Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
April 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 4 1 1 0
Armas rf 5 3 3 2
Heath c 3 1 1 1
Newman 1b 4 0 1 1
Babitt 2b 4 0 1 1
McKay 3b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 1 1
Wilfong 2b 3 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 3 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 0 0
Hatcher 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnston cf 4 1 1 0
Smith c 2 0 1 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
  Sofield ph 1 0 0 0
Koosman p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Oakland 000 201 011–590
Minnesota 000 010 000–161
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  W (1-0) 9.0 6 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (0-1) 7.1 8 4 4 4 3
  Cooper   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  O'Connor   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
7
3
  E–Koosman (1).  2B–Oakland Newman (1,off Koosman).  SH–Murphy (1,off Koosman); Heath (1,off Koosman).  SB–Babitt (1,2nd base off Cooper/Butera).  WP–Norris 2 (2).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:46.  A–42,658.
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