The Twins, who went into the ninth inning with a 5-1 lead, survived a three-run rally by the Royals to emerge with a 5-4 victory. Lou Piniella and Bob Oliver singled and Paul Schaal doubled for the first run in the Royals' uprising, knocking out Jim Perry. Ron Perranoski relieved and struck out Carl Taylor, but Jerry May followed with a two-run double. However, after Dennis Paepke walked, Freddie Patek grounded into a game-ending double play. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Tuesday, April     20, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   4 10  3
Twins        0  1  1    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   5 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .238      Tovar lf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .367
Rojas 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .356      Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Kirkpatrick cf        2   0   0   1     1   0   .184      Oliva rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .340
Piniella lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .241      Killebrew 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .302
Oliver 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .241        Thompson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Schaal 3b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .327      Reese 1b              3   2   1   0     1   0   .182
Keough rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Holt cf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .342
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .191
May c                 4   0   1   2     0   1   .313      Tischinski c          2   0   1   1     0   0   .167
  Rooker pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Braun ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .400
Dal Canton p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Mitterwald c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               3   0   1   0     1   0   .222
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hopkins ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Paepke ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .231

Totals               31   4  10   4     5   6             Totals               34   5  10   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  3,491
Left on Base: Royals 6, Twins 8
DP: Royals 2, Twins 4
Errors: Patek, Kirkpatrick, Oliver
Doubles: Schaal (3), May (1), Tischinski (1)
Triples: Oliva (1)
Caught Stealing: Patek (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (1)
GIDP: Oliver (2), May (1), Piniella (1), Patek (1), Cardenas (1), Tischinski (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton L(0-1)       5.1   9   5   4   2   2   0  26   4.34
Wright                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.00
Burgmeier               0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.93
York                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   5.11
Totals                  8    10   5   4   3   4   0  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(2-2)            8     9   4   4   4   5   0  33   4.44
Perranoski SV(2)        1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.38
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   6   0  37

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled; Rojas singled to right [Patek to
third]; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Patek
scored]; Piniella walked [Rojas to second]; Oliver grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Piniella out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
singled to center; Oliva lined to center; Killebrew lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal struck out; Keough singled to center; May
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Keough out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese walked; Holt singled to first [Reese to
second]; Cardenas grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Reese to third, Holt out at second]; Tischinski doubled
[Reese scored]; Perry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Dal Canton struck out; On a bunt Patek singled to
pitcher; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Rojas singled to right; Kirkpatrick flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar walked; Carew grounded out (second to first)
[Tovar to second]; Oliva tripled to left [Tovar scored];
Killebrew was called out on strikes; Reese made an out to
second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied out to center; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schaal walked; Keough flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Holt reached on an error by Oliver; Cardenas popped
to first in foul territory; Tischinski grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Holt out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 5TH: May struck out; Dal Canton struck out; Patek struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Perry singled to pitcher; Tovar forced Perry (third
to second); Carew made an out to pitcher; Oliva grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas flied out to center; Kirkpatrick walked;
Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Kirkpatrick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Reese singled to
center [Reese to third (error by Kirkpatrick)]; Holt singled to
center [Reese scored]; Cardenas singled to left [Holt to
second]; BRAUN BATTED FOR TISCHINSKI; Braun singled to right
[Cardenas to third, Holt scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED DAL CANTON
(PITCHING); Perry reached on a fielder's choice [Cardenas out at
home (first to third), Braun to second]; Tovar reached on an
error by Patek [Perry to second, Braun scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Carew grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

ROYALS 7TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING C ); Oliver
singled to left; Schaal popped to first in foul territory;
Keough grounded out (pitcher to first) [Oliver to second]; May
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva singled to left; Killebrew grounded out (third
to first) [Oliva to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); Reese grounded out (pitcher to first) [Oliva to
third]; Holt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins
5.

ROYALS 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); HOPKINS
BATTED FOR BURGMEIER; Hopkins walked; Patek flied out to center;
Rojas made an out to shortstop; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: YORK REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Cardenas grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald grounded out (pitcher to
first); Perry walked; Tovar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella singled to left; Oliver singled to left
[Piniella to second]; Schaal doubled to right [Oliver to third,
Piniella scored]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); TAYLOR
BATTED FOR KEOUGH; Taylor struck out; May doubled [Schaal
scored, Oliver scored]; ROOKER RAN FOR MAY; PAEPKE BATTED FOR
YORK; Paepke walked; Patek grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Rooker out at third]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4,
Twins 5.