Breaking their four-game losing streak and ending Texas' five-game winning skein, the Twins shaded the Rangers, 2-1. The Twins scored in the eighth on a solo homer by Danny Goodwin and registered the winning run in the ninth when Rick Sofield singled, reached second on a sacrifice and tallied on a single up the middle by Mickey Hatcher. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 2, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       27, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  5  0
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sofield lf            3   1   0   0     1   2   .158      Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     1   1   .274
Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Hatcher cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .294      Oliver dh             4   0   2   1     0   0   .306
Adams dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .298
Castino 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .276      Stein lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .524
Goodwin 1b            2   1   1   1     1   1   .267        Lisi pr,rf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .357
Mackanin ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Ellis 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .174
Engle rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .211      Roberts rf,lf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Butera c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .240
Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mendoza ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .274
  Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Putnam ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .287
                                                          Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   5   2     2   6             Totals               34   1  10   1     3   5

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 13,961
Left on Base: Twins 3, Rangers 9
DP: Twins 0, Rangers 2
Errors: Mendoza
Doubles: Ellis (2), Roberts (8)
Triples: Oliver (1)
Home Runs: Goodwin (1)
Caught Stealing: Lisi (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (2)
GIDP: Butera (5), Sofield (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(3-6)          8    10   1   1   3   5   0  34   4.22
Corbett SV(5)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.62
Totals                  9    10   1   1   3   5   0  37

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin L(5-4)           9     5   2   2   2   6   1  32   3.99
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   6   1  32

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman


TWINS 1ST: Sofield struck out; Wilfong popped to third; Hatcher
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to shortstop; Rivers struck out;
Oliver tripled to right [Wills scored]; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stein popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 2ND: Adams flied to left; Castino struck out; Goodwin
walked; Mackanin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Ellis flied to left; Roberts grounded out (third to
first); Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Engle reached on an error by Mendoza; Butera grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Engle out at
second]; Sofield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Mendoza struck out; Wills singled to center; Rivers
lined to left; Oliver singled to center [Wills to third]; Bell
forced Oliver (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 1.

TWINS 4TH: Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); Hatcher
grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis
doubled to right; Roberts lined to left; Sundberg was walked
intentionally; Mendoza struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Castino grounded out (third to first); Goodwin struck
out; Mackanin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills struck out; Rivers singled to center; Oliver
flied to right; Bell lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 6TH: Engle singled to left; Butera popped to first in foul
territory; Sofield grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Engle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Stein singled to left; LISI RAN FOR STEIN; Lisi was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Ellis lined to
left; Roberts doubled to left [Roberts out at third (left to
third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 7TH: LISI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ROBERTS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Wilfong grounded out (third to first);
Hatcher singled to right; Adams popped to third in foul
territory; Castino struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Mendoza
flied to right; Wills walked; Rivers forced Wills (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 1.

TWINS 8TH: Goodwin homered; Mackanin popped to second; Engle
grounded out (second to first); Butera grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Oliver popped to left; Bell singled to left; Lisi
singled to left [Bell out at third (left to third), Lisi to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Ellis was walked intentionally;
Roberts flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers
1.

TWINS 9TH: Sofield walked; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Sofield to second]; Hatcher singled to center
[Sofield scored, Hatcher out at second (center to first to
shortstop)]; Adams singled to right; Castino grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: CORBETT REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); PUTNAM BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Putnam
flied to right; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Rangers 1.