NEW YORK YANKEES 12, MINNESOTA TWINS 1, IN NEW YORK

Date:  Friday, May 21, 1982.

Batting star:  Tom Brunansky was 3-for-4.

Pitching star:  None.

Opposition stars:  Oscar Gamble was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his third), a walk, and two runs.  Dave Collins was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Bobby Murcer hit a three-run homer, his second.  Mike Patterson hit a home run, his first.  Rudy May pitched seven innings, giving up one run on eight hits and a walk and striking out four.

The game:  In the first, Willie Randolph singled, Dave Collins walked, and Lou Piniella hit a two-run triple to make it 2-0 Yankees.  In the second the Twins first three batters went single, double, single, and they did not lose a runner on the bases, but somehow did not score.  In the bottom of the second, Butch Wynegar walked and Oscar Gamble hit a two-run homer, making it 4-0.

The Twins got their sole run in the fifth when Gary Gaetti walked and scored from first on a Dave Engle double.  The Yankees put it away with six runs in the sixth, three of them on a home run by Bobby Murcer.  Mike Patterson homered in the eighth to round out the scoring.

WP:  Rudy May (1-2).

LP:  Brad Havens (1-2).

S:  None.

Notes:  Jesus Vega was at first base in place of Kent Hrbek.  Larry Milbourne was at second base in place of John Castino.  Dave Engle was in right field in place of Tom Brunansky.  Brunansky was in center in place of Bobby Mitchell.  Mickey Hatcher was the DH.  Randy Johnson played the most games at DH, with 66, followed by Vega at 39.

Ron Washington was batting .347.  He would finish at .271.  Jesus Vega was batting .307.  He would finish at .266.  Tom Brunansky was batting .300.  He would finish at .272.

Roy Smalley was at short for the Yankees.  He played for the Twins from 1976-1982 and 1985-1987, having been traded to New York about six weeks earlier.  Graig Nettles was at third.  He played for the Twins from 1967-1969.  Butch Wynegar was behind the plate.  He played for the Twins from 1976-1982, having been traded to New York nine days earlier.  Roger Erickson pitched an inning of relief.  He pitched for the Twins from 1978-1982, having been traded to New York with Wynegar.  Shane Rawley pitched an inning of relief.  He would pitch for the Twins in 1989.

This was the only triple Lou Piniella would hit in 1982.  He hit forty-one triples in his career, with a high of six in 1979 and 1986.

This was the only home run Mike Patterson hit in his career.  It was his first at-bat of 1982–he had played in sixteen games in 1981.  He would play in ten more games for the Yankees in 1982, which would bring his major league career to a close.  He would play two more seasons in AAA and spend 1985 in Japan.

Paul Boris, who came to the Twins in the Roy Smalley trade, and John Pacella, who came to the Twins in the Roger Erickson/Butch Wynegar trade, both pitched for the Twins in this game.

Record:  New York was 18-19, in fourth place in the AL East, seven games behind Boston.  They would finish 79-83, in fifth place, sixteen games behind Milwaukee.

The Twins were 12-30, in seventh (last) place in the AL West, 15.5 games behind Chicago.  They would finish 60-102, in seventh place, thirty-three games behind California.

Random Record:  The Random Twins are 38-43 (.469).