Minnesota Twins vs Milwaukee Brewers
August 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1981 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers 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 5, Milwaukee Brewers 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 2 1
  Engle ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 2 1 0
  Baker ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 5 0 3 1
Adams dh 5 0 1 1
Goodwin 1b 5 0 2 0
Castino 3b 5 1 2 0
Mackanin ss,2b 4 1 1 0
Ward lf 4 1 3 0
Wynegar c 2 0 0 0
  Butera c 1 0 1 1
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 16 4
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Bosley rf 4 0 0 0
Molitor dh 4 2 2 1
Cooper 1b 5 2 2 0
Oglivie lf 2 0 0 1
Thomas cf 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 4 2 2 3
Howell 3b 4 0 2 1
Yount ss 3 1 1 1
Gantner 2b 4 0 2 0
Haas p 0 0 0 0
  Augustine p 0 0 0 0
  Keeton p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Minnesota 110 000 1205162
Milwaukee 111 040 01x8121
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  L (4-6) 4.1 7 7 3 2 0
  Verhoeven   2.2 5 1 1 0 2
  O'Connor   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
4
4
2
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Haas   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Augustine  W (2-1) 5.1 8 1 1 0 1
  Keeton   0.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Easterly   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Fingers  SV (17) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
1
2

  E–Goodwin (3), Mackanin (9), Simmons (3).  DP–Minnesota 1, Milwaukee 2.  2B–Minnesota Wilfong (6,off Haas); Hatcher (18,off Haas); Powell (8,off Augustine), Milwaukee Simmons (9,off Arroyo).  3B–Minnesota Goodwin (1,off Fingers).  HR–Milwaukee Molitor (2,1st inning off Arroyo 0 on, 1 out); Simmons (11,5th inning off Arroyo 2 on, 1 out); Yount (7,8th inning off Verhoeven 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Oglivie (7,off Arroyo).  SB–Ward (4,2nd base off Haas/Simmons); Cooper (5,2nd base off Arroyo/Wynegar).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:53.  A–18,724.
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