Helping himself to his fourth straight victory, Jim Kaat hit a two-run homer for the Twins to beat the Brewers, 4-2. Rod Carew drove in Cesar Tovar with a single in the first inning and a grounder in the third to account for the Twins' other tallies. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       14, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  6  1
Twins        1  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  6  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .145      Tovar rf              2   2   1   0     1   0   .284
Heise 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .306      Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Carew 2b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .322
Conigliaro rf,cf      4   1   2   1     0   0   .186      Killebrew 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .257
T. Reynolds lf,rf     4   0   1   0     0   0   .188        Reese 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Ferraro 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Nettles cf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .240
May cf                2   0   0   0     0   1   .141      Brye lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .188
  Theobald ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .140      Soderholm 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .229
  Stephenson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roof c                3   1   1   0     0   0   .229
Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Kaat p                3   1   1   2     0   0   .250
Lockwood p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Parsons p           1   1   1   0     0   0   .333
  Motton ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .200

Totals               31   2   6   2     0   4             Totals               28   4   6   4     4   1

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  7,496
Left on Base: Brewers 3, Twins 6
DP: Brewers 0, Twins 2
Errors: Heise, Nettles, Kaat
Doubles: T. Reynolds (2), Soderholm (3)
Triples: Roof (1)
Home Runs: Conigliaro (4), Kaat (1)
Stolen Bases: Tovar 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Carew (2), Nettles (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Heise (1)
GIDP: Scott (3), T. Reynolds (1)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar (6,by Lockwood)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood L(0-3)         3     6   4   4   1   1   1  16   3.38
Parsons                 4     0   0   0   3   0   0  15   4.88
Stephenson              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     6   4   4   4   1   1  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(4-0)             9     6   2   1   0   4   1  32   1.50
Totals                  9     6   2   1   0   4   1  32

Hit by Pitch: Lockwood (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Hank Soar


BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach flied out to right; Heise flied out to
center; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Tovar stole second; Thompson
grounded out (first unassisted) [Tovar to third]; Carew singled
to right [Tovar scored]; Killebrew flied out to center; Carew
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); T.
Reynolds doubled to left; Ferraro lined to right; May struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Nettles singled to center; Nettles was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Brye flied out to right;
Soderholm flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Twins 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to center; Lockwood struck out;
Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Roof tripled to center; Kaat homered [Roof scored];
Tovar was hit by a pitch; Tovar stole second; Thompson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Tovar to third]; Carew
reached on an error by Heise [Tovar scored (RBI), Carew to
second]; Killebrew was walked intentionally; Nettles struck out;
Brye lined to right; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Heise singled to left; Scott grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Heise out at second];
Conigliaro flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm doubled to left; PARSONS REPLACED LOCKWOOD
(PITCHING); Roof flied out to right; Kaat flied out to left;
Tovar walked; Thompson forced Tovar (second unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

BREWERS 5TH: T. Reynolds grounded out (third to first); Ferraro
flied out to center; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles walked; Brye walked
[Nettles to second]; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Parsons singled to center [Parsons to second (error by
Nettles)]; Auerbach reached on an error by Kaat [Parsons to
third, Auerbach to second]; Heise hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Parsons scored (unearned)]; Scott made an out to second; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Roof made an out to second; Kaat grounded out (first
unassisted); Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Twins 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Conigliaro singled to left; T. Reynolds grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Conigliaro out at second];
Ferraro flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson flied out to right; Carew flied out to
center; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 4.

BREWERS 8TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); THEOBALD
BATTED FOR MAY; Theobald grounded out (third to first);
Rodriguez singled to left; MOTTON BATTED FOR PARSONS; Motton
struck out; Auerbach struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
1, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: MOTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); STEPHENSON
REPLACED THEOBALD (PITCHING); T. REYNOLDS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); CONIGLIARO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Nettles
grounded out (third to first); Brye flied out to center;
Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Twins 4.

BREWERS 9TH: Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
flied to left in foul territory; Conigliaro homered; T. Reynolds
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Twins 4.