Bert Blyleven gave up only three hits, retiring the first 18 batters he faced, as the Twins crushed the Royals, 7-1, and snapped Kansas City's seven-game winning streak. The defeat also knocked the Missourians out of first place in the West Division, victorious Oakland taking over the top spot by two percentage points. Blyleven, who leads A. L. in shutouts with seven, saw his bid for a no-hitter disappear in the seventh when Freddie Patek tripled and scored on Cookie Rojas' single. Royals' starter Steve Busby lasted only 1 2/3 innings, yielding four hits and four runs in that brief stay.

Tony Oliva's homer, No. 11, opened the scoring in the first inning. The Twins added three more in the second when Jerry Terrell's infield hit drove in George Mitterwald, Steve Brye tallied on an error, and a walk with the bases loaded forced in Terrell. The Minnesotans put the game out of reach with three more runs in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Sunday, August    5, 1973 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  3  1
Twins        1  3  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   7 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   2   0     0   1   .236      Braun 3b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .288
Rojas 2b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .275      Hisle lf              4   0   1   2     1   0   .263
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Oliva dh              4   1   1   2     1   0   .292
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .257
Kirkpatrick lf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .283      Holt 1b               5   1   1   1     0   1   .287
Piniella dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Mitterwald c          3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
Hovley rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Thompson ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .235
Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Brye cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .243
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Terrell 2b            4   2   3   1     0   1   .280
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   3   1     0   6             Totals               33   7  10   6     7   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 15,311
Left on Base: Royals 2, Twins 10
DP: Royals 2, Twins 0
Errors: Patek
Triples: Patek (5)
Home Runs: Oliva (11), Holt (10)
Stolen Bases: Patek (25)
GIDP: Darwin (15)
Hit by Pitch: Braun (3,by Mingori)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(9-11)           1.2   4   4   2   2   1   1  12   4.43
Dal Canton              4     4   3   3   2   2   1  17   4.45
Mingori                 2.1   2   0   0   3   1   0  12   4.85
Totals                  8    10   7   5   7   4   2  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(14-10)       9     3   1   1   0   6   0  30   2.63
Totals                  9     3   1   1   0   6   0  30

Hit by Pitch: Mingori (1)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas was called out on strikes;
Otis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Braun was called out on strikes; Hisle grounded out
(third to first); Oliva homered; Darwin flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Kirkpatrick grounded
out (first to pitcher); Piniella grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Holt flied out to center; Mitterwald singled to
right; Thompson lined to left; Brye singled to left [Mitterwald
to third]; Terrell singled to shortstop [Mitterwald scored, Brye
to second]; Braun walked [Brye to third, Terrell to second];
Hisle reached on an error by Patek [Brye scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Terrell to third, Braun to second]; Oliva walked [Terrell
scored (unearned), Braun to third, Hisle to second]; DAL CANTON
REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Darwin was called out on strikes; 3 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
popped to catcher in foul territory; Healy popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Holt grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald
lined to third; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek flied out to center; Rojas flied out to right;
Otis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 4TH: Brye grounded out (second to first); Terrell struck
out; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry popped to shortstop; Kirkpatrick was called
out on strikes; Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle walked; Oliva flied out to right; Darwin
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hisle
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Hovley was called out on strikes; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Healy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Holt homered; Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thompson singled to left; Brye grounded out (second to
first) [Thompson to second]; Terrell singled to second [Thompson
to third]; Braun walked [Terrell to second]; Hisle singled to
left [Thompson scored, Terrell scored, Braun to second]; MINGORI
REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Oliva forced Hisle (shortstop to
second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 7.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek tripled; Rojas singled to center [Patek
scored]; Otis flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to right;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: Darwin singled to center; Holt was called out on
strikes; Mitterwald walked [Darwin to second]; Thompson walked
[Darwin to third, Mitterwald to second]; Brye lined into a
double play (shortstop to second) [Mitterwald out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella flied out to right; Hovley flied out to
right; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: Terrell singled to left; Braun was hit by a pitch
[Terrell to second]; Hisle grounded out (second to first)
[Terrell to third, Braun to second]; Oliva popped to catcher in
foul territory; Darwin was walked intentionally; Holt grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 7.

ROYALS 9TH: Healy flied to left in foul territory; Patek singled
to left; Patek stole second; Rojas flied out to left; Otis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 7.