Gorman Thomas knocked in five runs with a pair of homers as the Brewers whacked the Twins, 8-2. Thomas' first homer came in a five-run third inning, following a walk to Jim Gantner and single by Cecil Cooper.

Ben Oglivie followed with a single and walks to Ted Simmons and Roy Howell loaded the bases. Mark Brouhard drove in a run with a single and Ed Romero capped the inning with a sacrifice fly. Thomas connected again in the seventh with Cooper aboard via a single. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 8, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 21, 1981 (Day game) at County Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 Brewers 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 x - 8 7 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Ward lf 3 0 3 1 1 0 .289 Gantner 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .298 Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Yount dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Mackanin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Cooper 1b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .246 Hatcher cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .289 Thomas cf 3 3 2 5 1 0 .284 Smalley ss 4 1 1 0 0 3 .273 Oglivie lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .233 Baker ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Simmons c 2 1 0 1 1 1 .183 Wynegar dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .467 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Castino 3b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .273 Brouhard rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .320 Goodwin 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Romero ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .180 R. Jackson ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 .226 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Butera c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Engle rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 9 2 3 6 Totals 29 8 7 8 5 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 16,120 Left on Base: Twins 9, Brewers 4 DP: Twins 0, Brewers 2 Errors: Howell Doubles: Smalley (5), Hatcher (12) Triples: Ward (1) Home Runs: Thomas 2 (11) Sacrifice Flies: Ward (1), Simmons (3), Romero (2) GIDP: Engle (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Redfern L(3-4) 2.1 4 5 5 3 1 1 14 4.44 D. Jackson 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 8.10 Verhoeven 5.2 2 2 2 0 2 1 19 2.84 Totals 8 7 8 8 5 3 2 36 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich W(4-2) 8 8 1 1 2 6 0 32 3.80 Easterly 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 1.46 Totals 9 9 2 1 3 6 0 38 Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Steve Palermo TWINS 1ST: Ward singled to right; Wilfong singled to third [Ward to second]; Hatcher forced Wilfong (first to shortstop) [Ward to third]; Smalley struck out; Wynegar forced Hatcher (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Gantner flied out to left; Yount was called out on strikes; Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 0. TWINS 2ND: Castino flied out to left; Goodwin lined to left; Butera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas walked; Oglivie singled to right [Thomas to third]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thomas scored]; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Oglivie to second]; Brouhard walked; Romero flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 1. TWINS 3RD: Engle grounded out (second to first); Ward tripled to right; Wilfong was called out on strikes; Hatcher walked; Smalley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 3RD: Gantner walked; Yount popped to first in foul territory; Cooper singled to right [Gantner to second]; Thomas homered [Gantner scored, Cooper scored]; Oglivie singled to shortstop; D. JACKSON REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Simmons walked [Oglivie to second]; Howell walked [Oglivie to third, Simmons to second]; Brouhard singled to left [Oglivie scored, Simmons to third, Howell to second]; VERHOEVEN REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); Romero out on a sacrifice fly to left in foul territory [Simmons scored]; Gantner flied out to left; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 6. TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Castino struck out; Goodwin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 6. BREWERS 4TH: Yount grounded out (third to first); Cooper grounded out (second to first); Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 6. TWINS 5TH: Butera singled to right; Engle grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Butera out at second]; Ward singled to right; Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 6. BREWERS 5TH: Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Simmons struck out; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Brewers 6. TWINS 6TH: Hatcher flied out to right; Smalley doubled to right; Wynegar singled to right [Smalley to third]; Castino forced Wynegar (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Smalley scored]; Goodwin flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 6. BREWERS 6TH: Brouhard flied out to center; Romero grounded out (third to first); Gantner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 6. TWINS 7TH: Butera grounded out (third to first); Engle grounded out (shortstop to first); Ward walked; Wilfong made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 6. BREWERS 7TH: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper singled to right; Thomas homered [Cooper scored]; Oglivie flied out to right; Simmons flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 8. TWINS 8TH: Hatcher doubled to left; Smalley struck out; Wynegar lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Hatcher out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 8. BREWERS 8TH: BAKER REPLACED SMALLEY (PLAYING SS); Howell lined to second; Brouhard made an out to second; Romero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Brewers 8. TWINS 9TH: EASTERLY REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Castino walked; R. JACKSON BATTED FOR GOODWIN; R. Jackson forced Castino (shortstop to second); Butera reached on an error by Howell [R. Jackson to second]; Engle singled to right [R. Jackson to third, Butera to second]; Ward hit a sacrifice fly to right [R. Jackson scored (unearned)]; MACKANIN BATTED FOR WILFONG; Mackanin popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Brewers 8.

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