Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
April 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 1, Minnesota Twins 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Revering 1b 4 0 1 1
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Doyle 2b 3 0 1 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Adams dh 2 0 1 0
Castino 3b 3 0 0 0
Sofield lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 3 0 1 0
Smith c 2 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Oakland 100 000 000–170
Minnesota 000 000 000–031
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (1-0) 9.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  L (0-1) 7.0 7 1 1 3 3
  Corbett   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
7
  E–R Jackson (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Henderson (1,off Redfern).  SH–Murphy (3,off Redfern); Doyle (1,off Redfern).  WP–Redfern (1).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:14.  A–5,699.
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