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Kansas City Royals 2 Minnesota Twins 1

September 17,1971

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (80-70)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (69-79)

Game Date

September 17,1971

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

16,194

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

[HP]: Larry McCoy [1B]: Jim Odom [2B]: Marty Springstead [3B]: Jim Honochick

Kansas City Royals 2 Minnesota Twins 1

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7th inning: NP **Bobby Knoop left with pulled groin running to 3B**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	80-70		0	0	0		0	0	1		1	0	0			2	9	0		2	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	69-79		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			1	7	1		5	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Freddie Patek	ss	26.343	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.273		140	421
2	Sandy Valdespino	lf	32.246	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.356		13	376
3	Amos Otis	cf	24.144	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.306		140	366
4	Gail Hopkins	1b	28.210	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.278		94	363
5	Paul Schaal	3b	28.198	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.270		150	804
6	Joe Keough	rf	25.253	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.251		103	264
7	Ed Kirkpatrick	c	26.344	L	3	1	2	0		1	1	.217		114	707
8	Bobby Knoop	2b	32.334	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.212		67	1103
	Bobby Floyd	pr-2b	27.332	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.189		22	83
9	Mike Hedlund	p	25.037	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.097		29	81
Totals

2B: Bobby Knoop (6)

RBI: Freddie Patek (36), Paul Schaal (55)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Tovar	rf	31.076	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.301		145	937
2	Rod Carew	2b	25.351	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.302		139	576
3	Harmon Killebrew	1b	35.080	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.258		136	1988
4	Steve Braun	3b	23.132	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.252		117	117
5	Leo Cardenas	ss	32.274	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.267		141	1618
6	Steve Brye	lf	22.225	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.258		16	25
7	Jim Nettles	cf	24.199	L	3	0	2	0		0	0	.248		63	76
8	Rick Dempsey	c	22.004	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.286		2	12
9	Jim Perry	p	35.322	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.188		36	487
	Tony Oliva	ph	33.059	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.337		125	1194
Totals

Errors: Rick Dempsey

HR: Leo Cardenas (18)

RBI: Leo Cardenas (69)

GDP: Rod Carew (22), Leo Cardenas (15), Rick Dempsey (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Hedlund	R	W 15-7	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	1		2.69	1.17		30	82
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Hedlund (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Perry	R	L 16-16	6.1	9	2	2	1	1	0		4.38	1.40		38	499
2	Hal Haydel	R		1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0		3.62	1.21		29	33
3	Ray Corbin	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.13	1.52		50	50
Totals				0.0

WP: Hal Haydel (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Perry (0-0-0), Hal Haydel (0-0-0), Ray Corbin (0-0-0)