A three-run rally in the eighth inning carried the Twins to their seventh straight victory, 6-3 over the Blue Jays. The winning surge began with a two-out double by John Castino. Jerry Garvin replaced Jim Clancy on the hill for the Jays and issued an intentional walk to pinch-hitter Roy Smalley.

Garvin then gave way to Roy Lee Jackson, who uncorked a wild pitch and intentionally walked pinch-hitter Gary Ward to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Glenn Adams then walked to force in one run and Ron Washington followed with a two-run single. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Monday, September 14, 1981 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Twins        1  0  1    0  1  0    0  3  0  -   6  7  1
Blue Jays    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             3   1   1   1     2   0   .242      Iorg 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Wilfong 2b            4   1   1   1     1   2   .238      Moseby cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Hatcher cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Bell lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Corcoran 1b           3   0   0   0     2   0   .136        Woods ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Castino 3b            5   1   2   1     0   1   .268      Velez dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .222
Hrbek dh              2   0   0   0     1   0   .240      Barfield rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .308
  Smalley ph,dh       1   1   0   0     1   0   .267      Cox 3b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Sofield lf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .161        Mayberry ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .230
  Ward ph,lf          0   1   0   0     1   0   .262      Wells 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .219
Butera c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Beamon ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
  Adams ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .213      Martinez c            3   1   1   2     0   0   .212
  Laudner c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Griffin ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .207
Washington ss         4   1   2   2     0   1   .258      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Havens p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mirabella p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   7   6     9   4             Totals               31   3   5   2     3   4

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 11,402
Left on Base: Twins 9, Blue Jays 4
DP: Twins 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Washington, Cox
Doubles: Washington (1), Wilfong (10), Castino (11), Martinez (6)
Home Runs: Powell (2)
GIDP: Corcoran (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Havens W(3-4)           7     3   3   2   3   3   0  27   2.87
Corbett SV(13)          2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.57
Totals                  9     5   3   2   3   4   0  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(5-10)          7.2   6   4   4   4   3   1  32   4.86
Garvin                  0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   3.58
Jackson                 0     1   1   1   2   0   0   3   2.72
Mirabella               0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   6.75
Murray                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     7   6   6   9   4   1  42

Wild Pitches: Jackson (5)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Greg Kosc


TWINS 1ST: Powell flied out to center; Wilfong walked; Hatcher
grounded out (first unassisted) [Wilfong to second]; Corcoran
walked; Castino singled to center [Wilfong scored, Corcoran to
second]; Hrbek grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Iorg popped to first in foul territory; Moseby
grounded out (second to first); Bell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 0.

TWINS 2ND: Sofield grounded out (shortstop to first); Butera
grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez walked; Barfield walked [Velez to second];
Cox was called out on strikes; Wells was called out on strikes;
Martinez doubled to left [Velez scored, Barfield scored];
Griffin singled to shortstop [Martinez scored (error by
Washington) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Iorg grounded out (shortstop
to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 3RD: Powell homered; Wilfong struck out; Hatcher singled
to center; Corcoran grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Hatcher out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby struck out; Bell grounded out (third to
first); Velez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 4TH: Castino struck out; Hrbek flied out to left; Sofield
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Barfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox
flied out to left; Wells flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 5TH: Butera grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington
doubled to center; Powell popped to second; Wilfong doubled to
left [Washington scored]; Hatcher lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Martinez popped to first in foul territory;
Griffin grounded out (third to first); Iorg lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 6TH: Corcoran flied out to right; Castino flied out to
center; Hrbek walked; Sofield popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Moseby popped to first in foul territory; Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 7TH: Butera grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
grounded out (third to first); Powell walked; Wilfong popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue
Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Barfield flied out to left; Cox grounded out
(third to first); Wells singled to left; Martinez popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 8TH: Hatcher lined to left; Corcoran flied out to left;
Castino doubled to left; GARVIN REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING);
SMALLEY BATTED FOR HRBEK; Smalley was walked intentionally; WARD
BATTED FOR SOFIELD; JACKSON REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Jackson
threw a wild pitch [Castino to third, Smalley to second]; Ward
was walked intentionally; ADAMS BATTED FOR BUTERA; Adams walked
[Castino scored, Smalley to third, Ward to second]; Washington
singled to center [Smalley scored, Ward scored, Adams to
second]; MIRABELLA REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Powell walked
[Adams to third, Washington to second]; Wilfong struck out; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 6, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: SMALLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WARD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LAUDNER REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING C );
Griffin walked; CORBETT REPLACED HAVENS (PITCHING); Iorg
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Griffin to second]; Moseby
grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to third]; WOODS BATTED
FOR BELL; Woods popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 9TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MURRAY REPLACED
MIRABELLA (PITCHING); Hatcher grounded out (second to first);
Corcoran walked; Castino reached on a fielder's choice [Corcoran
to second (error by Cox)]; Corcoran was picked off second
(pitcher to shortstop); Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez grounded out (third to first); Barfield
singled to shortstop; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR COX; Mayberry singled
to right [Barfield to third, Mayberry out at second (right to
shortstop)]; BEAMON BATTED FOR WELLS; Beamon struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Blue Jays 3.