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.

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