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Sunday April 30, 1972
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Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, April 30, 1972 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Twins        0  0  0    2  0  1    0  2  0  -   5 12  1
Yankees      0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   4  7  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Clarke 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Thompson ss           4   0   2   1     1   2   .311      Torres rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .176
Carew 2b              5   0   2   2     0   2   .227      Murcer cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .261
Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .256      White lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .205
  Reese pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Alou 1b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .176
Darwin cf             3   1   2   0     1   1   .439      Ellis c               4   1   2   1     0   0   .667
Brye lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .207        Michael pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Soderholm 3b          5   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Kenney ss             2   1   1   0     1   0   .125
Mitterwald c          5   1   3   1     0   0   .375        Munson ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Woodson p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lanier 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monzon ph           1   1   0   0     0   0   .333        Swoboda ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  LaRoche p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kekich p              2   0   1   1     0   0   .125
                                                            Beene p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   5  12   4     3   7             Totals               33   4   7   3     2   7

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 27,475
Left on Base: Twins 13, Yankees 4
DP: Twins 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Thompson, Torres, Beene
Doubles: Mitterwald 2 (2), Thompson (4), Murcer (5), Alou (1)
Triples: Kekich (1)
Home Runs: Ellis (1), White (1)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (4), Clarke (2)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar 2 (4,by Kekich,by Beene), Darwin (1,by Roland)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson W(2-0)          7     5   3   3   2   5   2  27   2.89
LaRoche SV(4)           2     2   1   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     7   4   3   2   7   2  35

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich                  5.2  10   3   2   2   4   0  30   2.57
Beene L(0-1)            1.2   1   2   1   0   3   0   8   1.50
Roland                  1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.25
Totals                  9    12   5   3   3   7   0  45

Hit by Pitch: Kekich (1), Beene (1), Roland (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Don Denkinger


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
singled to left; Carew singled to first [Thompson to second];
Killebrew grounded out (first to pitcher) [Thompson to third,
Carew to second]; Darwin was walked intentionally; Brye flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Torres flied
out to center; Murcer doubled to right; White flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm made an out to second; Mitterwald doubled;
Woodson struck out; Tovar popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis
homered; Kenney walked; Lanier flied out to left; Kekich tripled
[Kenney scored]; Clarke flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 0, Yankees 2.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson was called out on strikes; Carew grounded
out (second to first); Killebrew flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Torres struck out; Murcer was called out on
strikes; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Yankees 2.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin singled to left; Brye singled to center
[Darwin to second]; Soderholm flied out to left; Mitterwald
doubled [Darwin scored, Brye to third]; Woodson made an out to
shortstop; Tovar was hit by a pitch; Thompson walked [Brye
scored, Mitterwald to third, Tovar to second]; Carew was called
out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Alou was called out on strikes; Ellis grounded out
(third to first); Kenney singled to center; Lanier grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Darwin
singled to third; Brye made an out to second; Soderholm singled
to left [Darwin to third]; Mitterwald made an out to second; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Kekich flied out to right; Clarke walked; Torres
struck out while Clarke was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

TWINS 6TH: Woodson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
singled to left; Thompson doubled to right [Tovar scored (error
by Torres) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Carew struck out; BEENE
REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Killebrew flied out to center; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer flied out to right; White homered; Alou made
an out to first; Ellis flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 3.

TWINS 7TH: Darwin struck out; Brye struck out; Soderholm popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Kenney flied out to center; Lanier grounded out
(second to first); Beene was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 3.

TWINS 8TH: Mitterwald singled; MONZON BATTED FOR WOODSON; Monzon
reached on a fielder's choice [Mitterwald to second (error by
Beene)]; Tovar was hit by a pitch [Mitterwald to third, Monzon
to second]; Thompson struck out; ROLAND REPLACED BEENE
(PITCHING); Carew singled to left [Mitterwald scored, Monzon
scored (unearned), Tovar to third]; Tovar was caught stealing
home (catcher to second to catcher) [Carew to second]; Killebrew
walked; REESE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin was hit by a pitch
[Carew to third, Reese to second]; Brye grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LAROCHE REPLACED
MONZON (PITCHING); Clarke popped to first in foul territory;
Torres popped to first in foul territory; Murcer was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

TWINS 9TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald
grounded out (second to first); LaRoche lined to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to center; Alou doubled to left;
Ellis singled to shortstop [Alou scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Ellis to second (error by Thompson)]; MICHAEL RAN FOR ELLIS;
MUNSON BATTED FOR KENNEY; Munson popped to first in foul
territory; SWOBODA BATTED FOR LANIER; Swoboda was called out on
strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Yankees 4.



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