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Wednesday September 9, 1981
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Three pitchers combined to scatter eight hits in hurling the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays. The Twins scored in the fifth inning on a run-scoring grounder by Sal Butera and added two more tallies in the sixth on an error by Jays left fielder George Bell and a sacrifice fly by Tim Corcoran. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 9, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  8  2
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   3  7  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .207      Powell rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .236
  Wells ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Wilfong 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .239
Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Ward cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .251
  Woods ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .232      Corcoran 1b           3   0   0   1     0   0   .200
  Martinez c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Hrbek dh              2   1   1   0     1   0   .211
Moseby cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .241      Mackanin 3b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .222
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .227      Butera c              3   0   0   1     0   1   .253
Bell lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Sofield lf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .171
Beamon dh             3   0   2   0     0   0   .667      Washington ss         2   0   0   0     1   0   .158
  Cox ph,dh           0   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Arroyo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Iorg 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .270        O'Connor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barfield rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .346        Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ainge 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .185
  Velez ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .224
  Upshaw pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   8   1     3   5             Totals               28   3   7   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  3,381
Left on Base: Blue Jays 10, Twins 4
DP: Blue Jays 2, Twins 0
Errors: Moseby, Bell
Doubles: Beamon (1), Iorg (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Ainge (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Corcoran (1)
GIDP: Mackanin (4), Washington (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(5-9)           7     6   3   2   1   3   0  26   4.88
Jackson                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.56
Totals                  8     7   3   2   2   3   0  31

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arroyo W(6-7)           7     6   0   0   2   5   0  29   3.69
O'Connor                1     0   1   1   1   0   0   4   6.61
Corbett SV(10)          1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.81
Totals                  9     8   1   1   3   5   0  38

Wild Pitches: Clancy (11)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Dave Phillips


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin lined to center; Whitt grounded out
(first to pitcher); Moseby grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong
lined to center; Ward lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Bell
struck out; Beamon doubled to right; Iorg flied to left in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Corcoran grounded out (second to first); Hrbek
singled to left; Mackanin grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Hrbek out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Barfield singled to right; Ainge out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Barfield to second]; Griffin
flied out to center [Barfield to third]; Whitt grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 3RD: Butera struck out; Sofield grounded out (second to
first); Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Moseby was called out on strikes; Mayberry
singled to right; Bell made an out to pitcher; Beamon singled to
right [Mayberry to second]; Iorg grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Powell flied out to left; Wilfong singled to left;
Ward grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wilfong to second];
Clancy threw a wild pitch [Wilfong to third]; Corcoran flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Barfield struck out; Ainge lined to third;
Griffin made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Hrbek walked; Mackanin singled to center [Hrbek to
third, Mackanin to second (error by Moseby)]; Butera grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Hrbek scored]; Sofield singled to left
[Mackanin to third]; Washington grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Sofield out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Whitt popped to catcher in foul territory; Moseby
struck out; Mayberry walked; Bell forced Mayberry (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Powell singled to center; Wilfong singled to left
[Powell scored (error by Bell) (no RBI), Wilfong to third]; Ward
grounded out (second to first); Corcoran hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Wilfong scored (unearned)]; Hrbek flied out to right; 2
R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Beamon grounded out (first unassisted); Iorg
popped to catcher in foul territory; Barfield singled to center;
Ainge struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Mackanin was called out on strikes; Butera made an
out to shortstop; Sofield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin walked; WOODS BATTED FOR WHITT; Woods
singled to right [Griffin to second]; O'CONNOR REPLACED ARROYO
(PITCHING); Moseby lined to right; Mayberry flied out to left;
Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED WOODS (PLAYING C ); JACKSON
REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Washington walked; Powell lined to
center; Wilfong lined to right; Ward singled to right
[Washington to second]; Corcoran lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: COX BATTED FOR BEAMON; Cox walked; CORBETT
REPLACED O'CONNOR (PITCHING); Iorg doubled to right [Cox to
third]; Barfield made an out to shortstop; VELEZ BATTED FOR
AINGE; Velez singled to shortstop [Cox scored, Iorg to third];
UPSHAW RAN FOR VELEZ; WELLS BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Wells forced
Upshaw (third to second); Martinez grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 3.



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