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 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       9, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees      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.