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Sunday September 19, 1971
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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.



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