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The Twins bunched four hits for three runs in the fourth inning and defeated the Royals, 5-2. Jim Holt and Leo Cardenas singled and Paul Ratliff doubled for the first run to break a 2-2 tie. Rod Carew then delivered a two-run single to clinch the outcome. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Thursday, May 14, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Twins 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 5 12 0
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Kelly rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .270 Tovar cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .287
Fiore 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .119 Carew 2b 4 0 3 2 0 1 .389
Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Oliva rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 .331
Oliver 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .315 Killebrew 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .327
Keough lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .316 Reese 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .239
Schaal ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Holt lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .152
Severson 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .250 Cardenas ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .261
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .216 Ratliff c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .281
Morehead p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Tiant p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .412
Rooker p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Manuel ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Hall p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 30 2 5 2 4 10 Totals 32 5 12 5 4 6
Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 2,121
Left on Base: Royals 6, Twins 8
DP: Royals 1, Twins 0
Doubles: Ratliff (2)
Triples: Keough (1)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (10)
Caught Stealing: Kelly (7), Cardenas (1), Carew (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Hall (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Schaal (1)
GIDP: Holt (2)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Morehead L(1-1) 3 7 5 5 3 3 0 17 4.42
Rooker 5 5 0 0 1 3 0 20 4.58
Totals 8 12 5 5 4 6 0 37
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Tiant 4 4 2 2 3 3 0 18 2.96
Hall W(1-1) 5 1 0 0 1 7 0 17 3.24
Totals 9 5 2 2 4 10 0 35
Wild Pitches: Hall (1)
Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger
ROYALS 1ST: Kelly singled to center; Kelly was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Fiore walked; Otis flied to left
in foul territory; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Tovar stole second; Carew
struck out; Oliva singled to center [Tovar scored]; Killebrew
walked [Oliva to second]; Reese singled to left [Oliva scored,
Killebrew to third]; Holt grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Reese out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 2.
ROYALS 2ND: Keough singled to center; Schaal forced Keough
(second unassisted); Severson walked [Schaal to second];
Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Morehead grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
TWINS 2ND: Cardenas walked; Cardenas was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Ratliff struck out; Tiant flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Kelly was called out on strikes; Fiore flied out to
right; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
TWINS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
singled to center; Oliva walked [Carew to second]; Killebrew
struck out; Reese flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Oliver singled to right; Keough tripled to right
[Oliver scored]; Schaal hit a sacrifice fly to left [Keough
scored]; Severson grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick
walked; Morehead was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 2, Twins 2.
TWINS 4TH: Holt singled to right; Cardenas singled to left [Holt
to third]; Ratliff doubled to right [Holt scored, Cardenas to
third]; MANUEL BATTED FOR TIANT; ROOKER REPLACED MOREHEAD
(PITCHING); RENICK BATTED FOR MANUEL; Renick was called out on
strikes; Tovar flied out to center; Carew singled to center
[Cardenas scored, Ratliff scored]; Carew was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 5.
ROYALS 5TH: HALL REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Kelly grounded out
(second to first); Fiore was called out on strikes; Otis struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
TWINS 5TH: Oliva struck out; Killebrew walked; Reese singled to
right [Killebrew to second]; Holt forced Reese (shortstop to
second) [Killebrew to third]; Cardenas flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
ROYALS 6TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
grounded out (third to first); Schaal flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
TWINS 6TH: Ratliff flied out to right; Hall grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
ROYALS 7TH: Severson struck out; Kirkpatrick flied out to
center; Rooker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 5.
TWINS 7TH: Carew singled to shortstop; Oliva was called out on
strikes; Killebrew made an out to first; Reese grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
ROYALS 8TH: Kelly singled to left; Fiore grounded out (second to
first) [Kelly to second]; Otis flied out to left; Oliver struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
TWINS 8TH: Holt flied out to right; Cardenas singled to center;
Ratliff singled to center [Cardenas to third]; Hall out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cardenas stayed at third,
Ratliff to second]; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 2, Twins 5.
ROYALS 9TH: Keough was called out on strikes; Schaal flied out
to center; Severson walked; Hall threw a wild pitch [Severson to
second]; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
2, Twins 5.
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