Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 0 (Game 2)
Game Played on Saturday, September 25, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    4  1  2    0  0  0  -   7 11  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  9  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              5   2   3   1     0   0   .309      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Carew 2b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .302      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .271
Killebrew 1b          5   1   1   1     0   3   .257      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .301
Brye cf               4   0   0   0     1   2   .216      Hopkins 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .285
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   1     0   1   .268      Piniella lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Renick lf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .243      Oliver rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .239
Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .151      Paepke c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .207
Mitterwald c          4   0   2   2     0   1   .251      Knoop 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .204
Kaat p                4   1   0   0     0   1   .167      Splittorff p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .104
                                                            Butler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Severson ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .087
                                                            Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Harrison ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Clemons p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286

Totals               37   7  11   6     1  10             Totals               34   0   9   0     1   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  7,191
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 8
DP: Twins 1, Royals 0
Errors: Patek, Oliver
Doubles: Tovar (28), Mitterwald (12), Soderholm (3), Knoop (7)
Triples: Carew (10)
Stolen Bases: Otis (52)
Caught Stealing: Brye (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenas (11)
GIDP: Piniella (12)
Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (3,by Splittorff)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(13-13)           9     9   0   0   1   6   0  35   3.37
Totals                  9     9   0   0   1   6   0  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(8-9)       3.2   5   4   4   0   5   0  17   2.68
Butler                  1.1   2   1   1   0   3   0   6   3.45
Dal Canton              1     3   2   0   0   0   0   6   3.44
Abernathy               1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   2.42
Clemons                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.13
Totals                  9    11   7   5   1  10   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Hank Soar


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek made an out to first; Schaal walked; Otis
flied out to center; Hopkins made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Brye flied out to right; Cardenas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Renick grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella singled to center; Oliver singled to center
[Piniella to third, Oliver out at second (center to shortstop to
second)]; Paepke made an out to third; Knoop grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Mitterwald
struck out; Kaat was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Splittorff grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Patek
struck out; Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Tovar doubled to left; On a bunt Carew singled to
third [Tovar to third]; Killebrew singled to right [Tovar
scored, Carew to third]; Brye struck out; Cardenas hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Carew scored]; Renick singled to center
[Killebrew to third]; Soderholm was hit by a pitch [Renick to
second]; Mitterwald doubled to left [Killebrew scored, Renick
scored, Soderholm to third]; BUTLER REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); Kaat popped to catcher in foul territory; 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to center; Otis stole second; Hopkins
singled to right [Otis to third]; Piniella grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Otis stayed at
third, Hopkins out at second]; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar singled to left; Carew tripled to left [Tovar
scored]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Brye struck out;
Cardenas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Paepke singled to left; Knoop struck out; SEVERSON
BATTED FOR BUTLER; Severson singled to center [Paepke to
second]; Patek flied out to right; Schaal popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 0.

TWINS 6TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED SEVERSON (PITCHING); Renick
singled to left; Soderholm made an out to second; Mitterwald
singled to left [Renick to third, Mitterwald out at second
(shortstop to second)]; Kaat reached on an error by Patek
[Renick scored (unearned) (no RBI), Kaat to second]; Tovar
singled to left [Kaat scored (unearned)]; Carew flied out to
center; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis struck out; Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to
first); Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 7, Royals 0.

TWINS 7TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Killebrew
struck out; Brye walked; Cardenas flied out to right; Brye was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Oliver struck out; Paepke struck out; Knoop doubled
to right; HARRISON BATTED FOR ABERNATHY; Harrison lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 0.

TWINS 8TH: CLEMONS REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Renick grounded
out (pitcher to first); Soderholm doubled to center; Mitterwald
reached on an error by Oliver [Soderholm to third, Mitterwald to
first]; Kaat popped to third in foul territory; Tovar lined to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded
out (second to first); Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 0.

TWINS 9TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Killebrew grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brye grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Hopkins popped to pitcher; Piniella singled to left;
Oliver struck out; Paepke singled to left [Piniella to second];
Knoop flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 7,
Royals 0.