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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 9, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland Athletics, played on April 9, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 9, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 9, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Norris |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jerry Koosman |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 42,658 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Don Denkinger 1B: Jim McKean 2B: Rich Garcia 3B: Greg Kosc |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Cliff Johnson | DH |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
| Shooty Babitt | Second Baseman |
| Dave McKay | Third Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hosken Powell | Right Fielder |
| Rob Wilfong | Second Baseman |
| John Castino | Third Baseman |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Glenn Adams | DH |
| Gary Ward | Left Fielder |
| Mickey Hatcher | First Baseman |
| Greg Johnston | Center Fielder |
| Ray Smith | Catcher |
| Johnny Goryl | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 9, 1981
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Koosman
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Koosman
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Koosman
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Norris
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilfong vs. Norris
Wilfong takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castino vs. Norris
Castino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Norris
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Picciolo fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Koosman
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Koosman
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Koosman
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Norris
Adams is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Norris
Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Norris
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babitt vs. Koosman
Babitt hits a popup towards first. Hatcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Koosman
McKay hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Koosman
Picciolo hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Norris
Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Norris
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Norris
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Powell for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Koosman
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Koosman
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Koosman
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Koosman
Koosman fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Koosman. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Koosman
Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Koosman
Heath takes first base on ball four. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newman vs. Koosman
Newman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ward. Newman reaches second base with a double. Armas scores. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Babitt vs. Koosman
Babitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilfong vs. Norris
Wilfong hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Norris
Castino hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Norris
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Norris
There's a wild pitch. Smalley moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adams vs. Norris
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adams for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Koosman
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Koosman
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Koosman
Henderson takes first base on ball four. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Koosman
Murphy bunts towards third. Castino fields it and throws to first for the out. Picciolo moves to third. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Koosman
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Norris
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Norris
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnston vs. Norris
Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Norris
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnston moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Norris
Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnston scores. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilfong vs. Norris
Wilfong hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Koosman
Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Koosman
Heath bunts towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Koosman
Newman hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Babitt vs. Koosman
Babitt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Armas scores. Babitt moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKay vs. Koosman
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Babitt moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Picciolo vs. Koosman
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Norris
Castino hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Norris
Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Norris
Adams hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Koosman
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Koosman
Murphy is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Koosman
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Koosman
Armas hits a line drive towards the mound. Koosman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Norris
Ward hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Norris
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnston vs. Norris
Johnston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hatcher moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goodwin vs. Norris
Danny Goodwin pinch hits for Ray Smith.
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norris fields it and throws to home to get Hatcher. Johnston moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Powell vs. Norris
Powell takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilfong vs. Norris
Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Koosman
Sal Butera now catching.
Heath hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Koosman
Newman hits a line drive into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babitt vs. Koosman
Babitt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Cooper
Don Cooper now pitching.
There goes Babitt. The throw from Butera and he is safe. Babitt steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKay vs. Cooper
McKay hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Cooper
Picciolo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Cooper
Henderson takes first base on ball four. Babitt moves to third. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Murphy vs. O'Connor
Jack O'Connor now pitching.
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hatcher scoops it up and throws to first, with O'Connor covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Norris
Castino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Norris
Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Norris
Adams takes first base on ball four. Castino moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Norris
There's a wild pitch. Castino moves to third. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ward vs. Norris
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hatcher vs. Norris
Hatcher hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. O'Connor
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. O'Connor
Armas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. O'Connor
Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. O'Connor
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Babitt vs. O'Connor
Babitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Norris
Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sofield vs. Norris
Rick Sofield pinch hits for Sal Butera.
Sofield hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Norris
Powell strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/1981 -- Oakland at Minnesota (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 3 0 0 0 Powell H, rf 4 0 1 1
Murphy D, cf 4 0 0 0 Wilfong R, 2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson C, dh 4 1 1 0 Castino J, 3b 4 0 1 0
Armas T, rf 5 3 3 2 Smalley R, ss 3 0 0 0
Heath M, c 3 1 1 1 Adams G, dh 3 0 0 0
Newman J, 1b 4 0 1 1 Ward G, lf 4 0 0 0
Babitt S, 2b 4 0 1 1 Hatcher M, 1b 4 0 2 0
McKay D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Johnston G, cf 4 1 1 0
Picciolo R, ss 3 0 1 0 Smith R, c 2 0 1 0
Goodwin D, ph 1 0 0 0
Butera S, c 0 0 0 0
Sofield R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 9 5 33 1 6 1
Oakland 000 201 011 -- 5
Minnesota 000 010 000 -- 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Norris M (W) 9.0 6 1 1 4 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman J (L) 7.1 8 4 4 4 3
Cooper D 0.1 0 0 0 2 0
O'Connor J 1.1 1 1 1 1 0
E -- Koosman J
LOB -- Oakland 11, Minnesota 9
2B -- Newman J
HR -- Heath M, Armas T
SB -- Babitt S
SH -- Murphy D, Heath M
WP -- Norris M 2
T -- 2:46
A -- 42658
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