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Tuesday September 4, 1973
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Minnesota Twins 6, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Tuesday, September 4, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins        2  1  1    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   6 10  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              3   0   0   1     2   2   .271      Patek ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Carew 2b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .350      White 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .240
Oliva dh              5   1   1   0     0   0   .296      Otis cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .300
Lis 1b                4   2   2   0     0   1   .250      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Mitterwald c          4   0   1   2     0   1   .258      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Darwin rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .248      Kirkpatrick rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Brye cf               4   2   2   0     0   0   .240      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Soderholm 3b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .314      Schaal 3b             2   0   1   0     1   1   .290
Terrell ss            2   1   1   0     1   1   .280      Taylor c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6  10   6     4   6             Totals               31   0   4   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  9,741
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 7
DP: Twins 0, Royals 1
Errors: Schaal
Doubles: Lis 2 (10), Soderholm (3), White (2)
Stolen Bases: Terrell (12), Patek (31)
Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (9)
GIDP: Carew (14)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(17-14)       9     4   0   0   3   4   0  34   2.48
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   4   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(15-10)     2.2   7   4   4   0   2   0  15   4.29
Littell                 2.2   3   2   2   3   3   0  13   6.04
Fitzmorris              2.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.52
Wright                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.48
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   6   0  39

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Larry McCoy


TWINS 1ST: Hisle was called out on strikes; Carew grounded out
(third to first); Oliva singled to left; Lis doubled to right
[Oliva to third]; Mitterwald singled to center [Oliva scored,
Lis scored]; Darwin forced Mitterwald (third to second); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; White
flied out to center; Otis walked; Mayberry grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Brye singled to left; Soderholm doubled [Brye
scored]; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Soderholm to third]; Hisle struck out; Carew grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae struck out; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to
pitcher); Piniella lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
3, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Oliva flied out to left; Lis doubled; Mitterwald
flied out to right; Darwin singled [Lis scored, Darwin to second
(on throw)]; LITTELL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Brye flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal struck out; Taylor popped to first in foul
territory; Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; White
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
4, Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); On a
bunt Terrell singled to third; Terrell stole second; Hisle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to center
[Terrell scored]; Carew was picked off first (pitcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to second; Mayberry flied out to right;
McRae popped to third in foul territory; Kirkpatrick struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 0.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); Lis struck
out; Schaal dropped a foul fly hit by Mitterwald for an error;
Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal
singled to left; Taylor was called out on strikes; Patek forced
Schaal (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 0.

TWINS 6TH: Darwin struck out; Brye singled to left; Soderholm
walked [Brye to second]; Terrell walked [Brye to third,
Soderholm to second]; Hisle walked [Brye scored, Soderholm to
third, Terrell to second]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED LITTELL
(PITCHING); Carew grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Hisle out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: White doubled to left; Otis grounded out (third to
first); Mayberry grounded out (second to pitcher); McRae
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
Royals 0.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); Lis grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted);
Piniella grounded out (second to pitcher); Schaal walked; Taylor
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
Royals 0.

TWINS 8TH: Darwin grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye grounded
out (shortstop to first); Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White
walked; Otis flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals 0.

TWINS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Terrell was
called out on strikes; Hisle walked; Carew flied out to left;
Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae lined to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, Royals 0.



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