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.

The Royals began their comeback with a run in the fourth and then exploded for seven in the fifth, four scoring on a grand-slam homer by Bob Oliver. Steve Barber, who relieved Jim Kaat, walked Lou Piniella to load the bases and served the gopher to Oliver, but the rookie then held the Royals hitless until giving way to Ron Perranoski in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Kansas City Royals 8
Game Played on Monday, April     19, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       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.