Fourth of July fireworks began a day early at Royals Stadium with no less than seven home runs in the Royals' 7-6 victory over the Twins. Designated hitter Tony Oliva hit three blasts for the Twins, but the one that counted most was hit by Paul Schaal in the bottom of the ninth inning to the give Royals their edge. The homer was Schaal's second of the game. Other homers were hit by the Twins' Larry Hisle and the Royals' Freddie Patek.

The game was only the third won by the Royals in their last 10 outings and snapped the Twins' five-game winning streak. It marked the first time Oliva ever had hit three homers in one garne. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Minnesota Twins 6
Game Played on Tuesday, July      3, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  1  -   6 10  0
Royals       3  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  1  -   7 13  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .335      Patek ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .238
Terrell ss            4   0   0   0     1   1   .278      Rojas 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .252
Oliva dh              5   3   3   3     0   0   .296      Otis cf               4   2   2   0     0   0   .286
Darwin rf             5   2   2   0     0   2   .259      Hopkins 1b            3   0   3   1     0   0   .307
Braun 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .293        Bevacqua pr,1b      0   1   0   0     0   0   .265
Hisle cf              3   1   2   2     1   1   .259      Kirkpatrick rf        1   0   0   2     0   1   .293
Lis 1b                4   0   2   1     0   2   .178      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .234
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   2   .240      Hovley dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .265
Holt lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .283      Schaal 3b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .280
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               3   0   1   0     0   2   .226
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Littell p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   6     5   8             Totals               31   7  13   7     0   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 23,126
Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 4
DP: Twins 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Darwin (12), Hopkins (5)
Home Runs: Oliva 3 (6), Hisle (8), Patek (2), Schaal 2 (5)
Stolen Bases: Otis (8), Hopkins (1)
Caught Stealing: Carew (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Kirkpatrick (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick 2 (3)
GIDP: Carew (5)
Hit by Pitch: Hopkins (2,by Blyleven)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                8    12   6   6   0   5   2  34   2.50
Sanders L(2-3)          0     1   1   1   0   0   1   1   5.40
Totals                  8    13   7   7   0   5   3  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Littell                 5.1   7   5   5   1   4   3  23   5.96
Wright                  1.2   2   0   0   4   2   0  10   3.76
Garber W(8-5)           2     1   1   1   0   2   1   7   3.89
Totals                  9    10   6   6   5   8   4  40

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (7)

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


TWINS 1ST: Carew grounded out (second to first); Terrell lined
to second; Oliva homered; Darwin struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek homered; Rojas singled to center; Otis singled
to left [Rojas to third]; Hopkins doubled [Rojas scored, Otis to
third]; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to left [Otis scored];
Piniella singled to right [Hopkins out at home (right to
catcher), Piniella to second (on throw)]; Hovley grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 3.

TWINS 2ND: Braun singled to right; Hisle struck out; Lis was
called out on strikes; Mitterwald forced Braun (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal flied out to right; Healy singled to center
[Healy out at second (center to shortstop)]; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 3.

TWINS 3RD: Holt walked; Carew grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Holt out at second]; Terrell
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas was called out on strikes; Otis singled to
center; Otis stole second; Hopkins singled to first [Otis to
third]; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Otis scored];
Piniella flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 4.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin
singled to center; Braun popped to shortstop; Hisle homered
[Darwin scored]; Lis singled to left; Mitterwald struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Hovley grounded out (second to first); Schaal
singled to center; Healy struck out; Patek forced Schaal
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 4.

TWINS 5TH: Holt popped to first in foul territory; Carew popped
to second; Terrell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis popped
to second; Hopkins was hit by a pitch; Hopkins stole second;
Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Royals 4.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva homered; Darwin doubled to right; Braun flied
out to right [Darwin to third]; WRIGHT REPLACED LITTELL
(PITCHING); Hisle walked; Lis singled to left [Darwin scored,
Hisle to second]; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Holt
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley
grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal homered; Healy struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 7TH: Carew walked; Carew was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Terrell walked; Oliva flied out to
center; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek struck out; Rojas grounded out (third to
first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

TWINS 8TH: Braun walked; Hisle singled to left [Braun to
second]; GARBER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Lis was called out
on strikes; Mitterwald forced Hisle (pitcher to second) [Braun
to third]; Holt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Hopkins singled to left; BEVACQUA RAN FOR HOPKINS;
Kirkpatrick out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Bevacqua to second]; Piniella flied out to left [Bevacqua to
third]; Hovley singled to right [Bevacqua scored, Hovley out at
second (right to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 6.

TWINS 9TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Carew grounded
out (first unassisted); Terrell was called out on strikes; Oliva
homered; Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals 6.

ROYALS 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Schaal
homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals 7.