Minnesota Twins vs Oakland Athletics
April 21, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 5 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 1
Adams dh 4 2 2 1
Goodwin 1b 3 0 1 1
  Jackson 1b 0 0 0 0
Sofield lf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher cf 3 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 6 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 2 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 1 2 1
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 5 0 1 1
Page dh 4 1 1 2
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Babitt 2b 4 0 2 0
Stanley ss 4 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Minnesota 010 101 000 0362
Oakland 000 210 000 1491
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   8.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Corbett  L (0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.1
9
4
4
4
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (3-0) 10.0 6 3 3 3 4
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
3
4

  E–Wilfong (1), Smalley (3), Babitt (2).  2B–Minnesota Goodwin (1,off McCatty).  HR–Minnesota Adams (1,2nd inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out); Smalley (4,4th inning off McCatty 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Page (1,4th inning off Erickson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Murphy (4,off Erickson).  SF–Revering (1,off Erickson).  IBB–Revering (1,by Corbett).  CS–Goodwin (1,2nd base by McCatty/Heath).  SB–Babitt (3,2nd base off Erickson/Smith); Henderson (8,2nd base off Corbett/Smith).  BK–Erickson (2).  IBB–Corbett (1,Revering).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:35.  A–10,939.
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