Scoring six runs in the first two innings, the A's held on to edge the Twins, 6-5, as Mike Norris picked up his ninth victory of the campaign. The A's grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first frame on a run-scoring single by Dwayne Murphy and an RBI double by Tony Armas, and added four more tallies in the second stanza on RBI singles by Fred Stanley and Rickey Henderson, a squeeze bunt by Wayne Gross and a balk. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Tuesday, August    11, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          2  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 11  0
Twins        0  0  1    1  1  1    1  0  0  -   5  8  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   2   2   1     0   1   .322      Powell rf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .244
Murphy cf             5   2   2   1     0   1   .255        Engle ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Gross 3b              2   0   0   1     1   0   .193      Wilfong 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Armas rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .288        Mackanin ph,2b      2   1   1   1     0   0   .244
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .140      Hatcher cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .275
Budaska dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .182      Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Newman c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .248      Adams dh              4   0   0   1     0   0   .214
Drumright 2b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .342      Castino 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .256
  Babitt 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Goodwin 1b            4   3   2   0     0   0   .269
Stanley ss            3   0   2   1     1   0   .213      Wynegar c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .301
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      R. Jackson lf         2   0   1   1     1   0   .275
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Havens p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6  11   5     3   4             Totals               34   5   8   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  8,836
Left on Base: A's 5, Twins 4
DP: A's 0, Twins 2
Errors: Powell
Doubles: Armas (17), Drumright (1), Goodwin 2 (5), Hatcher (15), Wynegar (2)
Home Runs: Mackanin (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Gross (2)
Sacrifice Flies: R. Jackson (1)
GIDP: Henderson (4), Armas (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(9-3)           5     3   3   3   1   2   0  19   3.36
Underwood               1.1   4   2   2   0   0   1   8   4.31
Jones SV(3)             2.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.15
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   3   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams L(1-5)         1     6   4   4   0   2   0   9   3.82
Havens                  6     3   2   2   1   2   0  20   3.71
Corbett                 2     2   0   0   2   0   0   9   2.64
Totals                  9    11   6   6   3   4   0  38

Wild Pitches: Jones (1)
Balks: Havens (1)

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mark Johnson, 3B - Bill Haller


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to right [Henderson to second
(error by Powell)]; Murphy singled to right [Henderson scored];
Gross grounded out (third to first) [Murphy to second]; Armas
doubled to center [Murphy scored]; Spencer struck out; Budaska
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Wilfong struck
out; Hatcher grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman singled to center; Drumright doubled to
right [Newman to third]; Stanley singled to center [Newman
scored, Drumright to third]; HAVENS REPLACED WILLIAMS
(PITCHING); Henderson singled to shortstop [Drumright scored,
Stanley to second]; Murphy singled to right [Stanley out at home
(right to catcher), Henderson to third (on throw to home),
Murphy to second (on throw to home)]; Gross out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Henderson scored, Murphy to third];
Havens balked [Murphy scored]; Armas made an out to catcher; 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley flied out to left; Adams grounded out (second
to first); Castino grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Budaska
grounded out (third to first); Newman walked; Drumright popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Goodwin doubled to left; Wynegar grounded out
(pitcher to second to first) [Goodwin to third]; R. Jackson
walked; Powell forced R. Jackson (first to shortstop) [Goodwin
scored]; Wilfong lined to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Stanley popped to first in foul territory;
Henderson was called out on strikes; Murphy flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Hatcher doubled to left; Smalley grounded out (second
to first) [Hatcher to third]; Adams grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Hatcher scored]; Castino grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Armas
flied out to center; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Goodwin doubled to right; Wynegar grounded out (first
unassisted) [Goodwin to third]; R. Jackson hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Goodwin scored]; Powell was called out on strikes; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Budaska flied out to center; Newman flied out to
right; Drumright flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); MACKANIN BATTED
FOR WILFONG; Mackanin homered; Hatcher grounded out (shortstop
to first); Smalley lined to center; Adams grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins
4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MACKANIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Stanley
singled to center; Henderson grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Stanley out at second]; Murphy was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: BABITT REPLACED DRUMRIGHT (PLAYING 2B); Castino
singled to third; Goodwin forced Castino (second to shortstop);
Wynegar doubled to right [Goodwin scored]; R. Jackson singled to
second [Wynegar to third]; JONES REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING);
ENGLE BATTED FOR POWELL; Engle struck out; Mackanin forced R.
Jackson (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Twins 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ENGLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CORBETT
REPLACED HAVENS (PITCHING); Gross walked; Armas grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Gross out at second];
Spencer singled to center; Budaska singled to right [Spencer to
third]; Newman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: Hatcher made an out to third; Smalley singled to
right; Jones threw a wild pitch [Smalley to second]; Adams
grounded out (second to first) [Smalley to third]; Castino flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Babitt grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley
walked; Henderson flied out to center; Murphy grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 5.

TWINS 9TH: Goodwin flied out to center; Wynegar lined to second;
R. Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
6, Twins 5.