Although Harmon Killebrew drove in six runs, the Twins barely outlasted the Royals, 9-8, to snap a six-game losing streak. Killebrew accounted for his RBIs with a homer, single and grounder as the Twins built up a 9-0 lead. Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Royals 8Game Played on Monday, April 19, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 - 8 9 2 Twins 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 9 9 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .224 Tovar lf 5 3 3 0 0 0 .393 Rojas 2b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .345 Thompson 2b 4 3 2 1 1 0 .333 Otis cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .273 Killebrew 1b 4 1 2 6 0 0 .327 Keough cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Oliva rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .326 Knoop ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Powell cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Piniella lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .236 Renick 3b 2 0 0 1 0 1 .200 Oliver 1b 4 1 2 4 0 1 .222 Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Paepke rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Kirkpatrick ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Tischinski c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Schaal 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .326 Kaat p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .375 May c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Barber p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carew ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rooker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fitzmorris p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Taylor ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Totals 36 8 9 8 3 4 Totals 34 9 9 8 3 4 Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 2,908 Left on Base: Royals 4, Twins 5 DP: Royals 0, Twins 1 Errors: Paepke, Schaal, Renick Doubles: Kaat (2) Triples: Patek (1) Home Runs: Oliver (3), Killebrew (2) Stolen Bases: Rojas (2), Piniella (1), Otis (3), Oliva (1) GIDP: Paepke (1) Hit by Pitch: Renick (1,by Fitzmorris) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker L(0-3) 1.1 6 4 4 0 2 0 10 10.24 Fitzmorris 5.2 3 5 5 3 2 1 25 7.50 Abernathy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 9 9 9 3 4 1 38 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kaat 4.1 8 6 5 0 3 0 21 4.26 Barber W(1-0) 3.2 1 2 2 3 1 1 15 4.50 Perranoski SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.86 Totals 9 9 8 7 3 4 1 39 Passed Balls: May (1) Hit by Pitch: Fitzmorris (1) Wild Pitches: Fitzmorris (3) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Larry Napp ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (second to first); Rojas struck out; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Thompson singled to right [Tovar to third]; May allowed a passed ball [Thompson to second]; Killebrew singled to right [Thompson scored, Tovar scored]; Oliva singled to right [Killebrew to third]; Oliva stole second; Powell was called out on strikes; Renick struck out; Cardenas flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella popped to catcher in foul territory; Oliver singled to center; Paepke grounded into a double play (catcher to shortstop to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. TWINS 2ND: Tischinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaat doubled to left; Tovar singled to pitcher [Kaat to third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Thompson singled to right [Tovar to third, Kaat scored]; Killebrew grounded out (third to first) [Thompson to second, Tovar scored]; Oliva was walked intentionally; Powell walked [Thompson to third, Oliva to second]; Renick was hit by a pitch [Thompson scored, Oliva to third, Powell to second]; Royals Manager Bob Lemon ejected by HP umpire Jerry Neudecker; Fitzmorris threw a wild pitch [Renick to second, Powell to third, Oliva scored]; Cardenas grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 6. ROYALS 3RD: Schaal popped to catcher in foul territory; May flied out to center; Fitzmorris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 6. TWINS 3RD: Tischinski made an out to catcher; Kaat flied out to right; Tovar singled to left; Thompson walked [Tovar to second]; Killebrew homered [Tovar scored, Thompson scored]; Oliva flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 9. ROYALS 4TH: Patek tripled to left; Rojas singled to left [Patek scored]; Otis lined to center; Piniella singled to center [Rojas to second]; Rojas stole third and Piniella stole second; Oliver struck out; Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 9. TWINS 4TH: Schaal dropped a foul fly hit by Powell for an error; Powell popped to third in foul territory; Renick reached on an error by Paepke [Renick to third]; Cardenas popped to second in foul territory; Tischinski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 9. ROYALS 5TH: Schaal singled to left; May reached on an error by Renick [Schaal to second]; On a bunt Fitzmorris singled to pitcher [May to second, Schaal to third]; Patek flied out to right; Rojas singled to left [Fitzmorris to second, May scored (unearned), Schaal scored]; Otis singled to left [Rojas to second, Fitzmorris scored]; BARBER REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Piniella walked [Rojas to third, Otis to second]; Oliver homered [Rojas scored, Otis scored, Piniella scored]; Paepke grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); 7 R (6 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. TWINS 5TH: Barber struck out; Tovar lined to left; Thompson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. ROYALS 6TH: May flied out to center; Fitzmorris grounded out (first to pitcher); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. TWINS 6TH: Killebrew grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); Powell popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. ROYALS 7TH: BRAUN REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING 3B); Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis walked; Otis stole second; Piniella popped to first in foul territory; Oliver made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. TWINS 7TH: KEOUGH REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Tischinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. ROYALS 8TH: KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR PAEPKE; Kirkpatrick lined to center; Schaal walked; HOPKINS BATTED FOR MAY; Hopkins flied out to center; TAYLOR BATTED FOR FITZMORRIS; Taylor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. TWINS 8TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ABERNATHY REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CAREW BATTED FOR BARBER; Carew grounded out (second to first); Tovar flied out to center; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. ROYALS 9TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED CAREW (PITCHING); Patek flied out to left; Rojas made an out to third; KNOOP BATTED FOR KEOUGH; Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 9. |
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