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Kansas City Royals 2 Minnesota Twins 3

May 31,1972

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (13-24)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (23-12)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,686

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Dave Phillips [1B]: Jim Evans [2B]: Nestor Chylak [3B]: Larry Barnett

Kansas City Royals 2 Minnesota Twins 3

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6th inning: HR/78.3-H;1-H **366 ft**

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	13-24		1	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	11	2		6	12	23	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	23-12		0	0	0		0	0	3		0	0	x			3	6	2		2	2	3	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	27.235	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.257		26	454
2	Steve Hovley	rf	27.165	L	4	1	1	0		1	2	.227		21	248
3	Lou Piniella	lf	28.277	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.322		37	452
4	Ed Kirkpatrick	c	27.236	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.319		24	737
5	Cookie Rojas	2b	33.086	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.272		36	1189
6	Gail Hopkins	1b	29.102	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.143		13	385
7	Amos Otis	cf	25.035	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.252		34	407
8	Paul Schaal	3b	29.089	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.216		37	852
9	Jim Rooker	p	29.251	R	2	0	1	1		0	0	.286		8	99
	John Mayberry	ph	23.103	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.216		37	139
Totals

Errors: Freddie Patek, Paul Schaal

2B: Freddie Patek (6), Lou Piniella (8), Amos Otis (7)

RBI: Ed Kirkpatrick (12), Jim Rooker (1)

SB: Amos Otis 2 (7)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Tovar	rf	31.333	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.292		35	984
2	Danny Thompson	ss	25.120	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.276		35	179
3	Rod Carew	2b	26.243	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.287		35	619
4	Harmon Killebrew	1b	35.337	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.245		34	2033
5	Bobby Darwin	cf	29.105	R	2	0	0	0		2	0	.246		33	51
6	Rick Renick	lf	28.076	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.208		15	235
	Steve Brye	lf	23.117	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.191		30	67
7	Eric Soderholm	3b	23.250	R	4	1	1	3		0	0	.187		21	42
8	Phil Roof	c	31.087	R	2	0	2	0		1	0	.232		22	637
9	Bert Blyleven	p	21.055	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.207		12	73
Totals

Errors: Danny Thompson, Phil Roof

HR: Eric Soderholm (3)

RBI: Eric Soderholm 3 (7)

SH: Bert Blyleven (5)

GDP: Rick Renick (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Rooker	L	L 2-2	8.0	6	3	3	3	3	1		3.68	1.19		9	97
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Rooker (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	W 7-3	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0		2.44	1.05		12	77
2	Wayne Granger	R	SV 8	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.73	0.61		15	275
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bert Blyleven (0-0-0), Wayne Granger (0-0-0)