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.