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Athletics
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
April 10, 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 10, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 10, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 10, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Roger Erickson |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 4,552 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Greg Kosc 3B: Don Denkinger |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Brian Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Fred Stanley | 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 10, 1981
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Erickson
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Erickson
The umpire calls a balk on Erickson Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Erickson
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Erickson
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hatcher juggles the ball. That's an error on Hatcher. Henderson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Erickson
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Erickson
Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Revering moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Erickson
Page takes first base on ball four. Revering moves to third. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heath vs. Erickson
Heath strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Langford
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilfong vs. Langford
Wilfong hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castino vs. Langford
Castino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Powell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smalley vs. Langford
Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Powell scores. Castino moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Langford
Adams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas. Adams reaches second base with a double. Castino scores. Smalley moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ward vs. Langford
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smalley scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatcher vs. Langford
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Erickson
Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Erickson
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Erickson
Henderson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnston who is chasing the ball. Henderson reaches third base with a triple. Stanley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Erickson
Murphy bunts towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out. Henderson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Erickson
Revering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Erickson
Gross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Langford
Johnston strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Langford
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Langford
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Erickson
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Erickson
Page hits a fly ball into center field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Erickson
Heath 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, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilfong vs. Langford
Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Langford
Castino hits a line drive into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Langford
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Langford
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Erickson
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Erickson
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Erickson
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Erickson
Murphy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell who is chasing the ball. Murphy reaches third base with a triple. Henderson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Revering vs. Erickson
Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Langford
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Langford
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Langford
Johnston takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Langford
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Erickson
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hatcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Erickson
Armas hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Erickson
Page hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Erickson
Heath 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, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Langford
Powell hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilfong vs. Langford
Wilfong hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Langford
Castino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Langford
Langford fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Langford. Castino moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smalley vs. Langford
Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Erickson
Doyle 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 -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Erickson
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Erickson
Henderson hits a popup towards first. Hatcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Erickson
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hatcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Langford
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Langford
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatcher vs. Langford
Adams is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatcher vs. Langford
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Erickson
Revering hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Erickson
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hatcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Erickson
Armas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Erickson
Page takes first base on ball four. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Arroyo
Fernando Arroyo now pitching.
Heath hits a line drive into left field. Ward picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ward. Armas scores. Page moves to third. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doyle vs. Arroyo
There goes Page. The slide. Smith applies the tag. Page is out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Langford
Johnston strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Langford
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Langford
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Arroyo
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hatcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Arroyo covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Arroyo
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Arroyo
Henderson hits a line drive towards center. Johnston catches it and throws to first to double up Stanley. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilfong vs. Langford
Wilfong hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castino vs. Langford
Castino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Langford
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Arroyo
Murphy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Arroyo
Revering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Arroyo
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Langford
Adams is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Langford
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Langford
Hatcher hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/10/1981 -- Oakland at Minnesota (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 4 3 2 1 Powell H, rf 4 1 1 0
Murphy D, cf 4 0 2 2 Wilfong R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Revering D, 1b 5 0 1 0 Castino J, 3b 4 1 2 0
Gross W, 3b 5 0 0 0 Smalley R, ss 3 1 1 1
Armas T, rf 3 2 2 1 Adams G, dh 3 0 1 1
Page M, dh 2 0 0 0 Ward G, lf 4 0 0 1
Heath M, c 4 0 1 1 Hatcher M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Doyle B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Johnston G, cf 2 0 0 0
Stanley F, ss 4 1 3 0 Smith R, c 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 11 5 31 3 5 3
Oakland 120 110 100 -- 6
Minnesota 300 000 000 -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (W) 9.0 5 3 3 3 4
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson R (L) 6.2 8 6 5 4 2
Arroyo F 2.1 3 0 0 0 0
E -- Hatcher M, Langford R, Gross W, Ward G
DP -- Oakland 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Oakland 7, Minnesota 4
2B -- Adams G
3B -- Henderson R, Murphy D
HR -- Armas T
CS -- Page M
SH -- Murphy D
Balk -- Erickson R
T -- 2:27
A -- 4552
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