Roy Howell slugged a three-run homer, Robin Yount ripped a two-run round-tripper and Gorman Thomas and Jim Gantner contributed solo shots to lead the Brewers to a 16-5 romp over the Twins. Thomas and Gantner hit their homers in the second inning.

Between those blasts, Howell reached second on an error by Pete Mackanin, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Mark Brouhard. Howell's homer capped a four-run third inning and Yount hit his two-run smash in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 16, Minnesota Twins 5

Game Played on Friday, September 4, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Brewers 0 3 4 2 0 1 6 0 0 - 16 18 0 Twins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 - 5 10 3 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor cf 3 2 0 0 3 0 .265 Ward dh 4 2 1 0 1 0 .257 Yount ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 .256 Engle rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .220 Romero ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Washington cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Cooper 1b 5 3 3 1 0 0 .313 Hatcher lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Bando 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Funderburk lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Simmons c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .213 Castino 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .267 C. Moore c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Mackanin 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .224 Oglivie lf 6 2 3 3 0 0 .255 Butera c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Thomas rf 3 3 2 2 2 0 .255 Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Bosley rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Baker 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Howell 3b 4 2 1 3 1 0 .250 Faedo ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .195 Brouhard dh 4 0 1 3 0 1 .314 Powell pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Gantner 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .287 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Felton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hobbs p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 16 18 16 6 2 Totals 34 5 10 5 2 4 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 7,976 Left on Base: Brewers 9, Twins 5 DP: Brewers 2, Twins 2 Errors: Washington, Mackanin, Faedo Doubles: Cooper (24), Oglivie (11), Ward (3) Triples: Faedo (1) Home Runs: Thomas (18), Gantner (2), Howell (6), Yount (8) Sacrifice Flies: Brouhard (2), Funderburk (1) GIDP: Bando (1), Oglivie (5), Hatcher (9), Butera (8) Hit by Pitch: Gantner (3,by Hobbs), Howell (2,by Hobbs) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell W(10-7) 7 7 2 2 0 3 0 26 3.29 D. Moore 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 7 27.00 Bernard 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 10 5 5 2 4 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Arroyo L(5-7) 2 3 3 1 0 0 2 10 3.97 Felton 1.1 4 6 6 2 1 1 10 40.50 Hobbs 2.2 3 1 1 2 1 0 15 3.86 O'Connor 1 5 6 5 2 0 1 10 6.54 Verhoeven 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.86 Totals 9 18 16 13 6 2 4 52 Hit by Pitch: Hobbs 2 (2) Wild Pitches: D. Moore (1), Arroyo (2) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Rick Reed, 3B - Larry McCoy BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount flied out to right; Cooper singled to center; Simmons lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Ward flied out to center; Engle grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Twins 0. BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Thomas homered; Howell reached on an error by Mackanin [Howell to second]; Arroyo threw a wild pitch [Howell to third]; Brouhard lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Howell scored (unearned)]; Gantner homered (unearned); Molitor grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Hatcher grounded out (third to first); Castino lined to right; Mackanin popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Twins 0. BREWERS 3RD: FELTON REPLACED ARROYO (PITCHING); Yount was called out on strikes; Cooper doubled to left; Simmons made an out to shortstop; Oglivie singled to center [Cooper scored]; Thomas walked [Oglivie to second]; Howell homered [Oglivie scored, Thomas scored]; Brouhard flied out to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Butera popped to third in foul territory; Wilfong struck out; Faedo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 7, Twins 0. BREWERS 4TH: Gantner singled to center; Molitor walked [Gantner to second]; Yount flied out to center [Gantner to third]; HOBBS REPLACED FELTON (PITCHING); Cooper grounded out (third to first) [Gantner scored, Molitor to second]; Simmons singled to right [Molitor scored, Simmons to second (on throw to home)]; Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Ward doubled to center; Engle singled to left [Ward scored]; Washington flied out to right; Hatcher forced Engle (shortstop to second); Castino struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Twins 1. BREWERS 5TH: Thomas walked; Howell flied out to right; Brouhard struck out; Gantner was hit by a pitch [Thomas to second]; Molitor walked [Thomas to third, Gantner to second]; Yount flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 9, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Butera singled to center; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted) [Butera to second]; Faedo tripled to right [Butera scored]; Ward flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 9, Twins 2. BREWERS 6TH: Cooper singled to left; Simmons flied out to right; Oglivie doubled to right [Cooper scored]; Thomas lined to left; Howell was hit by a pitch; Brouhard forced Howell (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 10, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Engle grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to center; Hatcher grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Washington out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 10, Twins 2. BREWERS 7TH: O'CONNOR REPLACED HOBBS (PITCHING); BAKER REPLACED WILFONG (PLAYING 2B); FUNDERBURK REPLACED HATCHER (PLAYING LF); Gantner grounded out (first unassisted); Debut game for Mark Funderburk; Molitor walked; Yount homered [Molitor scored]; Cooper reached on an error by Faedo; Simmons singled to left [Cooper to third (error by Washington)]; Oglivie singled to center [Cooper scored (unearned), Simmons to second]; Thomas singled to left [Simmons scored, Oglivie to second]; Howell walked [Oglivie to third, Thomas to second]; Brouhard singled to left [Oglivie scored, Thomas scored, Howell to third, Brouhard out at second (second unassisted)]; Gantner grounded out (third to first); 6 R (5 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 16, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: ROMERO REPLACED YOUNT (PLAYING SS); BANDO REPLACED COOPER (PLAYING 1B); C. MOORE REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); BOSLEY REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING RF); Castino singled to left; Mackanin singled to center [Castino to second]; Butera grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Castino to third, Mackanin out at second]; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 16, Twins 2. BREWERS 8TH: VERHOEVEN REPLACED O'CONNOR (PITCHING); Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Romero singled to left; Bando grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Romero out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 16, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: D. MOORE REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Faedo singled to center; Ward walked [Faedo to second]; Engle singled to left [Faedo scored, Ward to third]; Washington flied out to right; Funderburk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ward scored]; D. Moore threw a wild pitch [Engle to second]; Castino singled to center [Engle scored]; Mackanin struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 16, Twins 5. BREWERS 9TH: C. Moore singled to center; Oglivie grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [C. Moore out at second]; Bosley singled to center; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 16, Twins 5. TWINS 9TH: BERNARD REPLACED D. MOORE (PITCHING); Butera walked; Baker lined to right; Faedo forced Butera (shortstop to second); POWELL RAN FOR FAEDO; Ward lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 16, Twins 5.

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