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Singles by Ed Kirkpatrick and pinch-hitters Kurt Bevacqua and Gail Hopkins produced a run in the 10th inning to give the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Twins. Kirkpatrick hit a two-run homer for the Royals in the third. The Twins, who had a round-tripper by George Mitterwald, tied the score at 4-4 with two runs in the ninth on a bases-loaded single by Larry Hisle. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 4Game Played on Friday, May 25, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 11 1
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 9 2
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Hovley cf,rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .296 Hisle cf 6 0 2 3 0 1 .301
Rojas 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .275 Thompson ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .266
Otis dh,cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .298 Darwin rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .242
Mayberry 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 .284 Killebrew dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250
Kirkpatrick c,lf,c 4 2 3 2 1 0 .349 Brye pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Oliva ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lis 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .125
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Walton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holt 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310
Bevacqua ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Terrell 2b,3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .208
McRae rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .170 Adams lf 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Healy c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .226 Carew ph,2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .308
Hopkins ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Mitterwald c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286
Drago pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaat pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Angelini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Monzon 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .500
Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Braun ph,lf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .304
Hands p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 5 11 4 4 4 Totals 36 4 9 4 8 4
Time of Game: 3:15 Attendance: 6,890
Left on Base: Royals 9, Twins 12
DP: Royals 1, Twins 2
Errors: Patek, Terrell, Monzon
Doubles: Patek (7), Kirkpatrick (12)
Triples: Monzon (1)
Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (4), Mitterwald (3)
Caught Stealing: Terrell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hovley (1), Schaal (2), Terrell (3), Carew (3)
GIDP: Rojas (3), Schaal (6), Lis (1)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff 8 7 4 4 5 3 1 35 2.68
Bird 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2.31
Dal Canton W(3-3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.49
Angelini SV(1) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.00
Totals 10 9 4 4 8 4 1 46
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hands 9 7 4 2 4 4 1 39 4.21
Strickland L(0-1) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 12.46
Goltz 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.54
Totals 10 11 5 3 4 4 1 44
Wild Pitches: Strickland (1)
Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom
ROYALS 1ST: Hovley grounded out (second to first); Rojas was
called out on strikes; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (third to first); Thompson flied
out to right; Darwin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first
unassisted) [Mayberry to second]; Piniella grounded out (second
to first) [Mayberry to third]; McRae reached on an error by
Monzon [Mayberry scored (unearned) (no RBI), McRae to first];
Schaal forced McRae (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Killebrew struck out; Lis grounded out (catcher to
first); Terrell singled; Terrell was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Patek lined to right; Hovley walked; Rojas grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hovley out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Adams walked; Mitterwald flied out to center; Monzon
flied out to right; Hisle singled [Adams to third]; Thompson
forced Hisle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Mayberry walked;
Kirkpatrick homered [Mayberry scored]; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); McRae singled to third; Schaal popped to
catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3,
Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Darwin popped to second; Killebrew singled; Lis
walked [Killebrew to second]; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Killebrew to third, Lis to second]; Adams
walked; Mitterwald flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 3, Twins 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Patek doubled; Hovley out on a sacrifice bunt
(second to first) [Patek to third]; Rojas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 5TH: Monzon popped to catcher in foul territory; Hisle was
called out on strikes; Thompson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick
walked; Piniella struck out; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 6TH: Darwin singled; Killebrew reached on an error by
Patek [Darwin to second]; Lis grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Darwin to third, Killebrew out
at second]; Terrell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Schaal popped to third; Patek lined to center;
Hovley singled; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 7TH: Adams flied out to left; Mitterwald homered; Monzon
tripled; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first) [Monzon
scored]; Thompson popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Otis struck out; Mayberry lined to center;
Kirkpatrick doubled; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 2.
TWINS 8TH: HOVLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); OTIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); SPLITTORFF REPLACED PINIELLA (PITCHING); HEALY REPLACED
MCRAE (PLAYING C ); Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first);
Killebrew walked; BRYE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; WALTON BATTED FOR LIS;
Walton was called out on strikes; Terrell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 2.
ROYALS 9TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HOLT REPLACED
WALTON (PLAYING 1B); Healy reached on an error by Terrell;
Schaal out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Healy to
second]; Patek grounded out (second to first) [Healy to third];
Hovley walked; Rojas singled [Healy scored (unearned), Hovley to
second]; Otis lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 9TH: CAREW BATTED FOR ADAMS; Carew walked; Mitterwald
singled [Carew to third]; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING);
KAAT RAN FOR MITTERWALD; BRAUN BATTED FOR MONZON; Braun walked
[Kaat to second]; Hisle singled [Carew scored, Kaat scored,
Braun to second]; Thompson walked [Braun to third, Hisle to
second]; DAL CANTON REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Darwin struck out;
OLIVA BATTED FOR BRYE; Oliva forced Braun (first to catcher)
[Hisle to third, Thompson to second]; Holt lined to right; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 4.
ROYALS 10TH: OLIVA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TERRELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ROOF
REPLACED KAAT (PLAYING C ); BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
STRICKLAND REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING); Mayberry singled to center
[Mayberry out at second (center to shortstop to first)];
Kirkpatrick singled; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Strickland
threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick to second]; Bevacqua singled
[Kirkpatrick to third]; GOLTZ REPLACED STRICKLAND (PITCHING);
HOPKINS BATTED FOR HEALY; Hopkins singled [Kirkpatrick scored,
Bevacqua to third]; DRAGO RAN FOR HOPKINS; Schaal grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Drago out at second];
1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Twins 4.
TWINS 10TH: KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); BEVACQUA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ANGELINI REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING);
Terrell singled; Carew out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Terrell to second]; Roof grounded out (shortstop to first);
Braun walked; Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 5, Twins 4.
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