Kansas City Royals 8, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, June 25, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Twins 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 x - 8 11 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nettles cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .232 Patek ss 4 1 2 0 1 1 .245 Darwin ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Otis cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .297 Thompson ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Piniella lf 3 1 1 3 0 0 .316 Carew 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .287 Hovley ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Braun lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .308 Kirkpatrick c 2 1 0 0 2 1 .295 Reese 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .192 Scheinblum rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .321 Manuel rf 1 0 0 0 2 1 .194 Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .272 Dempsey c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Knoop 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Mitterwald c 3 0 2 1 0 1 .159 Floyd 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .175 Norton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monzon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Nelson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Woodson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Keough ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .429 Tovar ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Totals 32 3 8 3 4 6 Totals 32 8 11 8 6 6 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 14,777 Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 6 DP: Twins 2, Royals 2 Errors: Mayberry Doubles: Piniella (15), Otis (9) Triples: Reese (1) Home Runs: Mayberry (7) Stolen Bases: Patek (13) Caught Stealing: Reese (1) GIDP: Darwin 2 (8) Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (1,by Murphy) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Woodson L(5-6) 4.2 6 4 4 3 4 0 21 3.35 LaRoche 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 3.15 Norton 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 13 2.10 Totals 8 11 8 8 6 6 1 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Murphy 2.1 6 3 2 2 1 0 16 5.27 Nelson W(1-1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 0.96 Burgmeier SV(7) 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 1.80 Totals 9 8 3 2 4 6 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Murphy (2) Wild Pitches: Woodson (1), Norton (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty TWINS 1ST: Nettles singled to right; On a bunt Thompson singled to third [Nettles to second]; Nettles was picked off second (pitcher to second); Carew grounded out (catcher to first) [Thompson to second]; Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left [Patek out at second (left to third)]; Otis singled to left; Piniella lined to third; Kirkpatrick walked [Otis to second]; Woodson threw a wild pitch [Otis to third, Kirkpatrick to second]; Scheinblum made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Reese reached on an error by Mayberry; Manuel walked [Reese to second]; On a bunt Soderholm made an out to pitcher; Mitterwald singled to left [Reese scored (unearned), Manuel to second]; Woodson struck out; Nettles lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Rojas made an out to shortstop; Floyd lined into a double play (second to first) [Mayberry out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. TWINS 3RD: Thompson flied out to center; Carew singled to center; Braun singled to right [Carew to third]; Reese tripled to center [Carew scored, Braun scored]; Manuel walked; Soderholm was hit by a pitch [Manuel to second]; NELSON REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Mitterwald struck out; Reese was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Nelson struck out; On a bunt Patek singled to third; Otis flied out to left; Piniella forced Patek (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0. TWINS 4TH: Woodson struck out; Nettles struck out; Thompson singled to center; Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0. TWINS 5TH: Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); Reese grounded out (pitcher to first); Manuel was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Rojas singled to center; Floyd walked [Rojas to second]; KEOUGH BATTED FOR NELSON; Keough struck out; Patek struck out; Otis walked [Rojas to third, Floyd to second]; Piniella doubled to right [Rojas scored, Floyd scored, Otis scored]; LAROCHE REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick walked; Scheinblum singled to left [Piniella scored, Kirkpatrick to second]; Mayberry homered [Kirkpatrick scored, Scheinblum scored]; Rojas struck out; 7 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 7. TWINS 6TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Soderholm walked; Mitterwald singled to left [Soderholm to second]; TOVAR BATTED FOR LAROCHE; Tovar made an out to second; DARWIN BATTED FOR NETTLES; Darwin grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mitterwald out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 7. ROYALS 6TH: TOVAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DARWIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); DEMPSEY REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING C ); NORTON REPLACED MITTERWALD (PITCHING); Floyd grounded out (shortstop to first); Burgmeier was called out on strikes; Patek walked; Patek stole second; Otis doubled to center [Patek scored]; HOVLEY BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Norton threw a wild pitch [Otis to third]; Hovley grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 8. TWINS 7TH: KNOOP REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thompson made an out to second; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Scheinblum singled to second; Mayberry lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Scheinblum out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 8. TWINS 8TH: Reese struck out; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 8. ROYALS 8TH: Knoop walked; Floyd popped to third in foul territory; Burgmeier singled to left [Knoop to second]; Patek flied out to right; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 8. TWINS 9TH: MONZON BATTED FOR NORTON; Monzon walked; Tovar forced Monzon (shortstop to second); Darwin grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 8.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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