Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, September 26, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  7  1
Royals       0  0  0    0  4  0    0  1  x  -   5  9  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .158      Floyd ss              4   1   0   0     1   1   .158
Reese rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Schaal 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .270
  Tovar ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Keough cf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .250
Killebrew 1b          3   0   0   0     1   2   .257      Hopkins 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .284
  Thompson pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Piniella lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .277
  Haydel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Oliver rf             2   1   1   1     1   0   .241
Carew 2b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .308      Paepke c              2   0   0   0     0   2   .204
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .268        Martinez c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Holt cf,1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Severson 2b           4   1   3   1     0   0   .360
Brye lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Montgomery p          2   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Dempsey c             4   1   2   0     0   1   .308        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Luebber p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .053        Abernathy p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Braun ph,rf         1   1   1   1     0   0   .253

Totals               33   3   7   3     1   6             Totals               31   5   9   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 12,338
Left on Base: Twins 5, Royals 8
DP: Twins 1, Royals 0
Errors: Killebrew
Doubles: Dempsey (1), Soderholm (4), Schaal (31), Hopkins (16)
Triples: Severson 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Cardenas (7), Martinez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber L(2-5)          4.1   6   4   4   3   4   0  22   5.03
Corbin                  2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0  10   4.04
Haydel                  1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.76
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   5   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montgomery W(3-0)       7.1   6   3   3   0   6   0  28   2.11
Burgmeier               0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.75
Abernathy SV(23)        1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.60
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   6   0  35

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


TWINS 1ST: Soderholm made an out to third; Reese popped to third
in foul territory; Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Floyd was called out on strikes; Schaal flied out to
center; Keough was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Carew singled to second; Cardenas out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Carew to second]; Holt grounded out
(first unassisted) [Carew to third]; Brye popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins popped to third in foul territory; Piniella
singled to left; Oliver walked [Piniella to second]; Paepke was
called out on strikes; Severson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Dempsey singled to right; Luebber was called out on
strikes; Soderholm made an out to third; Reese struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Montgomery walked; Floyd flied out to left; Schaal
singled to center [Montgomery to second]; Keough grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Montgomery to third, Schaal to second];
Hopkins popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Carew singled to
left; Cardenas struck out; Holt flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Paepke was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to right; MARTINEZ REPLACED PAEPKE
(PLAYING C ); Dempsey struck out; Dennis Paepke left with
injured little finger from foul ball; Luebber grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Severson tripled to right; Montgomery grounded out
(third to first); Floyd walked; Schaal doubled to center
[Severson scored, Floyd scored]; Keough singled to center
[Schaal scored]; Hopkins doubled to right [Keough to third];
CORBIN REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Piniella was walked
intentionally; Oliver out on a sacrifice fly to right in foul
territory [Keough scored, Hopkins to third]; Martinez flied out
to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 4.

TWINS 6TH: Soderholm flied out to left; Reese grounded out
(second to first); Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Severson singled to center; On a bunt Montgomery
made an out to pitcher; Floyd lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Severson out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 4.

TWINS 7TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Cardenas
grounded out (third to first); Holt grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Keough
grounded out (first to pitcher); Hopkins reached on an error by
Killebrew [Hopkins to first]; Piniella grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 4.

TWINS 8TH: Brye lined to shortstop; Dempsey doubled; BRAUN
BATTED FOR CORBIN; Braun singled to right [Dempsey scored];
Soderholm doubled to center [Braun scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED
MONTGOMERY (PITCHING); TOVAR BATTED FOR REESE; Tovar flied out
to center; Killebrew walked; THOMPSON RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Carew
singled to left [Soderholm scored, Thompson to second];
ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Cardenas flied out to
left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: TOVAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BRAUN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); HAYDEL REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); HOLT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Oliver singled to left; Martinez
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Oliver to second];
Severson tripled to right [Oliver scored]; Abernathy struck out;
Floyd flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Royals 5.

TWINS 9TH: Holt grounded out (first unassisted); Brye grounded
out (second to first); Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 5.