Snapping their eight-game losing streak, the Royals got superb pitching from Dick Drago and Al Fitzmorris to sweep a doubleheader with the Twins, 2-1 and 3-0. Drago, in gaining his 13th victory, the high for any pitcher in the Royals' brief history, gave up a run on successive singles by Cesar Tovar, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva, the first three batters in the Twins' lineup, but then bore down and yielded only four more hits the rest of the way. The Royals also scored in the first, counting off Bert Blyleven on a double by Freddie Patek, single by Amos Otis, a stolen base and single by Gail Hopkins.

Fitzmorris pitched a two-hitter in the nightcap and scored the only run he needed when he singled and Joe Keough tripled in the eighth inning. Later in that stanza, Hopkins drove in two extra runs with a double. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, August    4, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .309      Patek ss              4   1   2   0     0   1   .264
Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .282      Keough rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Oliva rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .370      Otis cf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .315
  Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Hopkins 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .307
Killebrew 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .255        Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .206      Piniella lf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .276
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Kirkpatrick c         4   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Holt cf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Schaal 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .260
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .085      Drago p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .104
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Gebhard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     1   2             Totals               30   2   8   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:14
Left on Base: Twins 5, Royals 8
DP: Twins 1, Royals 2
Doubles: Patek (15), Keough (11)
Stolen Bases: Otis (34)
Sacrifice Hits: Keough (3)
GIDP: Killebrew (16), Reese (6), Hopkins (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(8-13)        7     7   2   2   3   6   0  30   3.31
Gebhard                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     8   2   2   3   6   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(13-6)           9     7   1   1   1   2   0  33   2.91
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   2   0  33

Wild Pitches: Drago (2)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Bill Kunkel


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Carew singled to right [Tovar
to third]; Oliva singled [Tovar scored, Carew to second];
Killebrew grounded into a double play (second to first) [Carew
to third, Oliva out at second]; Reese made an out to shortstop;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled to right; Keough out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Patek to third]; Otis singled to center
[Patek scored]; Otis stole second; Hopkins singled [Otis
scored]; Piniella flied out to right; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas lined to second; Holt lined to center;
Mitterwald flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal popped to first in foul territory; Knoop
flied out to right; Drago struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven grounded out (first unassisted); Tovar
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Patek struck out; Keough doubled to
center; Otis singled to center [Keough to third]; Hopkins
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Otis out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew singled to
center; Reese was called out on strikes; Cardenas singled to
center [Killebrew to second]; Holt lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick popped to catcher
in foul territory; Schaal walked; Knoop grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blyleven grounded out (second to first); Tovar flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Drago struck out; Patek flied out to right; Keough
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Royals 2.

TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to center; Oliva flied out to left;
Killebrew walked [Carew to second]; Reese grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to center; Hopkins walked; Piniella
singled to left [Hopkins to third]; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Piniella to second]; Schaal was walked
intentionally; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 2.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Holt
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mitterwald grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Drago was called out on strikes; Patek singled to
center; Keough flied out to center; Otis popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 8TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Braun flied out to left;
Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: GEBHARD REPLACED BRAUN (PITCHING); Hopkins flied out
to right; Piniella singled to left; Kirkpatrick made an out to
second; Schaal made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 2.

TWINS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Oliva singled
to center; KAAT RAN FOR OLIVA; Drago threw a wild pitch [Kaat to
second]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Reese grounded out
(first unassisted) [Kaat to third]; Cardenas flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 2.