The Twins made Billy Gardner's managerial debut successful and ended an eight-game losing streak by blanking the Royals, 7-0, behind the six-hit hurling of Jerry Koosman. Gardner had replaced Johnny Goryl earlier in the day as pilot of Minnesota.

The Twins tallied twice in their first turn at bat on a sacrifice fly by John Castino and RBI double by Butch Wynegar. Castino cracked a two-run homer in the sixth stanza and Sal Butera smashed a bases-loaded triple in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Friday, May 22, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 - 7 7 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Ward lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Wilfong 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .224 Wathan rf,c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Hatcher cf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .288 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Smalley ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 .270 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Mackanin ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Castino 3b 3 2 2 3 0 0 .280 Aikens 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Wynegar dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .444 Washington ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .192 Goodwin 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .226 Chalk 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .308 Butera c 4 0 1 3 0 0 .266 Grote c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Engle rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 May ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .389 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Geronimo pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 7 7 3 6 Totals 33 0 6 0 2 3 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 34,052 Left on Base: Twins 4, Royals 8 DP: Twins 0, Royals 0 Errors: Aikens Doubles: Hatcher (13), Wynegar (1), Castino (6) Triples: Butera (1) Home Runs: Castino (3) Sacrifice Flies: Castino (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(2-6) 9 6 0 0 2 3 0 35 4.66 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 3 0 35 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(4-5) 8 6 7 6 3 5 1 34 3.38 Quisenberry 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.24 Totals 9 7 7 6 3 6 1 38 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller TWINS 1ST: Ward lined to right; Wilfong singled to second; Hatcher doubled to right [Wilfong to third]; Smalley was walked intentionally; Castino hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wilfong scored, Hatcher to third]; Wynegar doubled to right [Hatcher scored, Smalley to third]; Goodwin was walked intentionally; Butera made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Wathan walked; White flied out to right; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Engle grounded out (third to first); Ward struck out; Wilfong popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to left; Aikens singled to left; Washington forced Aikens (shortstop to second); Chalk singled to center [Washington to second]; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. TWINS 3RD: Hatcher flied out to left; Smalley struck out; Castino popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan grounded out (third to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodwin grounded out (pitcher to first); Butera grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: MACKANIN REPLACED SMALLEY (PLAYING SS); McRae flied out to left; Otis flied out to center; Aikens grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. TWINS 5TH: Engle grounded out (shortstop to first); Ward grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Washington singled to center; Chalk flied out to left; Grote singled to left [Washington to second]; Wilson lined to right; Wathan lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0. TWINS 6TH: Hatcher reached on an error by Aikens; Mackanin was called out on strikes; Castino homered [Hatcher scored (unearned)]; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Goodwin was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (second to first); McRae struck out; Otis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0. TWINS 7TH: Butera popped to third in foul territory; Engle grounded out (pitcher to first); Ward struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Aikens grounded out (second to pitcher); Washington flied out to right; Chalk walked; MAY BATTED FOR GROTE; May singled to left [Chalk to second]; GERONIMO RAN FOR MAY; Wilson lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0. TWINS 8TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WATHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Wilfong flied out to center; Hatcher flied out to right; Mackanin popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: Wathan flied out to right; White flied out to center; McRae made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0. TWINS 9TH: Castino doubled to left; Wynegar walked; Goodwin singled to center [Castino to third, Wynegar to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Butera tripled [Castino scored, Wynegar scored, Goodwin scored]; Engle struck out; Ward grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilfong grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 0. ROYALS 9TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Aikens singled to center; Washington forced Aikens (third to second); Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Royals 0.

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