Harmon Killebrew hit a grand-slam homer in the third inning and drove in another run with a double in the seventh to power the Twins to a 7-2 victory over the Rangers. Rick Renick also homered for the Twins' first run in the third before Killebrew's clout later in the same stanza. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       28, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  5  1
Twins        0  0  5    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   7  9  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Tovar rf              3   1   1   0     2   0   .302
Lovitto rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .162      Thompson ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .270
Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .211      Carew 2b              2   2   0   0     2   0   .295
Billings c            4   1   1   0     0   1   .272      Killebrew 1b          3   1   3   5     1   0   .252
Ford lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .233        Reese pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Harrah ss             4   0   3   1     0   0   .243      Darwin cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .248
Randle 2b             4   1   0   0     0   0   .192      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Kubiak 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .030      Renick lf             2   2   1   1     1   0   .263
Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Brye lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
  Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Roof c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .180
  Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Kaat p                4   0   1   0     0   2   .182
  Janeski p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Suarez ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .167
  Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   5   2     1   3             Totals               30   7   9   7     6   5

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  9,132
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Twins 6
DP: Rangers 2, Twins 1
Errors: Randle, Thompson, Soderholm, Roof
Doubles: Harrah (4), Killebrew (5)
Home Runs: Renick (1), Killebrew (5)
Caught Stealing: Killebrew (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roof (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Suarez (1)
GIDP: Randle (2), Darwin (5)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski L(3-4)       3.2   6   6   6   4   2   2  20   5.31
Panther                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.40
Janeski                 2     2   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.84
Paul                    2     1   1   1   1   1   0   8   2.84
Totals                  8     9   7   7   6   5   2  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(6-1)             9     5   2   0   1   3   0  35   1.11
Totals                  9     5   2   0   1   3   0  35

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Hank Soar


RANGERS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
lined to left; Howard walked; Billings struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Ford flied out to center; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Darwin grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Killebrew out at second]; Soderholm
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first);
Gogolewski struck out; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Renick homered; Roof struck out; Kaat flied to left
in foul territory; Tovar singled to center; Thompson singled to
second [Tovar to third (error by Randle), Thompson to second];
Carew walked; Killebrew homered [Tovar scored, Thompson scored,
Carew scored]; Darwin singled to center; Soderholm lined to
center; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Lovitto grounded out (third to first); Howard
reached on an error by Thompson; Billings forced Howard (pitcher
to shortstop to second); Ford singled to right [Billings to
third]; Harrah doubled to center [Billings scored (unearned),
Ford to third]; Randle lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: Renick walked; Roof out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Renick to second]; Kaat was called out on strikes;
Tovar walked; Thompson singled to center [Renick scored, Tovar
to third]; PANTHER REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Carew
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
1, Twins 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Kubiak reached on an error by Soderholm; BURROUGHS
BATTED FOR PANTHER; Burroughs popped to first in foul territory;
Maddox flied out to left; Lovitto forced Kubiak (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: JANESKI REPLACED BURROUGHS (PITCHING); Killebrew
singled to left; Darwin struck out; Soderholm struck out while
Killebrew was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Howard made an out to second; Billings grounded out
(first unassisted); Ford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Renick flied out to right; Roof grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kaat singled to center; Tovar walked [Kaat
to second]; Thompson forced Tovar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 6.

RANGERS 7TH: BRYE REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING LF); Harrah singled
to left; Randle reached on a fielder's choice [Harrah to third
(error by Roof), Randle to second]; Kubiak reached on a
fielder's choice [Harrah out at home (third to catcher to third
to pitcher), Randle to third]; SUAREZ BATTED FOR JANESKI; Suarez
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Randle scored (unearned)]; Maddox
forced Kubiak (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: PAUL REPLACED SUAREZ (PITCHING); Carew walked;
Killebrew doubled to center [Carew scored]; REESE RAN FOR
KILLEBREW; Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
made an out to second; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 7.

RANGERS 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Lovitto popped
to first in foul territory; Howard grounded out (third to
first); Billings singled to left; Ford was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: Roof flied out to left; Kaat was called out on
strikes; Tovar made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 7.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah singled to shortstop; Randle grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Harrah out at second];
Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Twins 7.