1982 Al Game: Sea. @ Min.

April 8, 1982

  Seattle's Richie Zisk (pictured) had a 4 hit 5 RBI day at the plate as the Mariners crushed the Minnesota Twins 10-0. The 1st shutout in MLB this season was a combined effort from Gene Nelson and Edwin Nunez. Seattle swept the season opening series against Minnesota 3-0 much to the chagrin of the Twin's hometown fans.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Seattle Mariners At 1982 Minnesota Twins              4/8/1982
 
  Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Cruz 2B           6  2  2  1 .375     J.Eisenreich CF     3  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Castillo 3B       4  2  1  1 .462     R.Wilfong 2B        3  0  0  0 .111  
  B.Bochte LF         3  2  1  2 .500     R.Smalley SS        3  0  0  0 .091  
  R.Zisk DH           5  1  4  5 .700     K.Hrbek 1B          4  0  1  0 .222  
  A.Cowens RF         4  0  0  0 .286     G.Gaetti 3B         4  0  1  0 .500  
  J.Maler 1B          5  0  1  1 .267     G.Ward LF           4  0  0  0 .167  
  J.Essian C          5  0  0  0 .214     B.Mitchell RF       2  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Henderson CF      3  1  1  0 .333     J.Vega DH           4  0  1  0 .250  
  T.Cruz SS           3  2  2  0 .222     B.Wynegar C         3  0  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38 10 12 10                 Totals      30  0  5  0
 
 
Mariners........ 0 1 0  0 0 1  4 4 0  - 10 12  1
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
 
Mariners (3-0)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Nelson WIN(1-0)         5 2/3   3   0   0   5   3   0   0.00
E.Nunez SAVE(1st)         3 1/3   2   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
Totals                    9       5   0   0   5   5   0
 
Twins (0-3)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Havens LOSS(0-1)        6 1/3   4   3   3   5   6   2   4.26
D.Corbett                 0       1   1   1   0   0   0   6.75
F.Arroyo                  0 1/3   1   2   2   2   1   0  20.25
T.Felton                  2 1/3   6   4   4   1   1   0   7.20
Totals                    9      12  10  10   8   8   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 7,533 DATE- Thursday, April 8th 1982 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Ted Hendry, Jim McKean, Al Clark, Jim Evans
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners: 9  Twins: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 2  Twins: 0
ERRORS- J.Essian
DOUBLES- J.Cruz(1st), R.Zisk(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Bochte(2nd), R.Zisk(1st)
RBIs- J.Cruz(1st), M.Castillo(3rd), B.Bochte-2(4th), R.Zisk-5(8th),
      J.Maler(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Castillo(1st), A.Cowens(1st), T.Cruz(1st), J.Vega(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Castillo
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Wilfong
WALKS- M.Castillo, B.Bochte-2, A.Cowens, D.Henderson-2, T.Cruz-2, J.Eisenreich,
       R.Smalley, B.Mitchell-2, B.Wynegar
STRIKE OUTS- M.Castillo, A.Cowens-3, J.Maler-2, J.Essian, D.Henderson,
             R.Smalley-2, G.Gaetti, G.Ward, B.Mitchell
GIDP- R.Wilfong, J.Vega
2-out RBI- J.Maler
RLISP 2-out- G.Gaetti-2, D.Henderson, B.Wynegar, R.Zisk, B.Bochte, J.Vega,
             J.Essian, R.Smalley, J.Maler
TEAM RISP- Mariners: 5 for 17  Twins: 0 for 8
 
Designated hitter Richie Zisk had 4 hits and 5 RBI as the Seattle Mariners
ballclub embarrassed the Minnesota Twins by the count of 10 to 0.
 
Zisk enjoyed a fine day at the plate.  He ripped a solo home run in the 2nd
inning, laced a base-knock in the 6th inning, lined a base-hit bringing in
two baserunners in the 7th inning and doubled plating two runs in the 8th
inning.  For the game Seattle out-hit Minnesota 12 to 5.  
 
The victory was credited to Gene Nelson(1-0) who went 5 and 2/3 innings,
allowing no runs. Ed Nunez recorded his 1st save.  Brad Havens(0-1) was
tagged with the loss.