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.