| Four-hit hurling by Brad Havens carried the Twins to a 1-0 blanking of the Blue Jays. The game's only run came when Glenn Adams began the bottom of the ninth inning with a pinch-single and was replaced by pinch-runner Chuck Baker, who reached second on a walk to Hosken Powell and scored on a double by Rob Wilfong. [The Sporting News] |
Minnesota Twins 1, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Tuesday, September 8, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .209 Powell rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .236 Ainge 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .186 Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .235 Velez ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220 Hatcher cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Whitt pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Ward cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Moseby cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .244 Corcoran 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Bell dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Hrbek dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .176 Iorg 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Castino 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .263 Wells 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .217 Sofield lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .165 Woods lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Butera c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Barfield rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Washington ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Martinez c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .213 Adams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Upshaw pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Baker pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .150 Macha 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Havens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stieb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 4 0 3 6 Totals 28 1 5 1 1 6 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 2,839 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Twins 4 DP: Blue Jays 1, Twins 1 Errors: Griffin Doubles: Corcoran (2), Wilfong (9) Stolen Bases: Moseby (11) GIDP: Woods (6), Sofield (5) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stieb L(8-10) 8 5 1 1 1 6 0 29 3.38 Totals 8 5 1 1 1 6 0 29 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Havens W(2-4) 9 4 0 0 3 6 0 33 2.91 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 6 0 33 Wild Pitches: Havens (1) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Ainge was called out on strikes; Moseby walked; Bell lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong lined to center; Hatcher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Iorg lined to center; Wells struck out; Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Corcoran flied out to right; Hrbek struck out; Castino struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Barfield flied out to left; Martinez made an out to shortstop; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Sofield grounded out (shortstop to first); Butera singled to shortstop [Butera to second (error by Griffin)]; Washington reached on a fielder's choice [Butera out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third), Washington to second]; Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); Moseby singled to shortstop; Bell lined to center; Moseby stole second; Iorg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Wilfong flied out to left; Hatcher popped to first in foul territory; Corcoran doubled to left; Hrbek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: WARD REPLACED HATCHER (PLAYING CF); Wells singled to third; Woods grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wells out at second]; Barfield singled to left; Martinez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Castino singled to right; Sofield grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Castino out at second]; Butera flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin struck out; Ainge popped to catcher in foul territory; Moseby flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Washington flied out to right; Powell struck out; Wilfong lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bell flied out to left; Iorg flied out to center; Wells walked; Woods popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Ward flied out to right; Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); Hrbek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Barfield made an out to shortstop; Martinez singled to left; UPSHAW RAN FOR MARTINEZ; Griffin made an out to pitcher; Havens threw a wild pitch [Upshaw to second]; VELEZ BATTED FOR AINGE; Velez was walked intentionally; WHITT RAN FOR VELEZ; Moseby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: WHITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MACHA REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING 3B); Castino struck out; Sofield struck out; Butera grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bell lined to center; Iorg was called out on strikes; Wells lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: ADAMS BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Adams singled to center; BAKER RAN FOR ADAMS; Powell walked [Baker to second]; Wilfong doubled to right [Baker scored, Powell to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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