April 9, 1985 Game 9: Twins at Angels

There was a battle at The Big A today as the Twins and Angels opened their season. The two battled out for 12 innings with the hometown team finally pulling out the victory. Frank Viola and Mike Witt would go deep into this one with both going into the extra frames. The Angels would score first in the 2nd when they would put 3 on the board. Gary Pettis would get on thanks to Mickey Hatcher dropping a routine flyball that would score Dick Schofield. With runners at 1st and 3rd, Rod Carew would Single to score Bob Boone. Then Bobby Grich would Single with 2 outs to score Gary Pettis. At the end of the 2nd it was 3-0 Angels. The Angels would get another run in the 3rd on a Brian Downing solo homer. at the end of 3 it is now 4-0. Viola would settle down after that and would not give up another run for 8.2 innings. The Twins would score their first run in the 4th on a Randy Bush Home Run to bring the Twins within 3. They would get 3 more and tie the game in the 6th with a run scoring Double by Gary Gaetti and a 2 Run Single by Tim Tuefel. The Twins kept trying to knock Witt from the game but the righ hander would get crucial outs when he needed to and did not seem to tire. Again on the ropes with survived the 10th but Gen Mauch was unwilling to let his starter continue. The Angles would finally be able to crack Viola and DeCinces would Triple with 2 outs in the 12th to score Beniquez and Grich to win the game.

Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 9, 1985	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Minnesota ()	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0 0 0	4	9	1
Los Angeles ()	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 0 2	6	13	0
W: Rafael Lugo 1-0 L: Frank Viola 0-1

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Puckett cf	5	0	1	0	1	2	.200
Hatcher lf	5	0	1	0	1	1	.200
Hrbek 1b	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200
Smalley ss	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brunansky rf	5	1	1	0	1	1	.200
Bush dh	4	2	1	1	2	1	.250
Gaetti 3b	5	1	2	1	1	2	.400
Teufel ss	2	0	1	2	4	1	.500
Laudner	4	0	1	0	0	1
BATTING 2B: Gaetti (1) 3B: None HR: Bush (1) SAC: Laudner SF: None
BASERUNNING SB: None CS: None
FIELDING E: Hatcher PB: None

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Viola	11.2	13	6	5	0	2	3.97
PITCHING WP: None

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Carew 1b	6	0	2	1	0	0	.333
Beniquez lf	5	1	2	0	0	0	.400
Grich 2b	6	1	3	1	0	0	.500
DeCinces 3b	6	0	1	2	0	0	.167
Downing dh	5	1	1	1	0	0	.200
Jackson rf	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Schofield ss	5	1	1	0	0	1	.200
Boone c	5	1	2	0	0	1	.400
Pettis cf	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING 2B: Carew (1), Grich (1), Boone (1) 3B: DeCinces (1) HR: Downing (1) SAC: Beniquez SF: None
BASERUNNING SB: None CS: None
FIELDING E: None PB: Boone

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Witt	10	9	4	4	8	9	3.60
Lugo	2	0	0	0	2	1	0.00
PITCHING WP: None