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Sunday June 25, 1972
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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.



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