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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

1972-05-24 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · 12 innings · Att: 8381 · 79°F · Wind 12 mph · 3:15

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 1–0. Jim Kaat earned the win and Wayne Granger picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Jim Kaat L: Dick Drago SV: Wayne Granger

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Lou DiMuro · 2B: Bill Deegan · 3B: Larry McCoy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Thompson	5	1	2	0	0	1
Rod Carew	5	0	2	1	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	0	0	1	2
Bobby Darwin	5	0	1	0	0	2
Charlie Manuel	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm	5	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Roof	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Kaat	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jim Nettles	2	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Brye	2	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Braun	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	4	1	1	1
Amos Otis	4	0	0	0
Richie Scheinblum	4	2	1	0
Lou Piniella	5	0	0	1
Cookie Rojas	5	1	0	0
Paul Schaal	5	1	0	0
John Mayberry	4	0	0	2
Ed Kirkpatrick	3	0	1	1
Dick Drago	3	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Kaat	11.0	5	3	7
Wayne Granger	1.0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Drago	12.0	6	1	13

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 4
Danny Thompson: K
Rod Carew: 43

Bot 1

Freddie Patek: K
Amos Otis: 9
Richie Scheinblum: 4

Top 2

Harmon Killebrew: W
Bobby Darwin: 64(1)3/GDP
Charlie Manuel: 8

Bot 2

Lou Piniella: 7
Cookie Rojas: 53
Paul Schaal: 53

Top 3

Eric Soderholm: 6
Phil Roof: K/C
Jim Kaat: K

Bot 3

John Mayberry: K
Ed Kirkpatrick: 9
Dick Drago: K

Top 4

Cesar Tovar: 4
Danny Thompson: S6
Rod Carew: S7.1-2
Harmon Killebrew: K
Bobby Darwin: K

Bot 4

Freddie Patek: 7
Amos Otis: 163
Richie Scheinblum: S7
Lou Piniella: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Charlie Manuel: 13
Eric Soderholm: K
Phil Roof: K

Bot 5

Cookie Rojas: 9/L
Paul Schaal: 7
John Mayberry: K

Top 6

Jim Kaat: K
Cesar Tovar: 43
Danny Thompson: 9/L

Bot 6

Ed Kirkpatrick: K/C
Dick Drago: K
Freddie Patek: 53

Top 7

Rod Carew: K
Harmon Killebrew: 8
Bobby Darwin: S7
Charlie Manuel: 43

Bot 7

Amos Otis: 9
Richie Scheinblum: S9
Lou Piniella: K
Cookie Rojas: S7.1-2
Paul Schaal: 4/FL

Top 8

Eric Soderholm: 53
Phil Roof: 4
Jim Kaat: K/C

Bot 8

John Mayberry: 4/L
Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Dick Drago: 14/SH.1-2
Freddie Patek: W
Amos Otis: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Jim Nettles: 13
Danny Thompson: 63
Rod Carew: 8

Bot 9

Richie Scheinblum: 53
Lou Piniella: 13/L
Cookie Rojas: 13

Top 10

Harmon Killebrew: K
Bobby Darwin: K
Steve Brye: S9
Eric Soderholm: 3/FL

Bot 10

Paul Schaal: D7
John Mayberry: 54/SH.2-3
Ed Kirkpatrick: 8
Dick Drago: 4/FL

Top 11

Steve Braun: 4/BP
Jim Kaat: 63
Jim Nettles: K

Bot 11

Freddie Patek: S8
Amos Otis: 14/SH.1-2
Richie Scheinblum: IW
Lou Piniella: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 12

Danny Thompson: D8
Rod Carew: S9.2-H
Harmon Killebrew: E6.1-3
Bobby Darwin: SB2#
Bobby Darwin: 6
Steve Brye: 3/FL
Eric Soderholm: 8

Bot 12

Cookie Rojas: 8/L
Paul Schaal: 53
John Mayberry: 53