Rallying for two runs in the seventh inning, the Twins shaded the A's, 4-3. Butch Wynegar and Gary Ward began Minnesota's seventh with singles and Hosken Powell followed with a single to score Ron Jackson, pinch-running for Wynegar. After Rob Wilfong lined into a double play, Mickey Hatcher stroked a single to register Ward with the decisive tally. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Wednesday, August 12, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

A's 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 x - 4 11 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .321 Powell rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .245 Murphy cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Gross 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .201 Hatcher cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .279 Armas rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .285 Smalley ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .266 Spencer 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .145 Adams dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .215 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Castino 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .257 Budaska dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Goodwin 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Heath c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Drumright 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .350 R. Jackson pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .275 Picciolo ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .227 Butera c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward lf 3 2 2 0 0 0 .241 Owchinko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 7 3 2 6 Totals 33 4 11 4 2 2 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 9,624 Left on Base: A's 4, Twins 7 DP: A's 2, Twins 3 Errors: Smalley Doubles: Picciolo (3), Smalley (6) Triples: Ward (2) Home Runs: Gross (6) Stolen Bases: Henderson (35) Caught Stealing: Henderson (17), Picciolo (1) Sacrifice Flies: Picciolo (1) GIDP: Armas (4), Butera (6) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough 5.2 6 2 2 1 0 0 24 2.99 Owchinko L(3-2) 2.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 11 1.69 Totals 8 11 4 4 2 2 0 35 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Redfern 5 5 3 1 2 3 1 22 4.23 D. Jackson W(1-1) 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 7.36 Corbett SV(8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.58 Totals 9 7 3 1 2 6 1 34 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Dan Morrison ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy flied to center; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (first unassisted); Wilfong singled to center; Hatcher flied to center; Smalley lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas reached on an error by Smalley; Spencer singled to center [Armas to third]; Budaska singled to left [Armas scored (unearned), Spencer to second]; Heath struck out; Drumright walked [Spencer to third, Budaska to second]; Picciolo hit a sacrifice fly to right [Spencer scored (unearned), Budaska to third]; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams flied to right; Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodwin popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Gross flied to center; Armas walked; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Ward lined to shortstop; Powell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Budaska flied to center; Heath grounded out (third to first); Drumright singled to pitcher; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Wilfong grounded out (first to pitcher); Hatcher singled to right; Smalley flied to right; Adams singled to right [Hatcher to second]; Castino walked [Hatcher to third, Adams to second]; Goodwin flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole second; Murphy struck out while Henderson was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Gross homered; Armas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied to right; Ward tripled to right; Powell grounded out (second to first) [Ward scored]; Wilfong popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: D. JACKSON REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Spencer popped to shortstop; Budaska lined to left; Heath grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Hatcher flied to center; Smalley doubled to center; Adams flied to left [Smalley to third]; Castino singled to right [Smalley scored]; OWCHINKO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Goodwin popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo doubled to right; Henderson struck out while Picciolo was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar singled to left; R. JACKSON RAN FOR WYNEGAR; Ward singled to shortstop [R. Jackson to second]; Powell singled to right [R. Jackson scored, Ward to third]; Wilfong lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Powell out at first]; Hatcher singled to center [Ward scored]; Smalley singled to center [Hatcher to third]; Adams was called out on strikes; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: BUTERA REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING C ); Murphy struck out; Gross singled to right; Armas grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: Castino struck out; Goodwin walked; Butera grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Goodwin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: JOHNSON BATTED FOR SPENCER; CORBETT REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); Johnson lined to right; Budaska flied to left; Heath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 4.

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