A safe bunt by Ed Kirkpatrick in the fifth inning saved the Royals from a no-hitter at the hands of Bert Blyleven in a 2-0 loss to the Twins. Other than Kirkpatrick, only two Royals reached base, both on walks. The Twins scored on a double by Bobby Darwin and single by George Mitterwald in the fourth and on a double by Steve Braun and single by Danny Thompson in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Thursday, May       24, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   2 11  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hovley rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Hisle cf              3   0   0   0     1   3   .300
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Carew 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .308
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .278      Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Kirkpatrick lf        3   0   1   0     0   1   .336        Terrell 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Bevacqua 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Darwin rf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .243
McRae dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .165      Braun 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .304
Healy c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .231        Lis 1b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Thompson ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .273
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Mitterwald c          4   0   3   1     0   0   .275
  Floyd ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Holt lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .313
Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   1   0     2   7             Totals               34   2  11   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  4,585
Left on Base: Royals 3, Twins 10
DP: Royals 1, Twins 0
Doubles: Holt 2 (7), Darwin (6), Braun (10)
GIDP: Braun (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(4-4)            8    11   2   2   2   6   0  36   4.35
Totals                  8    11   2   2   2   6   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(5-6)         9     1   0   0   2   7   0  30   3.28
Totals                  9     1   0   0   2   7   0  30

Passed Balls: Healy (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ROYALS 1ST: Hovley popped to third in foul territory; Rojas
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry walked; Otis flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Hisle walked; Carew forced Hisle (pitcher to second);
Oliva lined to center; Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Bevacqua grounded
out (second to first); McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun
singled; Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Braun to
second]; Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy was called out on strikes; Patek struck out;
Hovley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Holt doubled; Hisle was called out on strikes; Carew
walked; Oliva forced Carew (shortstop to second) [Holt to
third]; Killebrew lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas flied out to center; Mayberry struck out;
1:00 rain delay; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Darwin doubled; Healy allowed a passed ball [Darwin
to third]; Braun lined to left; Thompson was called out on
strikes; Mitterwald singled to shortstop [Darwin scored]; Holt
doubled [Mitterwald to third]; Hisle struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 5TH: On a bunt Kirkpatrick singled to third; Bevacqua
lined to right; McRae flied out to left; Healy lined to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Carew flied out to left; Oliva grounded out (second
to first); Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek flied out to center; Hovley lined to center;
Rojas popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
1.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin singled; Braun grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Darwin out at second]; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Twins 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; Otis flied out to right;
Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald singled; Holt forced Mitterwald (pitcher
to shortstop); Hisle struck out; Carew singled [Holt to third];
Oliva flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
1.

ROYALS 8TH: Bevacqua popped to second; McRae lined to shortstop;
Healy walked; HOPKINS BATTED FOR PATEK; Hopkins grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING SS); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Darwin struck out; Braun doubled;
Thompson singled [Braun scored]; Mitterwald singled [Thompson to
second]; Holt flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
0, Twins 2.

ROYALS 9TH: TERRELL REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); LIS
REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 1B); Hovley grounded out (pitcher to
first); Rojas popped to first; Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 2.