| 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. 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