Minnesota Twins vs California Angels
April 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1981 at Anaheim Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the California Angels 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 6, California Angels 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 4 2 1 0
Hatcher cf 3 0 1 0
Castino 3b 3 1 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 2 4
Mackanin dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0
Engle rf 4 1 2 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 2 0
Smith c 4 1 2 0
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 3 0 1 1
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Downing dh 4 1 1 0
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Brunansky lf 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 2 1 0
Hobson 3b 2 1 1 3
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Minnesota 104 000 1006100
California 001 000 300452
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern  W (1-1) 6.2 4 4 4 3 3
  Cooper   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Corbett  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
3
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Travers  L (0-1) 2.1 5 5 5 2 0
  Renko   3.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez   3.0 4 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
1

  E–Ott (2), Hobson (4).  DP–California 2.  2B–Minnesota Smalley (2,off Travers); Smith (1,off Travers).  3B–Minnesota Engle (1,off Sanchez).  HR–Minnesota Smalley (3,3rd inning off Travers 3 on, 1 out), California Hobson (1,7th inning off Redfern 2 on, 2 out).  CS–Wilfong (1,2nd base by Renko/Ott).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:17.  A–51,325.
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