| The Twins snapped a four-game losing streak by blanking the Blue Jays, 4-0, behind the pitching of Darrell Jackson and Doug Corbett. John Castino cracked a two-run double in the fourth inning and the Twins picked up two more runs in the eighth on a single by Tim Corcoran. [The Sporting News] |
Minnesota Twins 4, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Monday, September 7, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 2 Twins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 x - 4 5 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manrique ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 .231 Powell rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .239 Griffin ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Wilfong 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .235 Ainge 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Hatcher cf 3 2 1 0 0 0 .269 Moseby cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .243 Corcoran 1b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .222 Bell lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Goodwin dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Iorg 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .278 Funderburk ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Castino 3b 3 0 1 2 1 0 .263 Wells 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .211 Sofield lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .171 Barfield rf 4 0 2 0 0 2 .316 Ward ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Martinez c 0 0 0 0 2 0 .209 Butera c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Woods ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Washington ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Whitt c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 D. Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Berenguer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 0 8 0 2 11 Totals 29 4 5 4 4 3 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 5,024 Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Twins 6 DP: Blue Jays 0, Twins 0 Errors: Griffin, Bell Doubles: Corcoran (1), Hatcher (22), Castino (10) Stolen Bases: Sofield (3) Caught Stealing: Barfield (2), Washington (1) Hit by Pitch: Hatcher (1,by Berenguer) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Berenguer L(2-8) 7.1 5 4 3 3 2 0 31 4.35 Garvin 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.47 Murray 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Totals 8 5 4 3 4 3 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Jackson W(3-2) 6.2 5 0 0 2 9 0 26 2.87 Corbett SV(9) 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.85 Totals 9 8 0 0 2 11 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Berenguer (4) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jerry Neudecker BLUE JAYS 1ST: Manrique struck out; Ainge grounded out (third to first); Moseby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Hatcher lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Iorg flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Corcoran doubled to right; Goodwin made an out to second; Castino flied out to right; Sofield lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Wells struck out (catcher to first); Barfield singled to center; Barfield was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Martinez walked; Manrique struck out [Manrique out at first (catcher to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Butera flied out to right; Washington singled to left; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ainge grounded out (pitcher to first); Moseby struck out; Bell singled to third; Iorg singled to left [Bell to third]; Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Wilfong flied out to center; Hatcher doubled to left; Corcoran walked; Goodwin made an out to shortstop; Castino doubled to left [Hatcher scored, Corcoran scored]; Sofield grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Wells grounded out (third to first); Barfield was called out on strikes; Martinez walked; Manrique struck out [Manrique out at first (catcher to first)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. TWINS 5TH: Butera made an out to second; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ainge singled to right; Moseby flied out to left; Bell struck out; Iorg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); Hatcher flied out to left; Corcoran lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; Wells grounded out (third to first); Barfield singled to center; CORBETT REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); WOODS BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Woods lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: WHITT REPLACED WOODS (PLAYING C ); Goodwin lined to right; Castino lined to left; Sofield walked; Sofield stole second; Butera walked; Washington forced Sofield (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: GRIFFIN BATTED FOR MANRIQUE; Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); Moseby singled to third; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: GRIFFIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Powell struck out; Wilfong reached on an error by Bell [Wilfong to second]; Hatcher was hit by a pitch; Corcoran singled to right [Wilfong scored (unearned), Hatcher scored, Corcoran to second (error by Griffin)]; GARVIN REPLACED BERENGUER (PITCHING); FUNDERBURK BATTED FOR GOODWIN; Funderburk flied out to right; Castino was walked intentionally; MURRAY REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); WARD BATTED FOR SOFIELD; Ward struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: FUNDERBURK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Iorg singled to center; Mayberry struck out; Wells singled to center [Iorg to third]; Barfield struck out; Whitt grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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