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Kansas City Royals 5 Minnesota Twins 3

June 29,1972

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (31-32)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (34-29)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Haller [1B]: Jerry Neudecker [2B]: Bill Kunkel [3B]: Red Flaherty

Kansas City Royals 5 Minnesota Twins 3

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8th inning: HR/7 **383 ft**
9th inning: HR/7 **373 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	31-32		0	0	0		0	0	0		4	1	0			5	10	0		4	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	34-29		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	1			3	9	1		3	5	10	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	27.264	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.237		51	479
2	Amos Otis	cf	25.064	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.300		59	432
3	Lou Piniella	lf	28.306	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.310		62	477
4	Richie Scheinblum	rf	29.237	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.322		48	218
5	John Mayberry	1b	23.132	L	4	1	2	2		0	0	.292		61	163
6	Ed Kirkpatrick	c	27.265	L	4	1	2	2		0	0	.308		41	754
7	Cookie Rojas	2b	33.115	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.278		61	1214
	Bobby Knoop	2b	33.255	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.294		14	1122
8	Bobby Floyd	3b	28.253	R	3	0	2	1		0	0	.200		16	108
9	Dick Drago	p	27.004	R	2	0	0	0		1	2	.061		17	125
Totals

2B: John Mayberry (9), Ed Kirkpatrick (8)

RBI: John Mayberry 2 (41), Ed Kirkpatrick 2 (19), Bobby Floyd (3)

SH: Bobby Floyd (1), Dick Drago (5)

GDP: Richie Scheinblum (5)

SB: Bobby Floyd (1)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Tovar	rf	31.362	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.283		62	1011
2	Danny Thompson	ss	25.149	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.283		54	198
3	Rod Carew	2b	26.272	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.293		62	646
4	Harmon Killebrew	1b	36.000	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.245		59	2058
5	Jim Nettles	cf	25.119	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.217		45	128
6	Bobby Darwin	lf	29.134	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.241		57	75
7	Eric Soderholm	3b	23.279	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.202		47	68
8	Phil Roof	c	31.116	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.175		39	654
	Charlie Manuel	ph	28.177	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.206		25	185
9	Bert Blyleven	p	21.084	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.205		19	80
	Rich Reese	ph	30.274	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.185		54	707
Totals

Errors: Rod Carew

HR: Cesar Tovar (1), Bobby Darwin (8)

RBI: Cesar Tovar (17), Harmon Killebrew (35), Bobby Darwin (31)

GDP: Rod Carew 2 (7), Jim Nettles (3)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Drago	R	W 6-6	9.0	9	3	3	1	7	2		2.47	1.08		16	127
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Drago (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	L 8-9	6.2	6	3	3	1	3	0		3.03	1.08		19	84
2	Bob Gebhard	R		1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0		4.32	2.28		6	23
3	Dave LaRoche	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.00	1.19		26	120
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bert Blyleven (0-0-0), Bob Gebhard (0-0-0), Dave LaRoche (0-0-0)