| 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 | 23-19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | Team Stats/Roster | Game Log | Franchise Page | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | MIN | 20-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | x | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Team Stats/Roster | Game Log | Franchise Page | ||||||||||||
| # | player | pos | age | ba | ab | r | h | bi | bb | so | avg | s-g | c-g | ||
| 1 | Freddie Patek | ss | 28.226 | R | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | 41 | 605 | ||
| Gail Hopkins | ph | 30.093 | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 17 | 442 | |||
| 2 | Cookie Rojas | 2b | 34.078 | R | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .285 | 39 | 1329 | ||
| 3 | Amos Otis | cf | 26.027 | R | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 | 42 | 557 | ||
| 4 | John Mayberry | 1b | 24.094 | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .284 | 42 | 293 | ||
| 5 | Lou Piniella | lf | 29.268 | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .255 | 40 | 606 | ||
| 6 | Jim Wohlford | dh | 22.084 | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | 8 | 23 | ||
| 7 | Kurt Bevacqua | 3b | 26.120 | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 | 16 | 90 | ||
| 8 | Hal McRae | rf | 27.317 | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | 28 | 274 | ||
| Steve Hovley | ph-rf | 28.156 | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | 27 | 359 | |||
| 9 | Carl Taylor | c | 29.123 | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 | 24 | 358 | ||
| Ed Kirkpatrick | ph-c | 28.227 | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .336 | 33 | 859 | |||
| Totals | |||||||||||||||
| # | player | pos | age | ba | ab | r | h | bi | bb | so | avg | s-g | c-g | ||
| 1 | Larry Hisle | cf | 26.018 | R | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .306 | 37 | 350 | ||
| 2 | Rod Carew | 2b | 27.234 | L | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .307 | 36 | 762 | ||
| 3 | Tony Oliva | dh | 34.307 | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | 33 | 1238 | ||
| 4 | Harmon Killebrew | 1b | 36.328 | R | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .257 | 29 | 2167 | ||
| 5 | Bobby Darwin | rf | 30.096 | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .236 | 36 | 199 | ||
| 6 | Steve Braun | 3b | 25.015 | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .297 | 32 | 281 | ||
| 7 | Danny Thompson | ss | 26.111 | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 | 35 | 323 | ||
| 8 | George Mitterwald | c | 27.350 | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 24 | 413 | ||
| 9 | Jim Holt | lf | 28.361 | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .305 | 30 | 390 | ||
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| # | pitcher | th | dec | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | hr | era | whip | s-g | c-g | ||
| 1 | Steve Busby | R | L 3-6 | 5.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5.50 | 1.70 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Doug Bird | R | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.31 | 1.20 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||
| # | pitcher | th | dec | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | hr | era | whip | s-g | c-g | ||
| 1 | Jim Kaat | L | 5.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.17 | 1.26 | 10 | 465 | |||
| 2 | Dave Goltz | R | W 2-0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 1.27 | 9 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Ray Corbin | R | SV 4 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.19 | 1.05 | 11 | 94 | ||
| Totals | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||