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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

1970-09-30 · Day game · Metropolitan Stadium · Att: 5219 · 2:19

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 6–4. Minnesota Twins put up 4 in the 9th. Hal Haydel earned the win. Paul Ratliff went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	5
MIN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	6	7

W: Hal Haydel L: Jim York SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Barnett · 1B: Ron Luciano · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Lou DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Kelly	5	0	0	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Oliver	4	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Sorrell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Floyd	2	1	0	1	1	1
Tommy Matchick	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wally Bunker	3	0	0	0	1	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	0	2	2	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Oliva	4	1	1	0	0	2
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rod Carew	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brant Alyea	3	0	0	0	1	0
George Mitterwald	3	1	1	0	0	1
Danny Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Blyleven	2	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Holt	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rich Reese	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Ratliff	1	1	1	3	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wally Bunker	8.0	6	0	6
Jim York	0.1	1	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bert Blyleven	8.0	5	4	3
Hal Haydel	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pat Kelly: 8
Cookie Rojas: 43
Lou Piniella: D8
Ed Kirkpatrick: 43

Bot 1

Cesar Tovar: S9
Leo Cardenas: WP.1-2
Leo Cardenas: 3/FL
Tony Oliva: 8
Harmon Killebrew: E6.2-3
Rod Carew: K

Top 2

Bob Oliver: T9
Billy Sorrell: K
Bobby Floyd: W
Tommy Matchick: WP.1-2
Tommy Matchick: 6/L
Wally Bunker: E6.2-H(NR)(UR);3-H(NR)(UR)
Pat Kelly: 7

Bot 2

Brant Alyea: 53
George Mitterwald: K
Danny Thompson: 6

Top 3

Cookie Rojas: 63
Lou Piniella: 53
Ed Kirkpatrick: 43

Bot 3

Bert Blyleven: 63
Cesar Tovar: 4
Leo Cardenas: 43

Top 4

Bob Oliver: 4
Billy Sorrell: 43
Bobby Floyd: K

Bot 4

Tony Oliva: K
Harmon Killebrew: 8
Rod Carew: 63

Top 5

Tommy Matchick: K
Wally Bunker: W
Pat Kelly: 46(1)/FO
Cookie Rojas: 6/L

Bot 5

Brant Alyea: 63
George Mitterwald: S8
Danny Thompson: 9
Bert Blyleven: S8.1-2
Cesar Tovar: D7.1-H;2-H
Leo Cardenas: K

Top 6

Lou Piniella: 6
Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Bob Oliver: E5.B-2;1-3
Billy Sorrell: IW
Bobby Floyd: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Tommy Matchick: 43

Bot 6

Tony Oliva: K
Harmon Killebrew: 3/FL
Jim Holt: 7

Top 7

Wally Bunker: 4
Pat Kelly: 63
Cookie Rojas: D7
Lou Piniella: S8.2-H
Ed Kirkpatrick: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Brant Alyea: 63
George Mitterwald: 8
Danny Thompson: 5

Top 8

Ed Kirkpatrick: 2/FL
Bob Oliver: S7
Billy Sorrell: 2/FL
Bobby Floyd: 7

Bot 8

Rich Reese: 43
Cesar Tovar: 8
Leo Cardenas: K

Top 9

Tommy Matchick: K
Wally Bunker: K/C
Pat Kelly: 63

Bot 9

Tony Oliva: S8
Harmon Killebrew: S7.1-2
Jim Holt: PB.1-2;2-3
Jim Holt: 7/SF.3-H
Brant Alyea: W
Paul Ratliff: HR/9.2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Leo Cardenas hit a fly ball down the LF line that the Twins thought hit the pole; 3B umpire Lou DiMuro ruled it a foul ball; Twins Manager Bill Rigney charged out to argue with HP umpire Larry Napp; when Napp did not change the call, Rigney ran to DiMuro and argued; Rigney was ejected by DiMuro; Rigney kicked his cap about 30 feet; Bob Allison ejected from the bench by DiMuro
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