Five errors helped the Twins pile up an 11-2 victory over the Royals. Two wild throws led to the Twins' initial tally in the second inning and two more errors, together with three singles and a sacrifice fly, figured in the scoring of four runs in the fourth. Minnesota Twins 11, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Sunday, June 21, 1970 (Day game) at Municipal StadiumTwins 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 - 11 12 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 5 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .275 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Carew 2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .378 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Killebrew 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .305 Campanis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Quilici pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allison rf 3 3 2 0 1 0 .280 Monteagudo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Renick lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .241 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .147 Holt lf 1 1 0 1 0 0 .229 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Cardenas ss 5 1 2 3 0 0 .289 Oliver 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .300 Reese 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .260 Keough rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .331 Mitterwald c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .212 Piniella lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .309 Perry p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .368 Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 1 0 2 .231 Perranoski p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Floyd ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matchick ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Butler p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .036 Sorrell ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Totals 37 11 12 8 4 4 Totals 34 2 7 2 0 8 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 10,864 Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 5 DP: Twins 0, Royals 1 Errors: Otis, Kirkpatrick, Floyd 2, Hernandez Doubles: Tovar (15), Cardenas (15), Keough (4) Home Runs: Killebrew (17) Stolen Bases: Allison (1) Sacrifice Hits: Tovar (7), Perry (5) Sacrifice Flies: Tovar (3) GIDP: Killebrew (10) Hit by Pitch: Allison (1,by Wright) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(10-5) 6.2 5 2 2 0 7 0 25 2.82 Perranoski SV(16) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 1.82 Totals 9 7 2 2 0 8 0 34 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler L(2-6) 6 8 6 3 3 3 1 29 3.83 Fitzmorris 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.72 Wright 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 4 6.61 Monteagudo 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 5.06 Totals 9 12 11 6 4 4 1 45 Hit by Pitch: Wright (2) Wild Pitches: Butler (2) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jake O'Donnell TWINS 1ST: On a bunt Tovar made an out to first; Carew singled; Killebrew grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Schaal struck out; Rojas struck out; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Allison singled to pitcher; Allison advanced to second (error by Floyd); Allison stole third [Allison scored (error by Kirkpatrick) (unearned)]; Renick struck out; Cardenas flied out to center; Reese flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough doubled to center; Piniella flied out to right; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; Perry singled; Tovar out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Perry to second]; Carew walked; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Floyd grounded out (pitcher to first); Butler struck out; Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. TWINS 4TH: Allison reached on an error by Floyd [Allison to first]; Butler threw a wild pitch [Allison to second]; Renick walked; Cardenas singled to center [Allison scored (error by Otis) (unearned) (no RBI), Renick scored (no RBI), Cardenas to second]; Reese singled [Cardenas to third]; Mitterwald singled [Cardenas scored, Reese to second]; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Reese to third, Mitterwald to second]; Tovar hit a sacrifice fly to right [Reese scored (unearned), Mitterwald to third]; Carew grounded out (second to first); 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas flied out to center; Otis lined to right; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0. TWINS 5TH: Killebrew homered; Allison walked; Renick made an out to second; Cardenas flied to right in foul territory; Reese singled to left [Allison to second]; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Keough popped to first in foul territory; Piniella flied to left in foul territory; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 0. TWINS 6TH: Perry grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: MATCHICK BATTED FOR FLOYD; Matchick lined to shortstop; SORRELL BATTED FOR BUTLER; Sorrell struck out; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 0. TWINS 7TH: MATCHICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SORRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FITZMORRIS REPLACED SCHAAL (PITCHING); Killebrew flied out to left; Allison singled to center; Renick grounded out (third to first) [Allison to second]; Cardenas made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: HOLT REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING LF); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis was called out on strikes; Oliver singled; Keough singled [Oliver to second]; Piniella singled to left [Oliver scored, Keough to third]; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Keough scored, Piniella to third]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); TAYLOR BATTED FOR MATCHICK; Taylor forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 2. TWINS 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING SS); Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Perranoski grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: Sorrell flied out to center; CAMPANIS BATTED FOR FITZMORRIS; Campanis flied out to center; Rojas singled; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 2. TWINS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED CAMPANIS (PITCHING); Tovar doubled to right; Carew singled [Tovar scored]; Killebrew walked [Carew to second]; QUILICI RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Allison was hit by a pitch [Carew to third, Quilici to second]; MONTEAGUDO REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Holt reached on an error by Hernandez [Carew scored (RBI), Quilici to third, Allison to second, Holt to first]; Cardenas doubled to left [Quilici scored, Allison scored (unearned), Holt scored (unearned)]; Reese flied out to left; Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Perranoski was called out on strikes; 5 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 11, Royals 2. ROYALS 9TH: QUILICI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Oliver was called out on strikes; Keough lined to right; Piniella singled to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 11, Royals 2. |
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