Minnesota Twins 8, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Monday, September 17, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 - 8 12 1 Royals 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 9 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brye cf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .252 Hovley cf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .261 Carew 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .342 Rojas 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .279 Oliva dh 4 0 2 3 0 0 .293 White pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Adams pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 .195 Otis dh 5 0 2 2 0 1 .304 Darwin rf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .251 Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .277 Holt 1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .298 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Soderholm 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .303 Kirkpatrick c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Hisle lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .274 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .281 Thompson ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .236 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Borgmann c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 McRae rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .226 Reese ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .153 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 12 6 4 5 Totals 35 3 9 3 3 3 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 8,571 Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 10 DP: Twins 0, Royals 0 Errors: Soderholm, Schaal, McRae Doubles: Thompson 2 (13), Oliva (19), Holt (24), Rojas (29), Piniella (28) Triples: Soderholm (2) Home Runs: Hisle (15) Caught Stealing: Brye (5) Sacrifice Hits: Borgmann (1), Patek (9) Sacrifice Flies: Carew (6), Schaal (4) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Corbin W(6-5) 6 6 3 3 3 3 0 28 3.06 Campbell SV(5) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.19 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 3 0 40 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby L(14-15) 6.1 7 4 4 3 4 0 28 4.51 Hoerner 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 6.04 Bird 2.1 3 3 1 0 1 1 10 3.18 Totals 9 12 8 6 4 5 1 42 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Joe Brinkman TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva singled to right; Darwin forced Oliva (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Hovley grounded out (third to first); Rojas doubled to right; Otis singled to center [Rojas scored]; Mayberry singled to right [Otis to third]; Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 2ND: Holt flied out to right; Soderholm flied out to center; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Schaal reached on an error by Soderholm; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Schaal to second]; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Hovley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 3RD: Thompson popped to third in foul territory; Borgmann struck out; Brye singled to center; Carew singled to center [Brye to second]; Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Rojas lined to left; Otis struck out; Mayberry walked; Piniella forced Mayberry (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 4TH: Darwin struck out; Holt grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm tripled; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Schaal grounded out (second to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 5TH: Thompson doubled to left; Borgmann out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Thompson to third]; Brye walked; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thompson scored]; Brye was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley walked; Rojas grounded out (third to first) [Hovley to second]; Otis popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. TWINS 6TH: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin struck out; Holt singled to right; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry singled; Piniella doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Schaal lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Mayberry scored, Piniella to third]; Patek flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 7TH: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson doubled; REESE BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Reese walked; Brye walked [Thompson to third, Reese to second]; HOERNER REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Carew popped to shortstop; Oliva doubled to left [Thompson scored, Reese scored, Brye scored]; ADAMS RAN FOR OLIVA; Darwin was walked intentionally; Holt singled to left [Adams scored, Darwin to second]; BIRD REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ROOF REPLACED REESE (PLAYING C ); McRae singled to left; Hovley walked [McRae to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Rojas forced McRae (pitcher to third) [Hovley to second]; Otis singled to left [Hovley scored, Rojas to second]; Mayberry flied out to center; Piniella forced Otis (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Royals 3. TWINS 8TH: Hisle homered; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof struck out; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 6, Royals 3. TWINS 9TH: Carew flied out to center; Adams grounded out (third to first); Darwin singled to left; Holt doubled to right [Darwin scored (error by McRae) (unearned) (no RBI), Holt scored (error by Schaal) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 3. ROYALS 9TH: McRae singled to left; Hovley flied out to center; Rojas singled to left [McRae to second]; WHITE RAN FOR ROJAS; Otis flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Royals 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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