Paul Splittorff, making his first start since June 29 after serving time in the bullpen, allowed only five hits in 6 1/3 innings and was a winner when the Royals defeated the Twins, 5-2. George Brett drove in the Royals' first run with a sacrifice fly in the second and then accounted for two more with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      29, 1975 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       0  1  0    0  2  0    2  0  0  -   5  8  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   1   2     0   2   .230      Bostock cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Rojas 2b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .276      Terrell rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Otis cf               3   0   1   0     1   2   .250      Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .373
Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   0     1   1   .270      Oliva dh              4   1   3   0     0   0   .284
McRae lf              2   1   1   0     0   0   .307      Braun lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
  Cowens lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Soderholm 3b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .270
Brett 3b              3   1   1   3     0   0   .288      Briggs 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .276
Solaita dh            2   1   0   0     1   0   .266      Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .180
  Killebrew ph,dh     0   0   0   0     1   0   .213        Thompson ph,ss      2   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Scott pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .216
Pinson rf             2   1   1   0     1   0   .227      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wohlford ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stinson c             3   0   2   0     1   0   .298        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   5   8   5     6   7             Totals               35   2   9   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  8,558
Left on Base: Royals 6, Twins 7
DP: Royals 1, Twins 1
Errors: Terrell
Doubles: Mayberry (22), Otis (15)
Triples: Stinson (1)
Home Runs: Brett (7)
Stolen Bases: Carew (23)
Caught Stealing: Otis (8)
Sacrifice Hits: McRae 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Brett (3)
GIDP: Patek (7), Bostock (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(3-6)       6.1   5   2   2   1   1   0  25   4.14
McDaniel                0     2   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.34
Mingori SV(2)           2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   9   2.30
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   3   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(9-5)         7.1   7   5   5   5   6   1  32   3.22
Burgmeier               0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.00
Campbell                1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.08
Totals                  9     8   5   5   6   7   1  38

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Rojas struck out;
Otis walked; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Carew stole
second; Oliva singled to left [Carew to third]; Braun grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry doubled to right; McRae out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Mayberry to third]; Brett lined out on
a sacrifice fly to left [Mayberry scored]; Solaita grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm flied out to center; Briggs flied out to
center; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Pinson walked; Stinson flied out to center; Patek
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Pinson
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
grounded out (pitcher to first); Terrell was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas struck out; Otis was called out on strikes;
Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew lined to center; Oliva singled to left; Braun
singled to right [Oliva to second]; Soderholm flied out to
right; Briggs singled to center [Oliva scored, Braun to second];
Gomez forced Briggs (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 1, Twins 1.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae singled to right [McRae to second (error by
Terrell)]; Brett homered [McRae scored]; Solaita popped to
shortstop; Pinson grounded out (second to first); Stinson
singled to center; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Borgmann flied out to center; Bostock grounded out
(second to first); Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis struck
out; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins
1.

TWINS 6TH: Carew popped to shortstop; Oliva grounded out (second
to first); Braun grounded out (first to second to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Twins 1.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
grounded out (second to first); Solaita walked; Pinson singled
to center [Solaita to second]; Stinson walked [Solaita to third,
Pinson to second]; Patek singled to center [Solaita scored,
Pinson scored, Stinson to second]; Rojas flied out to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Soderholm singled to left; Briggs flied out to right;
MCDANIEL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); THOMPSON BATTED FOR
GOMEZ; Thompson singled [Soderholm to third]; Borgmann singled
to left [Soderholm scored, Thompson to second]; MINGORI REPLACED
MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Bostock grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Borgmann out at second]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 2.

ROYALS 8TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Otis doubled
to left; Mayberry was walked intentionally; McRae out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Otis to third, Mayberry to
second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Brett grounded
out (first to second); KILLEBREW BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Killebrew
was walked intentionally; CAMPBELL REPLACED BURGMEIER
(PITCHING); SCOTT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR PINSON;
Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 5, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOHLFORD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); COWENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Terrell
popped to shortstop; Carew struck out; Oliva singled to right;
Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Twins 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Stinson tripled; Stinson was picked off third
(catcher to third); Patek struck out; Rojas grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Soderholm singled to left; Briggs grounded out
(second to first) [Soderholm to second]; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Borgmann struck out (catcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Twins 2.