Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
August 10, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 1 0 0 1
  Johnson ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 1 0
Budaska dh 4 1 1 0
Drumright 2b 2 0 1 0
  Babitt ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 1 1 2
  Engle ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 2 0
Hatcher cf 4 1 0 1
Smalley ss 3 1 1 0
Adams dh 4 0 1 2
Castino 3b 4 0 1 1
Goodwin 1b 4 1 2 0
Wynegar c 4 1 2 0
Jackson lf 3 0 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Oakland 000 110 000271
Minnesota 000 060 00x6110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (5-8) 4.1 8 6 5 1 2
  Jones   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Underwood   2.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Heaverlo   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (3-6) 5.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Koosman  SV (1) 4.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3

  E–Gross (7).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Oakland Budaska (1,off Erickson), Minnesota Castino (7,off Jones).  3B–Oakland Gross (1,off Erickson).  SF–Spencer (1,off Erickson).  SH–R Jackson (4,off Langford).  SB–Henderson (34,2nd base off Erickson/Wynegar).  CS–Henderson (16,2nd base by Erickson/Wynegar).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:31.  A–15,414.
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