Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, September 19, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 5 7 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Severson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .188 Tovar rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .304 Schaal 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .270 Nettles cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Keough rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Braun 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .248 Otis ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Brye lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Hopkins 1b 2 1 1 2 2 0 .287 Cardenas ss 3 0 1 1 1 1 .272 Kirkpatrick cf,rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .218 Holt 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .256 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .136 Paepke c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .209 Oliva ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .337 Floyd ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .184 Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Montgomery p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Hamm p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Gebhard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 7 5 2 8 Totals 31 2 6 2 3 2 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 9,665 Left on Base: Royals 4, Twins 5 DP: Royals 2, Twins 0 Doubles: Kirkpatrick (12), Hopkins (15), Floyd (3) Home Runs: Schaal (9) Stolen Bases: Kirkpatrick (3), Tovar (17) Sacrifice Flies: Paepke (1) GIDP: Holt (11), Oliva (21) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montgomery W(2-0) 8 6 2 2 3 2 0 32 1.29 Abernathy SV(22) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.50 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 2 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hamm L(2-4) 7.1 5 5 5 2 4 1 29 6.75 Hall 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.33 Gebhard 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.06 Totals 9 7 5 5 2 8 1 36 Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Marty Springstead ROYALS 1ST: Severson struck out; Schaal made an out to shortstop; Keough made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Nettles flied out to center; Braun grounded out (second to first) [Tovar to second]; Brye grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins walked; Kirkpatrick doubled to left [Hopkins scored]; Kirkpatrick stole third; Piniella struck out; Paepke hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kirkpatrick scored]; Floyd grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Cardenas singled to left; Holt grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cardenas out at second]; Soderholm lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Montgomery struck out; Severson grounded out (second to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Hamm grounded out (second to first); Tovar singled to third; Tovar stole second; Nettles lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 4TH: Keough flied out to right; Hopkins grounded out (second to pitcher); Kirkpatrick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (second to first); Brye flied out to right; Cardenas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Paepke grounded out (pitcher to first); Floyd singled to center; Montgomery grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Holt grounded out (pitcher to first); Soderholm walked; Mitterwald struck out; Hamm singled to center [Soderholm to second]; Tovar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 6TH: Severson flied out to center; Schaal homered; Keough flied out to center; Hopkins walked; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Nettles flied out to center; Braun flied out to center; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 7TH: Piniella flied out to center; Paepke popped to third in foul territory; Floyd made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Cardenas flied out to right; Holt made an out to shortstop; Soderholm popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 8TH: Montgomery was called out on strikes; Severson singled to left; Schaal singled to right [Severson to third]; HALL REPLACED HAMM (PITCHING); OTIS BATTED FOR KEOUGH; Otis struck out; Hopkins doubled to right [Severson scored, Schaal scored]; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald flied out to right; RENICK BATTED FOR HALL; Renick flied out to right; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 0. ROYALS 9TH: GEBHARD REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Piniella grounded out (third to first); Paepke struck out; Floyd doubled to left; Montgomery struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: Nettles singled to right; Braun singled to center [Nettles to third]; Brye walked [Braun to second]; Cardenas walked [Nettles scored, Braun to third, Brye to second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED MONTGOMERY (PITCHING); Holt forced Cardenas (first to shortstop) [Braun scored, Brye to third]; OLIVA BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Oliva grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Holt out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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