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Posting his second straight shutout, Bert Blyleven allowed only three hits and pitched the Twins to a 2-0 victory to disappoint the Royals' opening-night crowd of 32,728, largest turnout in the club's three-year history. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Royals 0Game Played on Monday, April 12, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumTwins 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 12 0
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Tovar lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .519 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269
Carew 2b 5 0 3 1 0 1 .269 Keough rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .417 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286
Killebrew 3b,1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .476 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207
Reese 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .313
Alyea ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Thompson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .375
Holt cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .333 Schaal 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .227
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Drago p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .111 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blyleven p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 2 12 2 1 4 Totals 28 0 3 0 2 3
Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 32,728
Left on Base: Twins 9, Royals 4
DP: Twins 1, Royals 1
Doubles: Killebrew (2), Carew (2), Tovar (3), Oliva (3), Rojas (2)
Caught Stealing: Carew (1), Tovar (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (1)
GIDP: Carew (2)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar (1,by Drago)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven W(2-0) 9 3 0 0 2 3 0 31 0.00
Totals 9 3 0 0 2 3 0 31
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Drago L(1-1) 6.2 11 2 2 1 2 0 31 1.15
Burgmeier 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00
Abernathy 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
Totals 9 12 2 2 1 4 0 38
Hit by Pitch: Drago (1)
Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Hank Soar
TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to left; Carew singled to left; Carew
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oliva
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Keough flied out to left;
Otis popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Killebrew doubled to right; Reese grounded out
(second to first) [Killebrew to third]; Holt singled to left
[Killebrew scored]; Cardenas grounded out (third to first) [Holt
to second]; Mitterwald struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins
1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver made an out
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: On a bunt Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first);
Tovar was hit by a pitch; Carew grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Rojas doubled to left; Schaal singled to right
[Rojas to third]; Drago was called out on strikes; Patek lined
into a double play (third unassisted) [Rojas out at third]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 4TH: Oliva lined to left; Killebrew singled to third;
Reese singled to center [Killebrew to second]; Holt flied out to
left; Cardenas forced Reese (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Keough grounded out (catcher unassisted); Otis
struck out; Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Blyleven
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar singled to center;
Carew doubled to right [Tovar to third]; Oliva grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Oliver flied out to left;
Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals
0.
TWINS 6TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese
grounded out (pitcher to first); Holt singled to right; Cardenas
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Schaal walked; Drago out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Schaal to second]; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); Keough grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blyleven made an out to second; Tovar doubled to left; Carew
singled to center [Tovar scored]; Oliva doubled to center [Carew
to third]; Killebrew was walked intentionally; BURGMEIER
REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); ALYEA BATTED FOR REESE; Alyea struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: KILLEBREW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); THOMPSON
REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING 3B); Otis singled to center; Piniella
made an out to shortstop; Kirkpatrick forced Otis (second to
shortstop); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 8TH: Holt flied out to right; Cardenas flied out to
center; Mitterwald flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal
grounded out (pitcher to first); HOPKINS BATTED FOR BURGMEIER;
Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Royals 0.
TWINS 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Blyleven
grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar singled to center; Tovar
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Carew struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Keough made an
out to third; Otis walked; Piniella flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Royals 0.
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