dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 R. Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Johnston cf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .125 Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Mackanin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Picciolo ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .429 Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 3 3 Totals 32 0 6 0 4 6 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 5,536 Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 9 DP: A's 1, Twins 1 Errors: Murphy Triples: Castino (1) Stolen Bases: Henderson (1) GIDP: Johnson (1), Adams (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough W(1-0) 9 6 0 0 4 6 0 36 0.00 Totals 9 6 0 0 4 6 0 36 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Williams L(0-1) 6.2 7 3 3 3 3 0 30 4.05 O'Connor 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 Corbett 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 3 0 37 Wild Pitches: Keough (1) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Jim McKean ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied to center; Murphy singled to left; Revering struck out; Gross singled to right [Murphy to third]; Armas forced Gross (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Wilfong walked; Smalley walked [Wilfong to second]; Adams grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page popped to shortstop; Newman flied to center; Doyle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Castino tripled to right; Sofield was called out on strikes; R. Jackson flied to left; Johnston walked; Smith forced Johnston (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo lined to shortstop; Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy walked; Revering grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to third, Murphy to second]; Gross singled to right [Henderson scored, Murphy scored]; Armas forced Gross (third to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong flied to right; Smalley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled to right; Newman lined to center; Doyle forced Page (second to shortstop); Picciolo forced Doyle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Adams walked; Castino forced Adams (third to second); Sofield singled to center [Castino to second]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Castino to third, Sofield to second]; R. Jackson flied to left; Johnston struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy was called out on strikes; Revering struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Smith lined to first; Powell flied to center; Wilfong singled to center [Wilfong to second (error by Murphy)]; Smalley flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas singled to left; Page flied to left; Newman popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Adams lined to second; Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); Sofield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Picciolo singled to right; Henderson walked [Picciolo to second]; Murphy flied to left; Revering singled to center [Picciolo scored, Henderson to third]; O'CONNOR REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Henderson was picked off third (pitcher to first to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: R. Jackson singled to left; Johnston struck out; Smith singled to left [R. Jackson to second]; Powell flied to left; Wilfong popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas singled to right; JOHNSON BATTED FOR PAGE; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Armas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MCKAY REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Smalley flied to center; Adams singled to right; Castino forced Adams (shortstop to second); Sofield was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: CORBETT REPLACED O'CONNOR (PITCHING); Newman popped to shortstop; Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Picciolo singled to left; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: R. Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; MACKANIN BATTED FOR JOHNSTON; Mackanin grounded out (first unassisted); GOODWIN BATTED FOR SMITH; Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0.

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