Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins - September 30,1970

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (65-96)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (97-64)

Game Date

September 30,1970

Year

1970

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,219

Time of Game

2:19

Umpires

[HP]: Larry Barnett [1B]: Ron Luciano [2B]: John Rice [3B]: Lou DiMuro

8th inning: 8 **Leo Cardenas hit a fly ball down the LF line that the Twins**
8th inning: 8 **thought hit the pole; 3B umpire Lou DiMuro ruled it a foul**
8th inning: 8 **ball; Twins Manager Bill Rigney charged out to argue with**
8th inning: 8 **HP umpire Larry Napp; when Napp did not change the call**
8th inning: 8 **Rigney ran to DiMuro and argued; Rigney was ejected by**
8th inning: 8 **DiMuro; Rigney kicked his cap about 30 feet; Bob Allison**
9th inning: HR/9.2-H;1-H **381 feet**

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Pat Kelly	cf	26.062	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	.235	136	268
2	Cookie Rojas	2b	31.208	R	4	1	1	0	0	0	.246	120	1037
3	Lou Piniella	lf	27.033	R	4	0	2	1	0	0	.301	143	288
4	Ed Kirkpatrick	c	25.357	L	3	1	0	0	1	0	.230	132	592
5	Bob Oliver	1b	27.234	R	4	1	2	0	0	0	.259	159	280
6	Bill Sorrell	rf	29.351	L	3	0	0	0	1	1	.269	56	84
7	Bobby Floyd	3b	26.345	R	2	1	0	1	1	1	.333	16	60
8	Tom Matchick	ss	27.023	L	4	0	0	0	0	2	.186	65	247
9	Wally Bunker	p	25.248	R	3	0	0	0	1	1	.065	23	197
Totals

Errors: Tom Matchick

2B: Cookie Rojas (13), Lou Piniella (24)

3B: Bob Oliver (6)

RBI: Lou Piniella (88), Bobby Floyd (9)

SF: Bobby Floyd (1)

CS: Lou Piniella (6)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Tovar	cf	30.089	R	4	0	2	2	0	0	.299	160	791
2	Leo Cardenas	ss	31.287	R	4	0	0	0	0	2	.248	159	1476
3	Tony Oliva	rf	32.072	L	4	1	1	0	0	2	.323	156	1068
4	Harmon Killebrew	3b	34.093	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.272	156	1851
5	Rod Carew	1b	24.364	L	2	0	0	0	0	1	.366	50	437
	Jim Holt	1b	26.126	L	1	0	0	1	0	0	.266	141	223
6	Brant Alyea	lf	29.296	R	3	0	0	0	1	0	.291	94	259
7	George Mitterwald	c	25.115	R	3	1	1	0	0	1	.222	117	200
	Paul Ratliff	ph	26.250	L	1	1	1	3	0	0	.274	68	78
8	Danny Thompson	2b	23.241	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.217	95	95
9	Bert Blyleven	p	19.177	R	2	1	1	0	0	0	.140	24	24
	Rich Reese	ph	29.001	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261	153	533
Totals

Errors: Leo Cardenas, Harmon Killebrew

2B: Cesar Tovar (36)

HR: Paul Ratliff (5)

RBI: Cesar Tovar 2 (54), Jim Holt (40), Paul Ratliff 3 (22)

SF: Jim Holt (4)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Wally Bunker	R		8.0	6	4	4	0	6	0	4.22	1.31	24	199
2	Jim York	R	L 1-1	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	3.38	0.88	4	4
Totals				0.0

WP: Wally Bunker (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wally Bunker (0-0-0), Jim York (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Bert Blyleven	R		8.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	3.18	1.16	27	27
2	Hal Haydel	R	W 2-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.00	1.22	4	4
Totals				0.0

WP: Bert Blyleven (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bert Blyleven (0-0-0), Hal Haydel (0-0-0)

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Kansas City Royals	KCA	65-96		0	2	0		0	0	1		1	0	0		4	5	1		5	11	22	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	97-64		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	4		6	7	2		1	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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