Friday April 10, 1981
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Overcoming early shakiness, Rick Langford went the route on a five-hitter as the A's won their second straight game over the Twins, 6-3. The game was tied, 3-3, in the fourth inning when Rickey Henderson walked and registered on a triple by Dwayne Murphy. Tony Armas drilled a solo homer in the fifth to make it 5-3 and Mike Heath stroked a run-scoring single in the seventh to complete the scoring.

Minnesota threatened in the sixth with runners on first and second and no outs. But second baseman Brian Doyle employed the hidden ball trick and tagged out Glenn Adams at second base. A double play then ended the inning. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, April 10, 1981 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

A's 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 11 2 Twins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 3 2 1 1 0 .286 Powell rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Murphy cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .250 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Castino 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .375 Gross 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Smalley ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .167 Armas rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .625 Adams dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 .167 Page dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Ward lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Heath c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .286 Hatcher 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnston cf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .167 Stanley ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 Smith c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Arroyo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 11 5 4 2 Totals 31 3 5 3 3 4 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 4,552 Left on Base: A's 7, Twins 4 DP: A's 1, Twins 2 Errors: Gross, Langford, Ward, Hatcher Doubles: Adams (1) Triples: Henderson (1), Murphy (1) Home Runs: Armas (2) Caught Stealing: Page (1) Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (2) GIDP: Gross (1), Hatcher (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(1-0) 9 5 3 3 3 4 0 34 3.00 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 4 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(0-1) 6.2 8 6 5 4 2 1 33 6.75 Arroyo 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 11 6 5 4 2 1 40 Balks: Erickson (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to left; Erickson balked [Henderson to second]; Murphy flied to left; Revering reached on an error by Hatcher [Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Gross flied to center; Armas singled to left [Revering to second]; Page walked [Revering to third, Armas to second]; Heath struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to third; Wilfong flied to right; Castino singled to shortstop [Powell to second]; Smalley singled to right [Powell scored, Castino to second]; Adams doubled to right [Castino scored, Smalley to third]; Ward grounded out (shortstop to first) [Smalley scored]; Hatcher grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 2ND: Doyle flied to left; Stanley singled to center; Henderson tripled to center [Stanley scored]; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Henderson scored]; Revering singled to center; Gross struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. TWINS 2ND: Johnston struck out; Smith flied to left; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Page flied to center; Heath flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. TWINS 3RD: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Castino lined to center; Smalley walked; Adams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley flied to right; Henderson walked; Murphy tripled to right [Henderson scored]; Revering flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 3. TWINS 4TH: Ward struck out; Hatcher grounded out (third to first); Johnston walked; Smith flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas homered; Page popped to third in foul territory; Heath flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. TWINS 5TH: Powell popped to third; Wilfong flied to right; Castino singled to left; Castino was picked off first but was safe on an error by Langford [Castino to second]; Smalley flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Doyle grounded out (second to first); Stanley singled to center; Henderson popped to first; Murphy grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. TWINS 6TH: Adams walked; Ward reached on an error by Gross [Adams to second]; Adams was out trying to advance to third (second unassisted); Brian Doyle caught Glenn Adams with the hidden ball trick; Hatcher grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Ward out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering popped to shortstop; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas walked; Page walked [Armas to second]; ARROYO REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Heath singled to left [Armas scored, Page to third, Heath to second (error by Ward)]; Page was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. TWINS 7TH: Johnston struck out; Smith grounded out (third to first); Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley singled to shortstop; Henderson lined into a double play (center to center to first) [Stanley out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: Wilfong flied to right; Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); Smalley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy singled to left; Revering popped to second; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3. TWINS 9TH: Adams was called out on strikes; Ward grounded out (shortstop to first); Hatcher flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Twins 3.

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