Ron Jackson homered twice and Roy Smalley also hit for the circuit as the Twins outlasted the Mariners, 5-4. Jackson led off the fifth inning with a round-tripper and hammered his second shot with the bases empty in the seventh. Smalley clouted a solo shot in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Tuesday, April 14, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Twins 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 - 5 10 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 - 4 8 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Cruz 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Engle ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Henderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .105 Simpson ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .455 Castino 3b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .368 Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .190 Smalley ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .176 Zisk dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .350 Adams dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .421 Mackanin ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paciorek lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .400 Sofield lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Allen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Edler 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .222 Hatcher cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Gray ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 R. Jackson 1b 3 2 2 2 0 0 .300 Anderson ss 2 1 1 1 1 1 .250 Smith c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Bulling c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gulden ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clark p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 10 5 1 3 Totals 33 4 8 3 1 4 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 6,443 Left on Base: Twins 6, Mariners 3 DP: Twins 1, Mariners 0 Errors: Paciorek Doubles: Smalley (1), Castino (1), Paciorek 2 (3), Bochte (2) Home Runs: R. Jackson 2 (2), Smalley (1), Cruz (1), Anderson (1) Caught Stealing: Anderson (1) Sacrifice Hits: R. Jackson (1) GIDP: Burroughs (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(1-1) 5.1 6 3 2 1 2 1 22 4.26 Corbett SV(1) 3.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 12 1.35 Totals 9 8 4 3 1 4 2 34 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott L(0-2) 7.2 8 5 5 0 3 3 31 6.32 Clark 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 10 5 5 1 3 3 38 Passed Balls: Smith (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Ted Hendry TWINS 1ST: Powell struck out; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); Castino singled to left [Castino to second (error by Paciorek)]; Smalley doubled to right [Castino scored]; Adams flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to left; Henderson flied out to right; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0. TWINS 2ND: Sofield flied out to left; Hatcher struck out; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Burroughs singled to center; Paciorek flied out to center; Edler struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0. TWINS 3RD: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell grounded out (catcher unassisted); Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Anderson walked; Bulling flied out to center; Anderson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Cruz made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Mariners 0. TWINS 4TH: Castino doubled to left; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted) [Castino to third]; Adams singled to right [Castino scored]; Sofield flied out to center; Hatcher forced Adams (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Henderson made an out to third; Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk grounded out (third to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Mariners 0. TWINS 5TH: R. Jackson homered; Smith grounded out (third to first); Powell lined to right; Wilfong struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Paciorek doubled to left; Edler singled to left [Paciorek to third]; Anderson struck out while Paciorek advanced to home and Edler advanced to second on a passed ball; Bulling grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Mariners 1. TWINS 6TH: Castino lined to shortstop; Smalley homered; Adams grounded out (catcher to first); Sofield flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Mariners 1. MARINERS 6TH: Cruz homered; Henderson flied out to center; Bochte doubled to left; Zisk singled to center [Bochte scored]; CORBETT REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Burroughs grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Zisk out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Mariners 3. TWINS 7TH: Hatcher grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jackson homered; Smith popped to third in foul territory; Powell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Mariners 3. MARINERS 7TH: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Edler struck out; Anderson homered; GULDEN BATTED FOR BULLING; Gulden made an out to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Mariners 4. TWINS 8TH: GULDEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Wilfong lined to left; Castino singled to shortstop; Smalley flied out to left; MACKANIN BATTED FOR ADAMS; CLARK REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Mackanin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Mariners 4. MARINERS 8TH: MACKANIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Cruz grounded out (second to first); SIMPSON BATTED FOR HENDERSON; Simpson flied out to left; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Mariners 4. TWINS 9TH: SIMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WARD BATTED FOR SOFIELD; Ward singled to center; Hatcher singled to right [Ward to second]; R. Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Ward to third, Hatcher to second]; Smith reached on a fielder's choice [Ward out at home (shortstop to catcher), Hatcher to third]; ENGLE BATTED FOR POWELL; Engle walked [Smith to second]; Debut game for Dave Engle; Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: ENGLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Zisk flied out to center; Burroughs popped to first in foul territory; Paciorek doubled to right; ALLEN RAN FOR PACIOREK; GRAY BATTED FOR EDLER; Gray grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Mariners 4.

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