Monty Montgomery, rookie from Elmira (Eastern), gained his second major league victory as the Royals won the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-2, after losing the opener to the Twins, 6-3. The Twins sent Blyleven on his way to triumph in the first game when they scored four runs in the first inning on a triple by Leo Cardenas with the bases loaded and single by Rick Renick, who started his first game since undergoing knee surgery in mid-May. Cesar Tovar singled with the sacks filled in the third to add the Twins' other two tallies.

In the nightcap, Montgomery pitched scoreless ball until the ninth inning when Ted Abernathy had to take over to put down a two-run rally by the Twins. Paul Schaal homered for the Royals and Gail Hopkins batted in two runs with a double. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 19, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   3  8  1
Twins        4  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   0   1   0     1   2   .273      Tovar rf              4   0   2   2     0   0   .302
Valdespino lf         4   0   1   1     0   0   .347      Carew 2b              3   1   0   0     0   1   .300
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .303        Braun 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Hopkins 1b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .285      Killebrew 1b          3   1   1   0     1   2   .256
Schaal 3b             1   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Brye cf,lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .246
  Oliver ph,3b        3   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Cardenas ss           4   2   2   3     0   0   .271
Keough rf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .251      Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .143
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   1   0     0   0   .217      Renick lf             2   0   1   1     1   1   .219
Floyd 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .156        Nettles cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Splittorff p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .106      Roof c                4   0   0   0     0   2   .211
  Nelson p            2   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Blyleven p            3   0   0   0     0   2   .131

Totals               34   3   8   3     1   6             Totals               32   6   8   6     2  10

Time of Game: 2:06
Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 5
DP: Royals 0, Twins 2
Errors: Hopkins, Cardenas
Doubles: Soderholm (2)
Triples: Cardenas (4)
Home Runs: Keough (3)
Stolen Bases: Carew (6)
GIDP: Keough (10), Oliver (11)
Hit by Pitch: Carew (1,by Splittorff)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(8-8)       2     7   6   6   2   4   0  16   2.50
Nelson                  6     1   0   0   0   6   0  19   4.78
Totals                  8     8   6   6   2  10   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(14-15)       9     8   3   3   1   6   1  35   2.94
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   6   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (3)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Patek struck out; Valdespino grounded out
(third to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Carew was hit by a pitch;
Killebrew singled to left [Carew to second]; Brye singled to
center [Carew to third, Killebrew to second]; Cardenas tripled
to right [Carew scored, Killebrew scored, Brye scored];
Soderholm struck out; Renick singled to center [Cardenas
scored]; Roof struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
4.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins singled to center; Schaal struck out; Keough
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hopkins out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
4.

TWINS 2ND: Blyleven struck out; Tovar singled to left; Carew
forced Tovar (shortstop to second) [Carew to first (error by
Hopkins; assist by Floyd)]; Killebrew walked [Carew to second];
Carew stole third; Brye struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick singled to center; Floyd reached on an
error by Cardenas [Kirkpatrick to second, Floyd to first]; On a
bunt Splittorff made an out to third; On a bunt Patek singled to
pitcher [Kirkpatrick to third, Floyd to second]; Valdespino
flied out to left; Otis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Cardenas singled to left; Soderholm doubled to left
[Cardenas to third]; Renick was walked intentionally; NELSON
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Roof struck out; Blyleven was
called out on strikes; Tovar singled to right [Cardenas scored,
Soderholm scored, Renick to third]; Carew made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

ROYALS 4TH: Hopkins lined to center; OLIVER BATTED FOR SCHAAL;
Oliver grounded out (third to first); Keough popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 4TH: OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Killebrew struck
out; Brye grounded out (third to first); Cardenas grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Floyd
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson grounded out (pitcher
to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm flied to left in foul territory; Renick
struck out; Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

ROYALS 6TH: NETTLES REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING CF); BRYE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Patek struck out; Valdespino grounded
out (second to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Blyleven popped to first in foul territory; Tovar
flied out to center; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Hopkins singled to right; Oliver grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hopkins out at
second]; Keough made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Brye flied out
to center; Cardenas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 6.

ROYALS 8TH: BRAUN REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); Kirkpatrick flied
out to right; Floyd lined to right; Nelson singled to right;
Patek walked [Nelson to second]; Valdespino singled to center
[Nelson scored, Patek to third]; Otis popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Nettles
popped to third in foul territory; Roof made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 6.

ROYALS 9TH: Hopkins singled to right; Oliver struck out; Keough
homered [Hopkins scored]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to
pitcher); Floyd was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 3, Twins 6.