Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
April 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1981 at Kingdome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
  Engle ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 5 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 2 3 0
Smalley ss 4 1 2 2
Adams dh 3 0 1 1
  Mackanin ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Sofield lf 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 3 2 2 2
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 1 1
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
  Simpson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 1 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 1 1
Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 4 1 2 0
  Allen pr 0 0 0 0
Edler 3b 3 0 1 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 1 1 1
Bulling c 2 0 0 0
  Gulden ph,c 1 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
Minnesota 100 111 1005100
Seattle 000 012 100481
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (1-1) 5.1 6 3 2 1 2
  Corbett  SV (1) 3.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (0-2) 7.2 8 5 5 0 3
  Clark   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
3

  E–Paciorek (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  PB–Smith (1).  2B–Minnesota Smalley (1,off Abbott); Castino (1,off Abbott), Seattle Paciorek 2 (3,off Koosman,off Corbett); Bochte (2,off Koosman).  HR–Minnesota R Jackson 2 (2,5th inning off Abbott 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out); Smalley (1,6th inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Cruz (1,6th inning off Koosman 0 on, 0 out); Anderson (1,7th inning off Corbett 0 on, 2 out).  SH–R Jackson (1,off Clark).  CS–Anderson (1,2nd base by Koosman/Smith).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:19.  A–6,443.
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