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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

1971-09-17 · Night game · Metropolitan Stadium · Att: 16194 · 57°F, night · Wind 9 mph · 2:22

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 2–1. Mike Hedlund earned the win. Leo Cardenas went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Hedlund L: Jim Perry SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry McCoy · 1B: Jim Odom · 2B: Marty Springstead · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	5	0	1	1	0	0
Sandy Valdespino	4	0	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	3	0	1	1	1	0
Joe Keough	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	3	1	2	0	1	1
Bobby Knoop	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Hedlund	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Floyd	1	0	0	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rod Carew	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	3	0	1	0	1	0
Steve Braun	3	0	0	0	1	0
Leo Cardenas	4	1	1	1	0	1
Steve Brye	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Nettles	3	0	2	0	0	0
Rick Dempsey	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Perry	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Hedlund	9.0	7	2	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	6.1	9	1	1
Hal Haydel	1.2	0	1	1
Ray Corbin	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 7
Sandy Valdespino: S8
Amos Otis: FLE2
Amos Otis: S8.1-2
Gail Hopkins: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Paul Schaal: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Cesar Tovar: S9
Rod Carew: K
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Steve Braun: W.2-3;1-2
Leo Cardenas: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Keough: 63
Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Bobby Knoop: K
Mike Hedlund: 53

Bot 2

Steve Brye: 63
Jim Nettles: S7
Rick Dempsey: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Freddie Patek: 4
Sandy Valdespino: 4
Amos Otis: 53

Bot 3

Jim Perry: 4
Cesar Tovar: S7
Rod Carew: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Gail Hopkins: S9
Paul Schaal: 53.1-2
Joe Keough: 13
Ed Kirkpatrick: S7.2XH(72)

Bot 4

Harmon Killebrew: 43
Steve Braun: 3/G
Leo Cardenas: K/C

Top 5

Bobby Knoop: 9
Mike Hedlund: 1
Freddie Patek: 4

Bot 5

Steve Brye: 13
Jim Nettles: S7
Rick Dempsey: 3/FL
Jim Perry: 8

Top 6

Sandy Valdespino: 63
Amos Otis: S8
Gail Hopkins: 63.1-2
Paul Schaal: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Joe Keough: 5/FL

Bot 6

Cesar Tovar: 9
Rod Carew: 53
Harmon Killebrew: 9/L

Top 7

Ed Kirkpatrick: S8
Bobby Knoop: D7.1-3
Mike Hedlund: 6
Freddie Patek: S7.3-H;2-3
Sandy Valdespino: FC6.3XH(62);1-2;B-1
Amos Otis: WP.2-3;1-2
Amos Otis: 8

Bot 7

Steve Braun: 13
Leo Cardenas: HR/9
Steve Brye: S7
Jim Nettles: 46(1)/FO
Rick Dempsey: 9

Top 8

Gail Hopkins: 8/L
Paul Schaal: W
Joe Keough: 7/L
Ed Kirkpatrick: K

Bot 8

Tony Oliva: 8
Cesar Tovar: 43
Rod Carew: 63

Top 9

Bobby Floyd: 8/L
Mike Hedlund: 5/L
Freddie Patek: 13

Bot 9

Harmon Killebrew: S5
Steve Braun: 7
Leo Cardenas: 4
Steve Brye: 9

Notes & reviews

Bobby Knoop left with pulled groin running to 3B

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