Pushing across a run in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie, the Twins shaded the Royals, 5-4. Butch Wynegar led off the eighth with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by John Castino.

Gary Ward, running for Wynegar, reached third when Pete Mackanin flied out and scored on a single by Danny Goodwin. The Twins collected five consecutive singles in the fifth inning with Hosken Powell driving in two runs and Rick Sofield and Rob Wilfong one apiece. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Sunday, May 31, 1981 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 8 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 x - 5 12 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .276 Powell rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .248 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .220 R. Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 G. Brett 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .289 Engle rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Aikens 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .307 Wilfong 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .240 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .239 Hatcher cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286 White 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Adams dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Hurdle rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .455 Wynegar c 3 0 3 0 1 0 .333 Grote c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Ward pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240 Quirk ph,c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .279 Butera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Washington ss 4 1 2 2 0 1 .222 Castino 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mackanin ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226 K. Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goodwin 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .309 Sofield lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .185 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 8 4 5 6 Totals 34 5 12 5 2 7 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 6,718 Left on Base: Royals 8, Twins 8 DP: Royals 1, Twins 1 Errors: Wilson, Powell, Mackanin Doubles: Washington (7) Triples: Wilfong (1) Stolen Bases: Powell (3), Wilfong (1) Caught Stealing: Wilson (6) Sacrifice Hits: Grote (1), Castino (4) Sacrifice Flies: Wilson (1) GIDP: Aikens (5) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(5-6) 7.2 12 5 5 2 7 0 36 3.64 K. Brett 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.97 Totals 8 12 5 5 2 7 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Redfern 6 6 3 2 2 4 0 26 4.01 Corbett 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 3.11 O'Connor W(2-2) 2.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 3.78 Totals 9 8 4 3 5 6 0 39 Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Russ Goetz ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong struck out; Hatcher singled to left; Adams grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens flied to center; McRae flied to right; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar singled to right; Castino struck out; Mackanin grounded out (pitcher to third to first) [Wynegar to second]; Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle reached on an error by Mackanin [Hurdle to second]; Grote out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hurdle to third]; Washington doubled to left [Hurdle scored (unearned)]; Wilson grounded out (second to first) [Washington to third]; Otis struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Sofield flied to left; Powell grounded out (third to first); Wilfong flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. ROYALS 4TH: G. Brett flied to center; Aikens singled to center; McRae singled to right [Aikens to third (error by Powell)]; White lined to shortstop; Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Hatcher grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams grounded out (second to first); Wynegar singled to center; Castino forced Wynegar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. ROYALS 5TH: Grote singled to left; Washington forced Grote (shortstop to second); Wilson forced Washington (first to shortstop); Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Mackanin singled to left; Goodwin singled to left [Mackanin to third]; Sofield singled to left [Mackanin scored, Goodwin to third (error by Wilson), Sofield to second]; Powell singled to right [Goodwin scored, Sofield scored]; Powell stole second; Wilfong singled to right [Powell scored]; Hatcher struck out; Wilfong stole second; Adams struck out; Wynegar was walked intentionally; Castino forced Wynegar (third to second); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 4. ROYALS 6TH: G. Brett grounded out (first unassisted); Aikens was called out on strikes; McRae walked; White flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 4. TWINS 6TH: Mackanin grounded out (third to first); Goodwin lined to left; Sofield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 4. ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle singled to center; QUIRK BATTED FOR GROTE; Quirk walked [Hurdle to second]; CORBETT REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Washington singled to center [Hurdle scored, Quirk to third]; Wilson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Quirk scored]; Otis walked [Washington to second]; G. Brett singled to right [Washington scored, Otis to second]; O'CONNOR REPLACED CORBETT (PITCHING); Aikens grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [G. Brett out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 4. TWINS 7TH: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Powell struck out; Wilfong tripled to left; Hatcher walked; Adams reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Wilfong out at home (first to catcher), Hatcher out at third (catcher to pitcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 4. ROYALS 8TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); White walked; Hurdle walked [White to second]; Quirk popped to third in foul territory; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar singled to right; WARD RAN FOR WYNEGAR; Castino out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ward to second]; Mackanin flied to right [Ward to third]; Goodwin singled to left [Ward scored]; Sofield singled to center [Goodwin to second]; K. BRETT REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); R. JACKSON BATTED FOR POWELL; R. Jackson flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 5. ROYALS 9TH: ENGLE REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING RF); BUTERA REPLACED WARD (PLAYING C ); Wilson popped to second; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 5.

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