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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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