Playing before 45,890, the largest regular-season crowd in their history, the Twins blew up in the ninth inning and lost to the Royals, 5-4. Eddie Bane, the Twins' No. 1 draft choice from Arizona State, made his debut, pitching seven innings and allowing three hits and one run. The Twins took a 3-1 lead in the eighth when Steve Braun doubled, Larry Hisle singled and Joe Lis homered.

In the ninth, the Royals loaded the bases on a single by Kurt Bevacqua and two walks. Gail Hopkins was out on a foul fly, a run scoring after the catch. Ed Kirkpatrick walked to load the bases and Freddie Patek drew a pass to force in the tying tally. Cookie Rojas then singled, driving in two runs to put the Royals ahead, 5-3. The Twins knocked out Dick Drago in their half with singles by Rod Carew and Jerry Terrell, but Gene Garber saved the game at the expense of only one run on a sacrifice fly by Tony Oliva. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      4, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   5  6  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   4 15  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   1     1   1   .234      Carew 2b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .339
Rojas 2b              3   0   2   2     2   0   .256      Terrell ss            5   0   3   0     0   1   .287
Otis cf               1   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Oliva dh              3   0   0   1     1   0   .293
  Hovley cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Darwin rf             5   0   2   0     0   3   .262
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Braun 3b              4   1   3   0     1   0   .301
Bevacqua 1b           3   1   2   0     0   0   .276      Hisle cf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .258
Schaal 3b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .278      Lis 1b                3   1   1   2     1   0   .183
McRae rf              3   1   1   0     0   1   .168      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .240
  Mayberry ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .299      Holt lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
  White pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .227      Bane p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .195        Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wohlford dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .246        Hands p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hopkins ph,dh       1   0   0   1     0   0   .303
Healy c               3   0   1   1     0   1   .229
  Kirkpatrick ph,rf   0   1   0   0     1   0   .293
Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   6   5     7   5             Totals               38   4  15   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 45,890
Left on Base: Royals 7, Twins 11
DP: Royals 2, Twins 1
Errors: Braun
Doubles: Healy (7), Terrell (7), Braun (17)
Triples: Braun (5)
Home Runs: Lis (4)
Caught Stealing: Otis (3), Carew (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Bevacqua (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliva (1)
GIDP: Schaal (9), Braun (6), Oliva (9)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(9-7)            8    14   4   4   3   4   1  38   3.64
Garber SV(8)            1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.84
Totals                  9    15   4   4   3   5   1  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bane                    7     3   1   1   3   3   0  26   1.29
Corbin L(2-4)           1.2   2   4   4   4   2   0  11   2.42
Hands                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.63
Totals                  9     6   5   5   7   5   0  39

Balks: Drago (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Debut game for Eddie
Bane; Rojas walked; Otis forced Rojas (shortstop to second);
Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Amos
Otis ejected by 2B umpire Lou DiMuro; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: HOVLEY REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Carew singled;
Carew was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Terrell
doubled to left; Oliva walked; Darwin singled to third [Terrell
to third, Oliva to second]; Braun grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Darwin out at second]; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella struck out; Bevacqua grounded out (third to
first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle flied out to right; Lis walked; Drago balked
[Lis to second]; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Holt
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae singled to left; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first) [McRae to second]; Healy doubled to right
[McRae scored]; Patek grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Healy to third]; Rojas walked; Hovley grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew singled to right; Terrell was called out on
strikes; Oliva flied out to center; Darwin singled to shortstop
[Carew to second]; Braun walked [Carew to third, Darwin to
second]; Hisle flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Bevacqua
singled; Schaal grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Bevacqua out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins
0.

TWINS 4TH: Lis flied out to right; Mitterwald grounded out
(shortstop to first); Holt singled to left; Carew grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae lined to pitcher; Wohlford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Healy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell singled to center; Oliva grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Terrell out at
second]; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas flied out
to center; Hovley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Braun tripled; Hisle popped to first in foul
territory; Lis popped to pitcher; Mitterwald flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella reached on an error by Braun; Bevacqua out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Piniella to second];
Schaal walked; McRae struck out; Wohlford lined to left; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Holt flied out to left; Carew grounded out (pitcher
to first); Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 8TH: CORBIN REPLACED BANE (PITCHING); Healy flied out to
left; Patek struck out; Rojas singled; Hovley forced Rojas
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Oliva flied out to left; Darwin struck out; Braun
doubled; Hisle singled [Braun scored]; Lis homered [Hisle
scored]; Mitterwald singled; Holt flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella struck out; Bevacqua singled; Schaal walked
[Bevacqua to second]; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR MCRAE; Mayberry walked
[Bevacqua to third, Schaal to second]; WHITE RAN FOR MAYBERRY;
HOPKINS BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Hopkins popped to third in foul
territory [Bevacqua scored]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR HEALY;
Kirkpatrick walked [Schaal to third, White to second]; Patek
walked [Schaal scored, White to third, Kirkpatrick to second];
HANDS REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Rojas singled to left [White
scored, Kirkpatrick scored, Patek to second]; Hovley lined to
left; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: HOPKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TAYLOR REPLACED
WHITE (PLAYING C ); KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Carew singled to left; Terrell singled to right [Carew to
third]; GARBER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Oliva hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Carew scored]; Darwin struck out; Braun singled to
right [Terrell to third]; Hisle flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 4.