Phil Roof hit his first two homers of the season to enable the Twins to defeat the Royals, 3-2. After the catcher's first blow broke a 1-1 tie in the second inning, Steve Hovley hit his first homer of the season for the Royals to forge a new deadlock in the third. Roof then homered again for the winning run in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       30, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1
Twins        1  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Tovar rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .301
Hovley rf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .225      Thompson ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .277
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .319      Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .288
Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     0   1   .309      Killebrew 1b          3   0   0   1     1   0   .245
  Hansen ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .143        Reese 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Darwin cf             3   0   1   0     1   2   .250
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Renick lf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .238
Otis cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .236        Brye lf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .193
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .183
Knoop 2b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Roof c                4   2   2   2     0   1   .204
  Scheinblum ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Perry p               3   0   1   0     0   0   .316
  Taylor pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rojas 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Splittorff p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Dal Canton p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               31   2   5   1     3   4             Totals               31   3   7   3     4   9

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  6,164
Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 8
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: Knoop, Tovar
Doubles: Otis (6), Scheinblum (2)
Home Runs: Hovley (1), Roof 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Piniella (1)
GIDP: Piniella (8)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              2.1   4   2   2   3   2   1  14   2.64
Dal Canton L(2-3)       3.2   3   1   1   1   4   1  15   3.25
Nelson                  2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   1.29
Totals                  8     7   3   3   4   9   2  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(4-3)            7     5   2   1   2   2   1  28   2.67
LaRoche SV(6)           2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6   1.55
Totals                  9     5   2   1   3   4   1  34

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella lined to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Thompson singled to right
[Tovar to third, Thompson to second (on throw)]; Carew struck
out; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tovar scored,
Thompson to third]; Darwin walked; Renick walked [Darwin to
second]; Soderholm was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis doubled; Schaal
reached on an error by Tovar [Otis scored (unearned), Schaal to
second]; Knoop walked; Splittorff grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Roof homered; Perry grounded out (third to first);
Tovar made an out to second; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek lined to center; Hovley homered; Piniella
singled to left; Kirkpatrick struck out; Piniella was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Carew walked; Killebrew lined to center; Darwin
singled to center [Carew to third, Darwin to second (on throw)];
DAL CANTON REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Renick struck out;
Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Otis flied
to center; Schaal was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Roof homered; Perry singled to second [Perry to
second (error by Knoop)]; Tovar grounded out (third to first);
Thompson singled to shortstop [Perry stayed at second]; Carew
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Perry to third, Thompson to
second]; Killebrew was walked intentionally; Darwin struck out;
1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Knoop flied out to center; Dal Canton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Renick flied out to right; Soderholm struck out; Roof
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Hovley flied out to center; Piniella grounded out
(third to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Perry grounded out (second to pitcher); Tovar struck
out; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Otis grounded out
(third to first); Schaal singled to right; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR
KNOOP; Scheinblum doubled to right [Schaal to third]; TAYLOR RAN
FOR SCHEINBLUM; HOPKINS BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Hopkins flied out
to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: ROJAS REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING 2B); NELSON REPLACED
HOPKINS (PITCHING); Carew grounded out (first to pitcher);
Killebrew flied out to center; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek walked; LAROCHE REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING);
BRYE REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING LF); Hovley was called out on
strikes; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Brye struck out; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to
first); Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins
3.

ROYALS 9TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); HANSEN BATTED
FOR KIRKPATRICK; Hansen struck out; MAY BATTED FOR MAYBERRY; May
flied to left; Otis walked; Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 3.