Ray Corbin posted the first shutout of his major league career and pitched the Twins to a 2-0 victory over the Royals, who were stopped on their five-game winning streak. The Twins scored both their runs in the seventh inning. Singles by Harmon Killebrew, Jim Nettles and Bobby Darwin, with an error by Richie Scheinblum on Darwin's hit, produced the first tally and the second followed on a single by Eric Soderholm. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Friday, June      30, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   2  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Tovar rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .307      Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Scheinblum rf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .325      Killebrew 1b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .246
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .302      Nettles cf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .229
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   1   0     0   1   .309      Brye lf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .240        Reese ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .193
  Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Darwin ph,lf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Floyd ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .196      Soderholm 3b          3   0   2   1     0   0   .217
Nelson p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .145
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .375      Corbin p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     2   3             Totals               30   2   5   1     2   2

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance:  5,099
Left on Base: Royals 7, Twins 6
DP: Royals 0, Twins 1
Errors: Schaal, Scheinblum
Doubles: Floyd (1), Soderholm (8)
GIDP: Piniella (15)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson L(1-2)           6     3   2   2   2   2   0  23   1.44
Burgmeier               0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.01
Abernathy               1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.93
Totals                  8     5   2   2   2   2   0  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin W(4-0)           9     6   0   0   2   3   0  34   1.40
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   3   0  34

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


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

TWINS 1ST: Tovar popped to third in foul territory; Thompson
made an out to shortstop; Carew grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
singled to right; Kirkpatrick struck out; Knoop forced Mayberry
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
flied out to center; Brye flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Floyd doubled to center; Nelson reached on a
fielder's choice [Floyd out at third (pitcher to third)]; Schaal
was called out on strikes; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Soderholm doubled to left; Mitterwald struck out;
Corbin grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar lined to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scheinblum walked; Mayberry flied out to center; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Thompson flied out to right; Carew flied out to left;
Killebrew walked; Nettles walked [Killebrew to second]; Brye
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Knoop grounded out (pitcher to first); Floyd
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson singled to center;
Schaal singled to center [Nelson to second]; Otis flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Soderholm lined to left; Mitterwald grounded out
(second to first); Corbin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella lined to second; Scheinblum popped to third
in foul territory; Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick singled to right
[Mayberry to second]; Knoop was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Tovar struck out; Thompson made an out to second;
Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Floyd lined to center; Nelson grounded out (second
to first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew singled to left; Nettles singled to center
[Killebrew to second]; REESE BATTED FOR BRYE; BURGMEIER REPLACED
NELSON (PITCHING); DARWIN BATTED FOR REESE; Darwin singled to
right [Nettles to third, Killebrew scored (error by Scheinblum)
(no RBI)]; Soderholm singled to third [Darwin to second, Nettles
scored]; Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; Corbin reached on
an error by Schaal [Soderholm to second, Darwin to third];
ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Tovar forced Darwin
(third to catcher) [Corbin to second, Soderholm to third];
Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 8TH: DARWIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Otis singled;
Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Otis out at second]; Scheinblum flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
popped to catcher in foul territory; Nettles lined to first; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick
lined to center; KEOUGH BATTED FOR KNOOP; Keough grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.