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A homer by Eric Soderholm with two men on base in the sixth inning carried the Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Royals. Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew singled ahead of Soderholm's blow. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Wednesday, May 31, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 2
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 3 6 2
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Tovar rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292
Hovley rf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .227 Thompson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276
Piniella lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .322 Carew 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .319 Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Darwin cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .246
Otis cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .252 Renick lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .208
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Brye lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191
xRooker p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .000 Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .187
Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Roof c 2 0 2 0 1 0 .232
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .207
Reese 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Totals 37 2 11 2 1 4 Totals 30 3 6 3 3 3
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 7,686
Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 7
DP: Royals 1, Twins 0
Errors: Patek, Schaal, Thompson, Roof
Doubles: Patek (6), Piniella (8), Otis (7)
Home Runs: Soderholm (3)
Stolen Bases: Otis 2 (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Blyleven (5)
GIDP: Renick (1)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rooker L(2-2) 8 6 3 3 3 3 1 34 3.68
Totals 8 6 3 3 3 3 1 34
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven W(7-3) 7 9 2 2 1 4 0 31 2.44
Granger SV(8) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.73
Totals 9 11 2 2 1 4 0 39
Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry Barnett
ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Hovley walked;
Piniella singled to shortstop [Hovley to second]; Kirkpatrick
singled to right [Hovley scored, Piniella out at third (right to
third)]; Rojas flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
1, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; Thompson singled to center;
Carew forced Thompson (pitcher to shortstop); Killebrew reached
on an error by Schaal [Carew to second]; Darwin walked [Carew to
third, Killebrew to second]; Renick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins flied out to center; Otis singled to
pitcher; Otis stole second; Schaal grounded out (second to
first) [Otis to third]; Rooker singled to right [Otis scored];
Patek doubled [Rooker to third]; Hovley struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (second to first); Roof
walked; Blyleven out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Roof to second]; Tovar lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Piniella was called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick
flied out to right; Rojas flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew was
called out on strikes; Killebrew grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Hopkins flied out to right; Otis singled to center;
Schaal lined to right; Rooker reached on catcher's interference
by Roof [Otis to second]; Otis stole third; Patek flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Darwin walked; Renick grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Darwin out at second]; Soderholm
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
2, Twins 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Hovley grounded out (second to first); Piniella
doubled to center; Kirkpatrick flied to center; Rojas grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 5TH: Roof singled to center; Blyleven forced Roof (pitcher
to shortstop); Tovar flied out to center; Thompson forced
Blyleven (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Hopkins grounded out (third to first); Otis doubled
to left; Schaal flied to right in foul territory; Rooker lined
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Carew singled to center; Killebrew singled to center
[Carew to third]; Darwin flied out to right; Renick was called
out on strikes; Soderholm homered [Carew scored, Killebrew
scored]; Roof singled to center; Blyleven struck out; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3.
ROYALS 7TH: BRYE REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING LF); Patek grounded
out (pitcher to first); Hovley was called out on strikes;
Piniella reached on an error by Thompson; Kirkpatrick singled to
right [Piniella out at home (right to shortstop to catcher)]; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3.
TWINS 7TH: Tovar lined to center; Thompson lined to center;
Carew reached on an error by Patek; Killebrew grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3.
ROYALS 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED KILLEBREW (PITCHING); REESE
REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PLAYING 1B); Rojas singled to right; Hopkins
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rojas to second]; Otis
grounded out (second to first) [Rojas to third]; Schaal popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2,
Twins 3.
TWINS 8TH: Darwin made an out to shortstop; Brye grounded out
(third to first); Soderholm made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3.
ROYALS 9TH: MAYBERRY BATTED FOR ROOKER; Mayberry flied out to
left; Patek lined to left; Hovley singled to shortstop; Piniella
forced Hovley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 3.
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