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Wednesday August 4, 1971
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Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 4, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  6  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .307      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .261
Braun 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Keough rf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .255
Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Otis cf               2   1   1   0     2   0   .316
Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .256      Hopkins 1b            3   0   1   2     1   0   .307
Holt rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Oliver pr,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Nettles cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Paepke c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .223
Roof c                2   0   0   0     1   0   .197      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Corbin p              2   0   1   0     1   1   .241      Knoop 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .208
                                                          Fitzmorris p          3   1   1   0     0   0   .167

Totals               29   0   2   0     3   2             Totals               29   3   6   3     3   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 10,803
Left on Base: Twins 5, Royals 5
DP: Twins 1, Royals 1
Errors: Corbin, Knoop
Doubles: Knoop (2), Hopkins (9)
Triples: Keough (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (35)
GIDP: Carew (17)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin L(7-8)           8     6   3   3   3   6   0  32   3.73
Totals                  8     6   3   3   3   6   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(3-1)       9     2   0   0   3   2   0  32   3.90
Totals                  9     2   0   0   3   2   0  32

Wild Pitches: Corbin (7)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar popped to third in foul territory; Braun made
an out to shortstop; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Keough singled;
Otis lined into a double play (third to first) [Keough out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew struck out; Holt grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins lined to center; Piniella struck out; Paepke
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); Roof walked;
Corbin was called out on strikes; Tovar made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Knoop was
called out on strikes; Fitzmorris grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded
out (first unassisted); Killebrew walked; Holt lined to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek struck out; Keough struck out; On a bunt Otis
singled; Otis was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Corbin [Otis to second]; Corbin threw a wild pitch [Otis to
third]; Hopkins walked; Piniella grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
flied out to center; Roof flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Paepke struck out; Schaal flied out to center; Knoop
doubled to right; Fitzmorris popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 6TH: Corbin walked; Tovar reached on an error by Knoop
(assist by Patek) [Corbin to second, Tovar to first]; On a bunt
Braun forced Corbin (pitcher to third) [Tovar to second]; Carew
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Braun out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
flied out to center; Otis walked; Hopkins made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew singled to left; Holt flied out to left;
Cardenas flied out to center; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella flied out to right; Paepke lined to left;
Schaal lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 8TH: Roof flied to right in foul territory; Corbin singled
to right; Tovar flied out to left; Braun forced Corbin
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); Fitzmorris
singled to right; Patek lined to right; Keough tripled to right
[Fitzmorris scored]; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Hopkins
doubled to right [Keough scored, Otis scored]; OLIVER RAN FOR
HOPKINS; Piniella flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 3.

TWINS 9TH: OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Killebrew flied out to center; Holt
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Royals 3.



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