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The Royals were assured of finishing at least .500 for the best showing by any Kansas City major league club when Al Fitzmorris pitched a five-hitter and beat the Twins, 4-2. The victory was the Royals' 81st and, even if they lost all their remaining games, they would wind up at 81-81. Kansas City Royals 4, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Saturday, September 18, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
Twins 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Tovar rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .301
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .268 Carew 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .302
Otis cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .305 Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .255
Piniella lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .264 Braun 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Oliver rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .239 Cardenas ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 .269
Paepke c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .213 Brye lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Harrison 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Nettles cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .252
Floyd 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Roof c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .215
Fitzmorris p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Holt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Gebhard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kaat p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .174
Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059
Alyea ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .178
Dempsey pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Totals 33 4 7 4 4 4 Totals 29 2 5 2 2 2
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 9,811
Left on Base: Royals 7, Twins 2
DP: Royals 3, Twins 1
Errors: Braun, Brye
Doubles: Otis (25), Oliver (12), Harrison (4), Cardenas (23)
Triples: Patek (11), Carew (9)
Stolen Bases: Schaal (7), Piniella (5), Nettles (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Fitzmorris (2)
GIDP: Paepke (6), Roof (10), Killebrew (21), Brye (3)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Fitzmorris W(7-4) 9 5 2 2 2 2 0 31 4.06
Totals 9 5 2 2 2 2 0 31
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Kaat L(12-13) 5 7 4 3 4 2 0 25 3.49
Luebber 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 4.81
Gebhard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.24
Totals 9 7 4 3 4 4 0 38
Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Larry McCoy
ROYALS 1ST: Patek tripled to center; Schaal walked; Otis doubled
to third [Patek scored, Schaal to third]; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver was walked intentionally; Paepke
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Oliver
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
tripled to left; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Carew scored]; Braun grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Harrison flied out to right; Floyd struck out;
Fitzmorris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 1.
TWINS 2ND: Cardenas doubled to left; Brye flied out to right
[Cardenas to third]; Nettles walked; Nettles stole second; Roof
grounded out (second to first) [Cardenas scored, Nettles to
third]; Kaat grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 1, Twins 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; Schaal
grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 2.
TWINS 3RD: Tovar flied out to left; Carew flied out to left;
Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Piniella walked; Oliver doubled to left [Piniella to
third]; Paepke singled to left [Piniella scored, Oliver scored,
Paepke to second (error by Brye)]; Harrison grounded out (third
to first); Floyd grounded out (pitcher to first); Fitzmorris
singled to right [Paepke scored (unearned)]; Patek flied out to
right; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 4TH: Braun struck out (catcher to first); Cardenas
grounded out (third to first); Brye grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Schaal walked; Otis flied out to right; Piniella
singled to center [Schaal to second]; Schaal stole third and
Piniella stole second; Oliver reached on a fielder's choice
[Schaal out at home (shortstop to catcher), Piniella to third];
Paepke flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins
2.
TWINS 5TH: Nettles singled to left; Roof grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Nettles out at second];
Kaat made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4,
Twins 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Harrison doubled to right; LUEBBER REPLACED KAAT
(PITCHING); Floyd flied out to right [Harrison to third]; On a
bunt Fitzmorris reached on a fielder's choice [Harrison out at
home (third to catcher)]; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 6TH: Tovar singled to catcher; Carew flied out to right;
Killebrew grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Schaal was called out on strikes; Otis struck out;
Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 7TH: Braun made an out to third; Cardenas singled to
right; Brye grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Cardenas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
4, Twins 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Oliver flied out to left; Paepke made an out to
second; Harrison lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
4, Twins 2.
TWINS 8TH: Nettles grounded out (third to first); HOLT BATTED
FOR ROOF; Holt grounded out (second to first); ALYEA BATTED FOR
LUEBBER; Alyea walked; DEMPSEY RAN FOR ALYEA; Tovar forced
Dempsey (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4,
Twins 2.
ROYALS 9TH: DEMPSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GEBHARD
REPLACED HOLT (PITCHING); Floyd reached on an error by Braun
[Floyd to first]; Fitzmorris out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Floyd to second]; Patek flied out to center; Schaal
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 9TH: Carew made an out to shortstop; Killebrew grounded
out (shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
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