The A's made two first-inning runs stand up to come away with a 2-1 decision over the Twins. Dwayne Murphy drew a one-out walk in the first, reached third on an errant pickoff attempt and scored on Dave Revering's towering drive that center fielder Mickey Hatcher lost in the sun for a triple.

After Wayne Gross popped out, Tony Armas doubled past third to plate Revering. The Twins scored in the fourth on an RBI double by John Castino and put the leadoff man on first in the ninth but Craig Minetto and Jeff Jones came on to slam the door and preserve the victory. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     22, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2
A's          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .222      Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .328
Wilfong 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .182      Murphy cf             2   1   0   0     2   1   .269
Castino 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Revering 1b           3   1   2   1     1   1   .316
Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     1   1   .205      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Baker pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McKay 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Adams dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Armas rf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .344
  Engle ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .375      Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .097
Goodwin 1b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Heath c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Johnston pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Babitt 2b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .350
  R. Jackson 1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Sofield lf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .160      Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hatcher cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .206        Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Butera c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mackanin ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     1   5             Totals               29   2   5   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 16,573
Left on Base: Twins 6, A's 7
DP: Twins 0, A's 1
Errors: Castino, Williams
Doubles: Castino (2), Armas (5), Babitt (1)
Triples: Revering (1)
Stolen Bases: Murphy (2), Babitt (4)
Caught Stealing: Babitt (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Sofield (1)
GIDP: Adams (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams L(0-3)         8     5   2   2   4   6   0  33   3.05
Totals                  8     5   2   2   4   6   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman W(2-0)          8     7   1   1   1   5   0  31   0.81
Minetto                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Jones SV(1)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   5   0  34

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Lou DiMuro


TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to right; Wilfong flied out to left;
Castino struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy walked; Murphy was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Williams [Murphy to
third]; Revering tripled to center [Murphy scored]; Gross made
an out to first; Armas doubled to left [Revering scored]; Page
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 2.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley walked; Adams grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Smalley out at second]; Goodwin
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath made an out to third; Babitt doubled to
left; Picciolo flied out to right [Babitt to third]; Henderson
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 2.

TWINS 3RD: Sofield struck out; Hatcher flied out to right;
Butera flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy walked; Murphy stole second; Revering
walked; Gross popped to third in foul territory; Armas flied out
to center [Murphy to third]; Page lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

TWINS 4TH: Powell singled to right; Wilfong flied out to center;
Castino doubled to left [Powell scored]; Smalley struck out;
Adams made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Heath grounded out (third to first); Babitt
singled to left; Babitt stole second; Picciolo walked; Henderson
popped to first in foul territory; Murphy lined to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 5TH: Goodwin singled to right; Sofield out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Goodwin to second]; Hatcher flied out to
center; Butera struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering singled to right; Gross made an out to
second; Armas struck out; Page forced Revering (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 6TH: Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilfong
singled to right; Castino forced Wilfong (third to second);
Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Babitt
reached on an error by Castino; Babitt was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Picciolo grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 7TH: Adams grounded out (second to first); Goodwin singled
to right; JOHNSTON RAN FOR GOODWIN; Sofield singled to left
[Johnston to second]; Hatcher flied out to center; MACKANIN
BATTED FOR BUTERA; Mackanin grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: R. JACKSON REPLACED JOHNSTON (PLAYING 1B); SMITH
REPLACED MACKANIN (PLAYING C ); Henderson was called out on
strikes; Murphy struck out; Revering struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 8TH: Powell was called out on strikes; Wilfong grounded
out (second to first); Castino flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross flied out to right; Armas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 9TH: MCKAY REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Smalley singled to
first; BAKER RAN FOR SMALLEY; ENGLE BATTED FOR ADAMS; MINETTO
REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Engle flied out to left; JONES
REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Baker to second]; Sofield flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.