Powered by three homers, the Royals defeated the Twins, 5-3. The Twins had a homer by Eric Soderholm with a man on base in the second inning and added another run in the fifth before the Royals tied the score with round-trippers by Lou Piniella and Ed Kirkpatrick in the sixth, Piniella's poke coming with one aboard. With two out in the eighth, Cookie Rojas singled for the Royals and Richie Scheinblum delivered a pinch-homer for the game-winning blow. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Thursday, June      1, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  3    0  2  0  -   5  9  0
Twins        0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  3  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     1   0   .248      Tovar rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .291
Hovley rf             3   1   2   0     0   0   .255      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .268
  Taylor ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Piniella lf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .320      Darwin cf             2   0   0   0     1   2   .242
Kirkpatrick c         4   1   2   1     0   1   .329      Reese 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .214
Rojas 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .273        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .306
  Scheinblum ph       1   1   1   2     0   0   .267      Soderholm 3b          3   1   1   2     0   0   .192
  Mayberry 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Nettles lf            2   1   0   0     1   0   .163
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .252      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .146
Schaal 3b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .218      Woodson p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .105
Murphy p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Killebrew 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fitzmorris p        2   0   0   0     0   0   .300

Totals               34   5   9   5     3   3             Totals               28   3   3   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  6,807
Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 2
DP: Royals 1, Twins 2
Home Runs: Piniella (5), Kirkpatrick (4), Scheinblum (3), Soderholm (4)
Stolen Bases: Nettles (1)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (6)
GIDP: Patek (3), Rojas (7), Soderholm (4)
Hit by Pitch: Darwin (4,by Murphy)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy                  5     3   3   3   2   4   1  19   4.07
Fitzmorris W(1-3)       4     0   0   0   1   1   0  13   3.31
Totals                  9     3   3   3   3   5   1  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson                 6.1   7   3   3   2   1   2  26   3.42
LaRoche L(1-2)          2.2   2   2   2   1   2   1  11   1.99
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   3   3  37

Hit by Pitch: Murphy (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Dave Phillips


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Hovley made an out to
third; Piniella popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

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

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick made an out to third; Rojas walked;
Hopkins forced Rojas (first to shortstop); Otis struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin was hit by a pitch; Reese forced Darwin
(pitcher to shortstop); Soderholm homered [Reese scored];
Nettles made an out to shortstop; Mitterwald popped to first in
foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal singled to right; On a bunt Murphy forced
Schaal (first to shortstop); Patek grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Woodson struck out; Tovar flied out to right;
Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Hovley singled to left; Piniella lined to center;
Kirkpatrick singled to center [Hovley to second]; Rojas grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Kirkpatrick out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Carew walked; Darwin struck out; Reese singled to
right [Carew to third]; Soderholm grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Reese out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins made an out to third; Otis made an out to
first; Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Nettles walked; Nettles stole second; Mitterwald
struck out; Woodson flied to right in foul territory; Tovar
singled to right [Nettles scored]; Tovar was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 3.

ROYALS 6TH: KEOUGH BATTED FOR MURPHY; Keough flied out to right;
Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley singled to
second; Piniella homered [Hovley scored]; Kirkpatrick homered;
Rojas made an out to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Thompson flied
out to right; Carew grounded out (second to first); Darwin
walked; Reese lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Twins 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Hopkins flied to left in foul territory; Otis
singled to left; Schaal walked [Otis to second]; LAROCHE
REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); KILLEBREW REPLACED WOODSON (PLAYING
1B); Fitzmorris popped to pitcher; Patek walked [Otis to third,
Schaal to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR HOVLEY; Taylor flied to
right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins
3.

TWINS 7TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Nettles lined to left; Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Twins 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella popped to first; Kirkpatrick struck out;
Rojas singled to left; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Scheinblum
homered [Rojas scored]; Otis struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: MAYBERRY REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING 1B); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Tovar lined to left; Thompson
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Fitzmorris
popped to first; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Darwin struck
out; BRAUN BATTED FOR LAROCHE; Braun grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.