A suicide squeeze plated the winning run as the Twins registered a 4-3 triumph, ending the Yankees' five-game winning streak. The Twins, trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, got life when Hosken Powell reached first safely as Dave Winfield dropped his one-out fly ball to left for an error. Mickey Hatcher then tripled Powell home and Rob Wilfong followed with a bunt in front of the plate on which catcher Rick Cerone had no play other than to throw Wilfong out at first as Hatcher scored. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 2, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  7  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  x  -   4  6  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .235      Ward lf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .260
Mumphrey cf           4   2   2   0     1   0   .316      Engle rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .214
Winfield lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .298        Powell ph,rf        1   1   0   0     0   0   .238
Jackson rf            4   1   2   3     0   1   .232      Hatcher cf            3   2   2   3     1   0   .266
Nettles 3b            2   0   0   0     2   2   .221      Mackanin 2b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .228
Watson dh             2   0   1   0     1   0   .211        Wilfong ph,2b       0   0   0   1     0   0   .230
  Gamble ph,dh        0   0   0   0     1   0   .279      Laudner dh            4   0   0   0     0   3   .250
Werth 1b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .103      Castino 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Foote c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Butera c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .259
  Murcer ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Goodwin 1b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .231
  Cerone c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Faedo ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .147
Milbourne ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .337      D. Jackson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hobbs p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cooper p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     7   7             Totals               30   4   6   4     1  11

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 16,231
Left on Base: Yankees 10, Twins 4
DP: Yankees 0, Twins 0
Errors: Winfield
Doubles: Jackson (14), Mumphrey (11), Butera (7)
Triples: Hatcher (2)
Home Runs: Jackson (9), Hatcher (3)
Caught Stealing: Mumphrey (9), Jackson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (4)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson (1,by D. Jackson)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry                  7     5   2   2   1   9   1  27   2.80
Gossage L(3-2)          1     1   2   0   0   2   0   5   0.70
Totals                  8     6   4   2   1  11   1  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Jackson              6.1   3   1   1   4   4   0  25   3.65
Corbett                 1     3   2   2   1   1   1   7   2.87
Hobbs                   0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   4.50
Cooper W(1-5)           1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.50
Totals                  9     7   3   3   7   7   1  40

Hit by Pitch: D. Jackson (1)
Wild Pitches: Hobbs (1)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to center; Mumphrey walked;
Mumphrey was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Winfield lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Ward singled to third; Engle struck out; Hatcher
walked [Ward to second]; Mackanin struck out; Laudner popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson popped to second; Nettles struck out;
Watson singled to second; Werth struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Castino struck out; Butera flied out to center;
Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Foote flied out to center; Milbourne grounded out
(shortstop to first); Randolph flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Faedo grounded out (third to first); Ward grounded
out (pitcher to first); Engle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Twins 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Mumphrey singled to center; Winfield grounded out
(third to first) [Mumphrey to second]; Jackson doubled to right
[Mumphrey scored]; Nettles struck out; Watson was walked
intentionally; Werth walked [Jackson to third, Watson to
second]; Foote popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Yankees 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hatcher grounded out (third to first); Mackanin
struck out; Laudner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Twins 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first);
Randolph struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Castino singled to center; Butera forced Castino
(third to second); Goodwin struck out; Faedo lined to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Jackson was
hit by a pitch; Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Nettles walked; Watson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Ward singled to left; Engle grounded out (third to
first) [Ward to second]; Hatcher homered [Ward scored]; Mackanin
grounded out (third to first); Laudner was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Werth flied out to left; CORBETT REPLACED D.
JACKSON (PITCHING); MURCER BATTED FOR FOOTE; Murcer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Milbourne singled to shortstop; Randolph
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: CERONE REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING C ); Castino grounded
out (first to pitcher); Butera doubled to left; Goodwin grounded
out (first unassisted) [Butera to third]; Faedo flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Twins 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Mumphrey doubled to left; Winfield grounded out
(pitcher to first); Jackson homered [Mumphrey scored]; Nettles
walked; HOBBS REPLACED CORBETT (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED FOR
WATSON; Gamble walked [Nettles to second]; Hobbs threw a wild
pitch [Nettles to third, Gamble to second]; Werth was walked
intentionally; COOPER REPLACED HOBBS (PITCHING); Cerone popped
to second; Milbourne struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees
3, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GOSSAGE REPLACED
GUIDRY (PITCHING); Ward struck out; POWELL BATTED FOR ENGLE;
Powell reached on an error by Winfield [Powell to second];
Hatcher tripled to right [Powell scored (unearned)]; WILFONG
BATTED FOR MACKANIN; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Hatcher scored (unearned)]; Laudner struck out; 2 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Twins 4.

YANKEES 9TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); POWELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mumphrey flied out to center; Winfield singled to
second; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 3, Twins 4.