The slugging of Harmon Killebrew, who drove in five runs with a homer and single, featured the Twins' 16-hit attack in an 11-1 victory over the Royals. Killebrew hit his round-tripper with two men on base in the first inning. Jim Holt also homered for the Twins. The Royals avoided being shut out at the hands of Bery Blyleven when Paul Schaal connected for the circuit with two out in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 11, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  1
Twins        3  0  0    0  1  2    5  0  x  -  11 16  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Tovar lf              5   2   2   0     0   1   .256
Rojas 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .265        Brye lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Wohlford ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Carew 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .320
Scheinblum rf         4   0   0   0     0   2   .310        Monzon 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .293      Braun 3b              3   2   3   0     2   0   .291
Piniella lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .312      Killebrew 1b          4   1   2   5     0   0   .234
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   0   0     0   0   .266        Reese pr,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Schaal 3b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .226      Darwin rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Holt pr,rf          3   2   2   2     0   0   .333
  Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Nettles cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .210
  Floyd ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .169      Thompson ss           4   1   2   1     0   1   .271
Drago p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .065      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .200
  Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Blyleven p            4   0   1   1     0   1   .159
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .174

Totals               32   1   6   1     2   5             Totals               37  11  16   9     2   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  7,241
Left on Base: Royals 7, Twins 5
DP: Royals 2, Twins 0
Errors: Schaal
Doubles: Piniella (31)
Triples: Nettles (1)
Home Runs: Schaal (5), Killebrew (25), Holt (1)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (18)
GIDP: Nettles (5), Reese (4)
Hit by Pitch: Drago (1,by Blyleven), Darwin (8,by Drago)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(11-16)          6     8   6   5   1   4   2  27   3.04
Burgmeier               0     3   3   3   1   0   0   4   4.23
Jackson                 0.2   4   2   2   0   1   0   5   6.41
Fitzmorris              1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.78
Totals                  8    16  11  10   2   5   2  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(14-16)       9     6   1   1   2   5   1  35   2.93
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   5   1  35

Passed Balls: Kirkpatrick (10)
Hit by Pitch: Drago (6), Blyleven (9)
Wild Pitches: Drago (4)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Otis flied out to left; Rojas singled to left;
Scheinblum struck out; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to third; Tovar stole second; Carew
grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun walked; Killebrew
homered [Tovar scored, Braun scored]; Darwin was hit by a
pitch; Bobby Darwin hit over the left ear; hospitalized over
night; HOLT RAN FOR DARWIN; Nettles grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Holt out at second]; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

ROYALS 2ND: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Piniella flied out
to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Schaal
walked; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson popped to third in foul territory;
Mitterwald struck out; Blyleven grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago was hit by a pitch; Otis made an out to
second; Rojas singled to left [Drago to second]; Scheinblum
popped to catcher in foul territory; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar struck out; Carew grounded out (second to
first); Braun singled to right; Killebrew grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella walked; Kirkpatrick forced Piniella (first
to shortstop); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Holt grounded out (third to first); Nettles grounded
out (third to first); Thompson singled to center; Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Drago singled [Drago out at second (right to
first)]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to left; Braun
singled to right [Carew to third]; Drago threw a wild pitch
[Carew scored, Braun to second]; Killebrew grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Scheinblum was called out on strikes; Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); Piniella doubled to right;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Holt homered; Nettles tripled to right [Nettles
scored (error by Schaal) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Thompson struck
out; Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Blyleven was
called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); KEOUGH
BATTED FOR PATEK; Keough grounded out (first unassisted); HOVLEY
BATTED FOR DRAGO; Hovley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: FLOYD REPLACED KEOUGH (PLAYING SS); BURGMEIER
REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Tovar singled to left; Carew singled
to left [Tovar to second]; Braun walked [Tovar to third, Carew
to second]; Killebrew singled to left [Tovar scored, Carew
scored, Braun to second]; REESE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; JACKSON
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Holt singled to right [Braun
scored, Reese to third]; Kirkpatrick allowed a passed ball
[Reese out at home (catcher to pitcher), Holt to second];
Nettles struck out; Thompson singled to center [Holt scored];
Mitterwald singled to left [Thompson to third]; Blyleven singled
to right [Thompson scored, Mitterwald to second]; FITZMORRIS
REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Tovar popped to first in foul
territory; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 11.

ROYALS 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MONZON REPLACED
CAREW (PLAYING 2B); BRYE REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING LF); Otis
singled to center; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR ROJAS; Wohlford flied out
to center; Scheinblum flied out to left; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 11.

TWINS 8TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Monzon grounded
out (third to first); Braun singled to center; Reese grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 11.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella popped to catcher in foul territory;
Kirkpatrick popped to catcher in foul territory; Schaal homered;
Floyd was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Twins 11.