Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 21, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1981 at Royals Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals 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 7, Kansas City Royals 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 3 0 1 1
Engle rf 4 0 1 2
Hatcher cf 3 1 2 0
Smalley dh 2 1 1 0
  Hrbek ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Castino 2b 2 1 1 2
  Wilfong pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 1 0
Wynegar c 5 1 1 0
Mackanin 1b 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 2 3 2
Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 2 0 1 1
  Sheridan pr,lf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Brett 3b 5 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 5 0 1 0
Otis cf 5 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 2 0
Wathan c 4 1 2 1
  Quirk c 0 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 4 0 2 0
Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
  Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Schattinger p 0 0 0 0
  Paschall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Minnesota 220 120 0007111
Kansas City 020 000 0002102
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (6-8) 9.0 10 2 2 4 5
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker  L (1-3) 2.0 6 4 4 2 0
  Gale   3.0 3 3 2 2 0
  Schattinger   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Paschall   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
5
2

  E–Mackanin (12), G Brett (13), Wathan (6).  DP–Minnesota 2, Kansas City 2.  PB–Wathan (2).  2B–Minnesota Wynegar (4,off Hammaker); Engle (14,off Hammaker); Washington (2,off Gale).  3B–Minnesota Castino (8,off Hammaker), Kansas City McRae (2,off Williams).  SF–Ward (3,off Gale).  HBP–Engle (1,by Gale); Hatcher (2,by Schattinger); Castino (1,by Schattinger); Wilson (4,by Williams).  IBB–Hatcher (2,by Hammaker).  SB–Washington (2,2nd base off Gale/Wathan); Hatcher (3,2nd base off Schattinger/Wathan); G Brett 2 (13,2nd base off Williams/Wynegar 2); Wathan 2 (8,2nd base off Williams/Wynegar,3rd base off Williams/Wynegar); Wilson (27,2nd base off Williams/Wynegar).  HBP–Williams (1,Wilson); Gale (2,Engle); Schattinger 2 (2,Hatcher,Castino).  IBB–Hammaker (1,Hatcher).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:51.  A–24,869.
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