Taking advantage of two errors by Eddie Bane, the Royals scored twice in the seventh inning and defeated the Twins, 4-3. Amos Otis and Harmon Killebrew homered for the Royals' initial tallies, but the Twins came back to take a 3-2 lead with the aid of a circuit clout by Rod Carew.

In the seventh, Killebrew drew a pass from Bane. The Twins' pitcher then committed throwing errors on two consecutive plays, loading the bases. Vada Pinson delivered a sacrifice fly to plate the tying run and Otis followed with a single for the winning marker. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Thursday, September 18, 1975 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Royals       1  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  9  2
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3 11  3


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Otis cf               5   1   2   2     0   1   .244      Bostock cf,rf         5   0   3   1     0   1   .279
Rojas 2b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .253      Braun lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .308
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .311        Brye lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Mayberry 1b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Carew 1b              4   1   2   1     1   0   .360
Cowens rf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Oliva dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Killebrew dh          2   1   1   1     1   1   .202      Briggs rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .248
  Scott pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Ford ph,cf          2   0   1   0     0   1   .272
Patek ss              3   1   0   0     0   0   .234      McKay 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Wohlford lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .252      Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Martinez c            2   0   1   0     0   0   .232      Terrell 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .293
  Pinson ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .226      Borgmann c            2   0   1   0     1   1   .210
  Stinson c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .257        Hisle ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .329
Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Roof c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bane p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Throop p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     3   6             Totals               36   3  11   3     4   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  3,201
Left on Base: Royals 10, Twins 11
DP: Royals 1, Twins 0
Errors: Cowens, Bird, Carew, Bane 2
Doubles: Rojas (17), Bostock (18), Hisle (9)
Triples: Briggs (2)
Home Runs: Otis (9), Killebrew (14), Carew (14)
Stolen Bases: Briggs (4)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (11), Scott (2), Thompson (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Pinson (4)
GIDP: Braun (8)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird                    5.2   9   3   1   3   3   1  28   3.29
Sadecki W(1-0)          0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.03
Throop SV(2)            2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.00
Totals                  9    11   3   1   4   4   1  41

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bane L(1-1)             6     6   4   2   1   4   2  26   4.61
Campbell                3     3   0   0   2   2   0  15   3.89
Totals                  9     9   4   2   3   6   2  41

Passed Balls: Stinson (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: Otis homered; Rojas singled to left; Rojas was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Brett flied out to
left; Mayberry struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Bostock was called out on strikes; Braun grounded out
(first unassisted); Carew singled [Carew to second (error by
Cowens)]; Oliva lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Twins 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Killebrew
homered; Patek popped to first in foul territory; Wohlford
singled to left; Martinez singled to center [Wohlford to third];
Otis struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Briggs flied out to center; McKay popped to second;
Thompson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas flied out to right; Brett popped to shortstop;
Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell singled to right; Borgmann struck out;
Bostock singled to right [Terrell to third]; Braun grounded into
a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Bostock out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens lined to center; Killebrew struck out; Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Carew homered; Oliva flied out to center; Briggs
tripled; McKay flied out to left; Thompson struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez
flied out to right; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell flied out to center; Borgmann singled to
center; Bostock doubled [Borgmann to third]; Braun grounded out
(first to pitcher); Carew was walked intentionally; Oliva lined
to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas doubled; Brett struck out; Mayberry flied out
to right; Cowens flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Briggs reached on an error by Bird; Briggs stole
second; McKay walked; Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Briggs to third, McKay to second]; Terrell singled to
right [Briggs scored (unearned), McKay out at home (right to
first to second to first to shortstop to catcher)]; Borgmann
walked [Terrell to second]; Bostock singled to center [Terrell
scored (unearned), Borgmann to third]; SADECKI REPLACED BIRD
(PITCHING); Braun walked [Bostock to second]; Carew grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Twins
3.

ROYALS 7TH: BRYE REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING LF); Killebrew walked;
SCOTT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Patek reached on an error by Bane on a
sacrifice bunt [Scott to second]; Wohlford reached on an error
by Bane [Scott to third, Patek to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED
BANE (PITCHING); PINSON BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Pinson lined out on
a sacrifice fly to left [Scott scored (unearned)]; Otis singled
to right [Patek scored (unearned), Wohlford to third, Otis to
second (on throw)]; Rojas reached on a fielder's choice
[Wohlford out at home (pitcher unassisted), Otis to third];
Brett walked [Rojas to second]; Mayberry popped to shortstop; 2
R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STINSON REPLACED
PINSON (PLAYING C ); Oliva flied out to left; THROOP REPLACED
SADECKI (PITCHING); FORD BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Ford singled to
left; Stinson allowed a passed ball [Ford to second]; McKay
flied out to right; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 3.

ROYALS 8TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BOSTOCK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cowens singled; Scott reached on an
error by Carew on a sacrifice bunt [Cowens to second]; Patek
popped to pitcher; Wohlford walked [Cowens to third, Scott to
second]; Stinson struck out; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); HISLE
BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Hisle doubled to center; Bostock grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Hisle to third]; Brye popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 3.

ROYALS 9TH: ROOF REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING C ); Rojas struck out;
Brett singled to center; Mayberry lined to shortstop; Cowens
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: Carew flied out to center; Oliva popped to shortstop;
Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Twins 3.