John Mayberry and Ed Kirkpatrick batted in two runs apiece in the opener and smashed back-to-back homers in the nightcap as the Royals defeated the Twins in a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3 and 12-4. The Royals won the lidlifter with a four-run outburst in the eighth inning after they had been held to two hits by Bert Blyleven. Lou Piniella, Richie Scheinblum and Mayberry singled for the first run and Kirkpatrick doubled for two more. After advancing to third on a wild throw to the plate, Kirkpatrick scored on a squeeze bunt by Bobby Floyd. Mayberry singled for another run in the eighth.

In the nightcap, Mayberry and Kirkpatrick hit their homers in the fourth inning. Mayberry also drove in two more runs with a double and single, giving him a total of five RBIs for the twin bill. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, June      29, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    4  1  0  -   5 10  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Tovar rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .283
Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .300      Thompson ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .283
Piniella lf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .310      Carew 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .293
Scheinblum rf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .322      Killebrew 1b          4   0   2   1     0   1   .245
Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .292      Nettles cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .217
Kirkpatrick c         4   1   2   2     0   0   .308      Darwin lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .241
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .202
  Knoop 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Roof c                2   0   0   0     0   2   .175
Floyd 3b              3   0   2   1     0   0   .200        Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Drago p               2   0   0   0     1   2   .061        Mitterwald c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .159
                                                          Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .205
                                                            Gebhard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reese ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     1   5             Totals               33   3   9   3     1   7

Time of Game: 2:20
Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 4
DP: Royals 3, Twins 1
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (8), Mayberry (9)
Home Runs: Tovar (1), Darwin (8)
Stolen Bases: Floyd (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (5), Floyd (1)
GIDP: Scheinblum (5), Nettles (3), Carew 2 (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(6-6)            9     9   3   3   1   7   2  34   2.47
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   7   2  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(8-9)         6.2   6   4   3   1   3   0  27   3.03
Gebhard                 1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   6   4.32
LaRoche                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.00
Totals                  9    10   5   4   1   5   0  37

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (second to first); Otis struck
out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Thompson forced Tovar
(shortstop to second); Carew singled to center [Thompson to
second]; Killebrew singled to left [Carew to second, Thompson
scored]; Nettles grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum flied out to center; Mayberry flied out
to center; Kirkpatrick singled to right; Rojas grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Roof was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Floyd grounded out (third to first); Drago was
called out on strikes; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven struck out; Tovar struck out; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (second to first); Piniella struck
out; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Carew singled to center; Killebrew singled to center
[Carew to third]; Nettles was called out on strikes; Darwin
popped to first in foul territory; Soderholm popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry lined to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Roof struck out; Blyleven flied out to right; Tovar
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Floyd singled to center; Drago out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Floyd to second]; Patek grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Floyd to third]; Otis flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Thompson walked; Carew grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second];
Killebrew flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella singled to center; Scheinblum singled to
right [Piniella to second]; Mayberry singled to left [Scheinblum
to second, Piniella scored]; Kirkpatrick doubled to right
[Mayberry scored, Scheinblum scored]; Rojas made an out to
second [Kirkpatrick to third (error by Carew)]; Floyd out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Kirkpatrick scored
(unearned)]; Drago walked; GEBHARD REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING);
Patek struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins
1.

TWINS 7TH: Nettles flied out to center; Darwin singled to left;
Soderholm flied out to right; MANUEL BATTED FOR ROOF; Manuel
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 1.

ROYALS 8TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING C ); Otis
singled to left; Piniella singled to left [Otis to second];
Scheinblum grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Otis to third, Piniella out at second]; Mayberry doubled
to left [Otis scored]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: KNOOP REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); REESE BATTED FOR
GEBHARD; Reese flied out to center; Tovar homered; Thompson
singled to center; Carew grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 5, Twins 2.

ROYALS 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); Knoop grounded
out (third to first); Floyd singled to right; Floyd stole
second; Drago struck out; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Killebrew struck out; Nettles was called out on
strikes; Darwin homered; Soderholm flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.