Pete Redfern and Doug Corbett combined on a six-hitter to hurl the Twins to a 5-2 triumph over the Rangers. The Twins scored in the first inning on a double-play grounder and iced the game in the seventh on an RBI double by Gary Ward, run-scoring pinch-single by Pete Mackanin and RBI single by Hosken Powell. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 27, 1981 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  6  2
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  x  -   5  8  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .252      Powell lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .242
Poquette cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .151      Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .245
Oliver dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .305      Engle rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .244
Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .291      Adams dh              4   0   0   0     0   2   .211
Putnam 1b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .261      Castino 3b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .270
Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Wynegar c             2   1   0   0     2   1   .259
Grubb lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Ward cf               3   1   2   1     1   1   .269
Roberts rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Hrbek 1b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Wagner ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Mackanin ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .227
  Rivers ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .285        Corcoran 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Washington ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Butcher p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mercer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schmidt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     1   3             Totals               31   5   8   3     4   7

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  4,428
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Twins 6
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Wills, Putnam
Doubles: Bell (16), Putnam (17), Castino 2 (13), Ward 2 (7)
Stolen Bases: Mackanin (1)
Caught Stealing: Putnam (2), Powell (3)
GIDP: Sundberg (4), Adams (10)
Hit by Pitch: Poquette (1,by Redfern)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Butcher L(0-2)          6     4   3   2   3   6   0  25   2.41
Mercer                  0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   4.70
Schmidt                 1.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   6   3.07
Totals                  8     8   5   4   4   7   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern W(8-8)          8.2   6   2   2   1   3   0  32   4.12
Corbett SV(16)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.50
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   3   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Redfern (2)
Wild Pitches: Schmidt (3)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


RANGERS 1ST: Wills was called out on strikes; Poquette flied out
to left; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to left; Wilfong reached on an error
by Putnam [Powell to second]; Engle singled to left [Powell to
third, Wilfong to second]; Adams grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Powell scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Wilfong to third, Engle out at second]; Castino struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (third to first); Putnam grounded
out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Wynegar was called out on strikes; Ward was called
out on strikes; Hrbek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Roberts
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wagner flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Washington made an out to second; Powell flied out to
center; Wilfong struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills struck out; Poquette was hit by a pitch;
Oliver forced Poquette (second to shortstop); Bell was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Engle struck out; Adams was called out on strikes;
Castino doubled to left; Wynegar was walked intentionally; Ward
walked [Castino to third, Wynegar to second]; Hrbek grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Putnam singled to center; Sundberg singled to right
[Putnam to second]; Putnam was caught stealing third (catcher to
third) [Sundberg to second]; Grubb grounded out (second to
first) [Sundberg to third]; Roberts popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Washington flied out to center; Powell lined to
first; Wilfong grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Wagner flied out to right; Wills singled to right;
Poquette forced Wills (shortstop unassisted); Oliver made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Engle grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams
grounded out (second to first); Castino grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Bell lined to left; Putnam walked; Sundberg
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Putnam
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar walked; Ward doubled to center [Wynegar
scored]; MERCER REPLACED BUTCHER (PITCHING); MACKANIN BATTED FOR
HRBEK; Mackanin singled to left [Ward scored]; Mackanin stole
second [Mackanin to third (error by Wills)]; Washington lined to
center; Powell singled to center [Mackanin scored]; Powell was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wilfong walked;
SCHMIDT REPLACED MERCER (PITCHING); Engle forced Wilfong (third
to second); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 4.

RANGERS 8TH: CORCORAN REPLACED MACKANIN (PLAYING 1B); Grubb
lined to left; Roberts grounded out (third to first); RIVERS
BATTED FOR WAGNER; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: MENDOZA REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING SS); Adams struck
out; Castino doubled to left; Wynegar grounded out (second to
first) [Castino to third]; Schmidt threw a wild pitch [Castino
scored]; Ward doubled to center; Corcoran lined to left; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Poquette
flied out to center; Oliver singled to left; Bell doubled to
right [Oliver scored]; Putnam doubled to right [Bell scored];
CORBETT REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Sundberg grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 5.