Outslugging Minnesota in a battle of home runs, the A's rocked the Twins, 8-3. Dan Meyer drilled a leadoff round-tripper in the third inning and added another leading off the seventh. Davey Lopes connected with a mate aboard in the third and Jim Spencer led off the sixth with a four-ply wallop. Twins rookie Kent Hrbek delivered his fourth homer of the season, a 400-foot shot into the upper right field deck in the bottom of the fifth, and one out later rookie Randy Johnson hit his second homer of the year. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     13, 1982 (Night game) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
A's          0  2  3    0  0  1    1  1  0  -   8 11  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          1   1   0   0     4   0   .320      Eisenreich cf         3   0   1   1     1   0   .250
Murphy cf             5   0   1   1     0   2   .088        Hatcher ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .600
Meyer dh              5   2   2   2     0   0   .238      Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .083
Armas rf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .257        Washington ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gross 3b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .240      Engle rf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .167
Spencer 1b            5   1   2   2     0   3   .133      Hrbek 1b              4   1   2   1     1   1   .320
Lopes 2b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .200      Gaetti 3b             5   0   1   0     0   2   .440
Newman c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .286      Johnson dh            3   1   2   1     1   1   .643
Stanley ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Ward lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wynegar c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .095
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Faedo ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .333
                                                          Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Felton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            O'Connor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8  11   8     6   5             Totals               34   3   9   3     7   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 10,594
Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 11
DP: A's 2, Twins 1
Doubles: Newman (2), Johnson (4), Wynegar (1)
Home Runs: Meyer 2 (2), Lopes (1), Spencer (1), Hrbek (4), Johnson (2)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (6)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Newman (1)
GIDP: Gross (1), Engle 2 (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(1-0)           6     8   3   3   6   1   2  30   3.07
Underwood SV(1)         3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9     9   3   3   7   4   2  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson L(1-1)         1.2   4   2   2   2   0   0  10   6.75
Castillo                3.2   5   4   4   1   2   3  16  11.37
Felton                  2.2   2   2   2   3   2   1  13   6.75
O'Connor                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    11   8   8   6   5   4  42

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Murphy grounded out (pitcher to
first); Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Eisenreich walked; Wilfong walked [Eisenreich to
second]; Engle grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Eisenreich to third, Wilfong out at second]; Hrbek
walked; Gaetti was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled; Gross singled [Armas to third];
Spencer singled [Armas scored, Gross to second]; Lopes singled
[Gross to third, Spencer to second]; Newman hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Gross scored, Spencer to third, Lopes to second];
Stanley reached on a fielder's choice [Spencer out at home
(pitcher to catcher), Lopes to third]; Henderson walked [Stanley
to second]; CASTILLO REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Murphy was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins
0.

TWINS 2ND: Johnson doubled; Ward grounded out (pitcher to
first); Wynegar flied out to center [Johnson to third]; Faedo
walked; Eisenreich forced Faedo (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Meyer homered; Armas singled; Gross grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Armas to second]; Spencer struck out; Lopes
homered [Armas scored]; Newman popped to first in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong made an out to shortstop; Engle flied out to
left; Hrbek singled; Gaetti singled [Hrbek to second]; Johnson
walked [Hrbek to third, Gaetti to second]; Ward forced Gaetti
(third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (first unassisted);
Henderson lined to third; Murphy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar doubled; Faedo singled [Wynegar to third];
Eisenreich singled [Wynegar scored, Faedo to second]; Wilfong
forced Eisenreich (second to shortstop) [Faedo to third]; Engle
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Wilfong
out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Armas
walked; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Armas out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Hrbek homered; Gaetti grounded out (third to first);
Johnson homered; Ward popped to pitcher in foul territory;
Wynegar flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Spencer homered; Lopes grounded out (pitcher to
first); Newman doubled; FELTON REPLACED CASTILLO (PITCHING);
Stanley flied out to right; Henderson walked; Murphy was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Faedo flied out to right; Eisenreich flied out to
center; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Meyer homered; Armas flied out to center; Gross
walked; Spencer struck out; Lopes lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Engle walked; UNDERWOOD REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING);
Hrbek was called out on strikes; Gaetti struck out; Johnson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 7, Twins
3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
grounded out (second to first); Henderson walked; Henderson
stole second; Murphy singled [Henderson scored]; Meyer flied out
to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Ward grounded out (third to first); Wynegar flied out
to left; Faedo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Twins 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: O'CONNOR REPLACED FELTON (PITCHING); Armas flied
out to left; Gross grounded out (third to first); Spencer was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Twins
3.

TWINS 9TH: HATCHER BATTED FOR EISENREICH; Hatcher singled;
WASHINGTON BATTED FOR WILFONG; Washington forced Hatcher (second
to shortstop); Engle walked [Washington to second]; Hrbek popped
to catcher in foul territory; Gaetti forced Washington (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8, Twins 3.