Kent Hrbek belted his fifth homer of the season, Randy Johnson connected for his third and Butch Wynegar and Jim Eisenreich each hit a round-tripper as the Twins outmuscled the A's, 11-5. Johnson's blast capped a six-run eighth inning that wrapped it up for the Twins. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 11, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Thursday, April     15, 1982 (Day game) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
A's          0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   5  6  2
Twins        0  0  1    0  1  3    0  6  x  -  11 15  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   2   1   2     2   1   .303      Eisenreich cf         4   1   3   2     0   1   .344
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .077        Ward ph,lf          1   1   1   1     0   0   .207
Meyer dh              5   1   1   2     0   0   .222      Wilfong 2b            4   1   1   0     1   1   .097
Armas rf              4   0   0   0     1   2   .273      Engle rf              5   0   0   1     0   2   .172
Gross 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Hrbek 1b              4   1   2   1     1   2   .353
Spencer 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .211      Gaetti 3b             5   1   0   1     0   1   .343
Lopes 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .192      Johnson dh            5   2   4   3     0   0   .619
Kearney c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Mitchell lf,cf        4   1   1   0     1   1   .250
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .158      Wynegar c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .143
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Washington pr       0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley ss            1   1   0   0     1   0   .077        Butera c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burroughs ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .500      Faedo ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .353
  Picciolo ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rudi ph             0   1   0   0     1   0   .111        Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   6   5     8   5             Totals               39  11  15  11     4   8

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 15,064
Left on Base: A's 8, Twins 8
DP: A's 1, Twins 1
Errors: Gross 2
Doubles: Lopes (1), Meyer (1), Spencer (1)
Home Runs: Henderson (1), Eisenreich (1), Wynegar (1), Hrbek (5), Johnson (3)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (9)
Caught Stealing: Wilfong (1)
GIDP: Gross (2), Gaetti (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(1-1)         5.2  10   5   5   2   5   3  27   3.32
Owchinko                1.1   2   2   2   2   2   0   9   3.52
Jones                   1     3   4   0   0   1   1   7   4.32
Totals                  8    15  11   7   4   8   4  43

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams W(2-0)         6     4   3   3   5   1   0  26   2.40
Davis SV(1)             3     2   2   2   3   4   1  14   3.60
Totals                  9     6   5   5   8   5   1  40

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy
flied out to center; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Eisenreich struck out; Wilfong grounded out (first
unassisted); Engle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas walked; Gross grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Armas out at second]; Spencer
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hrbek struck out; Gaetti grounded out (third to
first); Johnson singled; Mitchell singled [Johnson to second];
Wynegar flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Lopes flied out to left; Kearney flied out to
right; Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Faedo flied out to center; Eisenreich homered;
Wilfong walked; Wilfong was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Engle flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
was called out on strikes; Meyer grounded out (second to first)
[Henderson to third]; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Hrbek singled; Gaetti grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Hrbek out at second]; Johnson
singled; Mitchell forced Johnson (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to center; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); Lopes doubled; Kearney grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar homered; Faedo flied out to left; Eisenreich
singled; Wilfong made an out to first; Engle struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Stanley walked; Henderson walked [Stanley to
second]; Murphy flied out to right; Meyer doubled [Stanley
scored, Henderson scored]; Armas made an out to second; Gross
singled [Meyer scored]; Spencer doubled [Gross to third]; Lopes
was walked intentionally; Kearney popped to first in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Hrbek homered; Gaetti struck out; Johnson singled;
Mitchell walked [Johnson to second]; Wynegar flied out to left;
Faedo singled [Johnson scored, Mitchell to third, Faedo to
second (on throw)]; OWCHINKO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING);
Eisenreich singled [Mitchell scored, Faedo to third]; Wilfong
struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DAVIS REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); BURROUGHS
BATTED FOR STANLEY; Burroughs walked; Henderson struck out;
Murphy walked [Burroughs to second]; Meyer forced Murphy (first
to shortstop) [Burroughs to third]; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING SS); Engle
grounded out (third to first); Hrbek walked; Gaetti reached on
an error by Gross [Hrbek to second]; Johnson popped to first in
foul territory; Mitchell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross made an out to second; Spencer singled;
Lopes flied out to center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR KEARNEY; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: NEWMAN REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); Wynegar walked;
WASHINGTON RAN FOR WYNEGAR; Faedo singled [Washington to third];
JONES REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); WARD BATTED FOR EISENREICH;
Ward singled [Washington scored, Faedo to second]; Wilfong
singled [Faedo to third, Ward to second]; Engle reached on an
error by Gross [Faedo scored (RBI), Ward to third, Wilfong to
second]; Hrbek struck out; Gaetti forced Engle (third to second)
[Ward scored (unearned) (RBI), Wilfong to third]; Johnson
homered (unearned) [Wilfong scored (unearned), Gaetti scored
(unearned)]; Mitchell flied out to left; 6 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 11.

ATHLETICS 9TH: WARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BUTERA REPLACED
WASHINGTON (PLAYING C ); MITCHELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); RUDI BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Rudi walked; Henderson homered
[Rudi scored]; Murphy flied out to left; Meyer lined to right;
Armas struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Twins 11.