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Cookie Rojas drove in five runs, including three with a homer, to pace the Royals to a 12-10 victory in a slugfest with the Twins. The Royals scored four runs in the third inning, two on a double by Rojas and two on another double by John Mayberry. Freddie Patek batted in two runs with a single in the sixth before Rojas hit his homer. Kansas City Royals 12, Minnesota Twins 10Game Played on Thursday, July 5, 1973 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 3 0 - 12 13 0
Twins 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 - 10 17 1
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 6 1 2 2 0 1 .236 Terrell ss 5 0 3 0 0 0 .296
Rojas 2b 6 3 3 5 0 1 .261 Carew 2b 4 3 2 0 1 0 .342
Otis cf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .284 Darwin rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .265
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 2 2 0 .300 Oliva dh 4 2 1 1 1 0 .292
Hopkins dh 4 1 0 0 1 0 .290 Lis 1b 5 1 2 2 0 2 .194
Piniella lf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .230 Hisle cf 5 2 4 3 0 0 .268
Kirkpatrick rf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .297 Braun 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .299
Schaal 3b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .279 Mitterwald c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .239
Healy c 4 2 2 0 1 0 .236 Brye pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .185
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holt lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .280
Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Decker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hands p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 12 13 12 8 4 Totals 42 10 17 10 3 6
Time of Game: 3:16 Attendance: 8,787
Left on Base: Royals 8, Twins 8
DP: Royals 1, Twins 0
Errors: Holt
Doubles: Rojas 2 (15), Mayberry (12), Terrell (8), Carew (13), Braun (18)
Home Runs: Rojas (3), Hisle (9)
Stolen Bases: Schaal (3), Carew (17)
Caught Stealing: Kirkpatrick (5)
GIDP: Carew (6)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff W(11-5) 6.2 12 6 6 1 3 1 31 3.35
Bird 1.1 2 3 3 2 2 0 8 3.89
Garber SV(9) 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.91
Totals 9 17 10 10 3 6 1 45
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Decker L(3-3) 5.1 9 8 8 4 2 0 28 4.79
Goltz 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 14 4.70
Hands 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4.55
Totals 9 13 12 12 8 4 1 47
Passed Balls: Mitterwald (9)
Wild Pitches: Bird (1), Decker (3), Goltz (5)
Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Jim Odom
ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas grounded out
(pitcher to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Terrell doubled to right [Terrell out at third (right
to second to third)]; Carew singled to center; Carew stole
second; Darwin flied out to center; Oliva walked; Lis singled to
right [Carew scored, Oliva to third]; Hisle singled to left
[Oliva scored, Lis to second]; Braun grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to left; Hopkins grounded out
(second to first); Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald popped to first in foul territory; Adams
struck out; Terrell singled; Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick walked; Kirkpatrick was caught stealing
second (catcher to second to first); Schaal walked; Healy
singled to center [Schaal to second]; Decker threw a wild pitch
[Schaal to third, Healy to second]; Patek struck out; Rojas
doubled to left [Schaal scored, Healy scored]; Otis walked;
Mayberry doubled to left [Rojas scored, Otis scored]; Hopkins
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4,
Twins 2.
TWINS 3RD: Darwin flied out to right; Oliva flied out to left;
Lis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Twins 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied out to center; On a bunt Kirkpatrick
singled to second; Schaal popped to first; Healy flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 4TH: Hisle flied out to right; Braun grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mitterwald popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to left; Mitterwald allowed a passed
ball [Patek to second]; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first);
Otis flied out to center; Mayberry walked; Hopkins flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
TWINS 5TH: Adams lined to right; Terrell singled; Carew grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Terrell out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Piniella popped to second in foul territory;
Kirkpatrick singled to center; Schaal singled to third
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Healy singled [Kirkpatrick to third,
Schaal to second]; Patek singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored,
Schaal scored, Healy to third, Patek to second (on throw)];
GOLTZ REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Rojas homered [Healy scored,
Patek scored]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
walked; Hopkins grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 9, Twins 2.
TWINS 6TH: Darwin singled to right; Oliva forced Darwin
(shortstop to second); Lis was called out on strikes; Hisle
homered [Oliva scored]; Braun was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 9, Twins 4.
ROYALS 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick struck out; Schaal walked; Schaal stole second;
Healy walked; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Royals 9, Twins 4.
TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Adams
singled to center; Terrell lined to third; Carew doubled to left
[Adams to third]; Darwin singled to right [Adams scored, Carew
scored]; Oliva singled to center [Darwin to second]; BIRD
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Lis was called out on strikes; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 9, Twins 6.
ROYALS 8TH: HOLT REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING LF); Rojas doubled;
Otis singled to left [Rojas scored, Otis to second (error by
Holt)]; Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Hopkins
walked; Goltz threw a wild pitch [Otis to third, Hopkins to
second]; Piniella singled to center [Otis scored, Hopkins
scored]; HANDS REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick flied out
to left; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Royals 12, Twins 6.
TWINS 8TH: Hisle singled to left; Braun doubled to left [Hisle
scored]; Mitterwald struck out; Holt grounded out (second to
first) [Braun to third]; Terrell lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 12, Twins 7.
ROYALS 9TH: Healy flied out to right; Patek grounded out (third
to first); Rojas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 12,
Twins 7.
TWINS 9TH: Carew walked; Darwin walked [Carew to second]; Bird
threw a wild pitch [Carew to third, Darwin to second]; GARBER
REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Oliva grounded out (first unassisted)
[Carew scored, Darwin to third]; Lis singled to left [Darwin
scored]; Hisle singled to center [Lis to third]; Braun was
called out on strikes; Mitterwald singled to left [Lis scored,
Hisle to second]; BRYE RAN FOR MITTERWALD; Holt lined to center;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 12, Twins 10.
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