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The Twins bunched five of their seven hits for three runs in the second inning and defeated the Yankees, 4-2. Harmon Killebrew started the stanza with a single and stopped at third on a double by Bobby Darwin. Killebrew scored on an infield out by Steve Brye and Darwin came home on a single by Phil Roof. Singles by Jim Kaat and Cesar Tovar then added the third run. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 4, New York Yankees 2Game Played on Tuesday, May 9, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumYankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 0
Twins 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 4 7 1
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Tovar rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .250
Torres rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .338
Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Carew 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .265
White lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Killebrew 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .298
Munson c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .317 Mitterwald c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Alou 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .152 Darwin cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .355
McKinney 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .186 Brye lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .152
Michael ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Braun 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .417
Peterson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 3 1 2 1 0 1 .207
Swoboda ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Nettles pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Aker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429
Kaat p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 2 6 2 2 5 Totals 30 4 7 3 4 6
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 6,446
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Twins 8
DP: Yankees 0, Twins 1
Errors: Thompson
Doubles: Darwin (2), Tovar (3), Roof (3)
Triples: Darwin (1)
Home Runs: Alou (1), Munson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Kaat (1)
GIDP: Peterson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Darwin (3,by Aker)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Peterson L(0-5) 6 6 3 3 1 6 0 25 3.55
Aker 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 11 3.00
Totals 8 7 4 4 4 6 0 36
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Kaat W(3-0) 8.1 6 2 2 2 4 2 32 1.71
Granger SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.35
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 5 2 34
Hit by Pitch: Aker (1)
Wild Pitches: Aker (1)
Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Nestor Chylak
YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to left; Torres flied out to left;
Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0,
Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Carew was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
YANKEES 2ND: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
singled to left; Munson was picked off first (pitcher to first
to second); Alou homered; McKinney reached on an error by
Thompson [McKinney to second]; Michael struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Darwin doubled to right [Killebrew
to third]; Brye grounded out (second to first) [Killebrew
scored, Darwin to third]; Braun grounded out (first unassisted);
Roof singled to center [Darwin scored]; Kaat singled [Roof to
third]; Tovar doubled to left [Roof scored, Kaat to third];
Thompson was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 1, Twins 3.
YANKEES 3RD: Peterson grounded out (third to first); Clarke
grounded out (third to first); Torres walked; Murcer was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
TWINS 3RD: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
made an out to second; Darwin tripled; Brye was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson
grounded out (third to first); Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Roof was
called out on strikes; Kaat was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
YANKEES 5TH: McKinney singled to left; Michael forced McKinney
(right to shortstop); Peterson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Michael out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
TWINS 5TH: Tovar struck out; Thompson grounded out (third to
first); Carew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
YANKEES 6TH: Clarke singled to shortstop; Torres struck out;
Murcer grounded out (third to first) [Clarke to second]; White
made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
TWINS 6TH: Killebrew singled to left; Darwin forced Killebrew
(second to shortstop); Brye flied out to center; Braun grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Twins 3.
YANKEES 7TH: Munson homered; Alou grounded out (shortstop to
first); McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
singled to left; SWOBODA BATTED FOR PETERSON; Swoboda was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 3.
TWINS 7TH: AKER REPLACED SWOBODA (PITCHING); Roof doubled to
left; NETTLES RAN FOR ROOF; Kaat out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Nettles to third]; Tovar walked [Nettles
scored on a wild pitch, Tovar to third]; Thompson flied out to
left; Carew walked; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 4.
YANKEES 8TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING C ); REESE
REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 1B); Clarke grounded out (shortstop to
first); Torres grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 4.
TWINS 8TH: Darwin was hit by a pitch; Brye walked [Darwin to
second]; Braun forced Darwin (pitcher to third) [Brye to
second]; Reese forced Braun (first to shortstop) [Brye to
third]; Kaat forced Reese (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 4.
YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to center; Munson walked; GRANGER
REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Alou forced Munson (shortstop to
second); McKinney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2,
Twins 4.
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