California Angels vs Minnesota Twins
April 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The California Angels 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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California Angels 6, Minnesota Twins 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 4 1 1 1
Burleson ss 5 1 1 3
Ford rf 4 1 1 1
Lynn cf 3 0 1 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Downing c 3 1 1 0
Beniquez lf 4 1 1 0
Grich 2b 3 1 0 0
Campaneris 3b 3 0 0 1
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 6 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 5 0 3 1
Hatcher cf 4 0 1 1
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 3 0 0 0
Mackanin dh 4 0 0 0
Engle rf 4 1 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 2 2
Smith c 4 1 1 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
  Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
California 000 001 500661
Minnesota 010 300 0004102
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (3-1) 9.0 10 4 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
1
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (1-3) 6.1 5 5 4 3 5
  Redfern   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Verhoeven   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
4
7

  E–Campaneris (2), Ward (2), Smalley (4).  DP–California 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Hatcher (1,off Zahn).  HR–California Ford (4,6th inning off Koosman 0 on, 1 out); Burleson (1,7th inning off Redfern 2 on, 1 out), Minnesota Wilfong (1,2nd inning off Zahn 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Campaneris (1,off Koosman); Carew (2,off Koosman).  CS–Engle (1,2nd base by Zahn/Downing).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:35.  A–5,467.
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