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Paced by Harmon Killebrew, who hit a three-run homer, the Twins won the first game of a doubleheader, 5-3, in a split with the Royals, who exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning to capture the second game, 8-3. Bert Blyleven, who ended his personal five-game losing streak with the Twins' victory in the opener, was lifted with the bases loaded in the ninth and the Royals scored three runs on a single by Cookie Rojas and sacrifice fly by Carl Taylor before Freddie Patek grounded into a double play. Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, June 25, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal StadiumTwins 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 10 1
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Tovar rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .281 Patek ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .240
Thompson ss 3 1 1 0 2 1 .265 Otis cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .293
Carew 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .288 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316
Killebrew 1b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .227 Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 0 0 2 .300
Reese 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Scheinblum rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .316
Braun lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .309 Mayberry 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .267
Nettles cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Rojas 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .273
Soderholm 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .216 Floyd 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .189
Roof c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Hovley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219
Blyleven p 4 0 1 1 0 1 .214 Knoop 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Drago p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .065
Keough ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Hedlund p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357
Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Taylor ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273
Totals 35 5 8 5 3 4 Totals 33 3 10 3 2 6
Time of Game: 2:25
Left on Base: Twins 8, Royals 7
DP: Twins 2, Royals 0
Errors: Piniella
Doubles: Carew (8), Braun (7)
Home Runs: Killebrew (9)
Stolen Bases: Tovar 2 (11), Patek (12)
Caught Stealing: Thompson (2), Otis (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Taylor (1)
GIDP: Rojas (11), Patek (5)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar 2 (10,by Drago,by Hedlund), Kirkpatrick (2,by Blyleven)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven W(8-8) 8 9 3 3 1 6 0 33 2.98
Granger SV(12) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.49
Totals 9 10 3 3 2 6 0 37
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Drago L(5-6) 5 7 5 4 2 2 1 26 2.43
Hedlund 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.99
Abernathy 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2.12
Totals 9 8 5 4 3 4 1 40
Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (5), Drago (2), Hedlund (2)
Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Kunkel
TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Thompson flied out to
right; Carew doubled to left; Killebrew made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to left; Otis singled to center;
Piniella flied out to right; Otis was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
singled; Soderholm reached on an error by Piniella [Nettles to
third, Soderholm to second]; Roof reached on a fielder's choice
[Nettles out at home (second to catcher), Soderholm to third];
Blyleven singled to center [Soderholm scored (unearned), Roof to
second]; Tovar flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick struck out; Scheinblum struck out;
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: Thompson singled to center; Carew walked [Thompson to
second]; Killebrew homered [Thompson scored, Carew scored];
Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles grounded out
(pitcher to first); Soderholm flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Rojas singled to third; Floyd was called out on
strikes; Drago struck out; Patek made an out to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Royals 0.
TWINS 4TH: Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); Blyleven
struck out; Tovar was hit by a pitch; Tovar stole second;
Thompson walked; Carew singled to center [Tovar scored, Thompson
to third]; Killebrew made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Otis struck out; Piniella flied out to right;
Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
TWINS 5TH: Braun doubled to right; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); Soderholm flied out to left; Roof was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
singled to center; Rojas flied out to left; Floyd singled to
shortstop [Mayberry to second]; KEOUGH BATTED FOR DRAGO; Keough
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5,
Royals 0.
TWINS 6TH: HEDLUND REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Blyleven flied
out to right; Tovar was hit by a pitch; Tovar stole second;
Thompson struck out; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Patek flied out to right; Otis grounded out (second
to first); Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 0.
TWINS 7TH: Killebrew struck out; Braun singled to center;
Nettles flied out to left; Soderholm flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick was hit by a pitch; Scheinblum forced
Kirkpatrick (first to shortstop); Mayberry singled to right
[Scheinblum to third]; Rojas grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
TWINS 8TH: Roof popped to third in foul territory; Blyleven
grounded out (catcher to first); Tovar made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); HOVLEY BATTED
FOR FLOYD; Hovley flied out to right; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
HEDLUND; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted); Patek singled
to left; Patek stole second; Otis singled to third [Patek to
third]; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 5, Royals 0.
TWINS 9TH: KNOOP REPLACED HOVLEY (PLAYING 3B); ABERNATHY
REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Thompson walked; Carew flied out to
right; Reese flied out to left; Thompson was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick singled to right; Scheinblum singled to
right [Kirkpatrick to second]; Mayberry walked [Kirkpatrick to
third, Scheinblum to second]; GRANGER REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); Rojas singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored,
Scheinblum scored, Mayberry to second]; Knoop walked [Mayberry
to third, Rojas to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR ABERNATHY; Taylor
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Mayberry scored]; Patek grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Knoop out at
second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3.
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