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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

1972-06-01 · Day game · Metropolitan Stadium · Att: 6807 · 77°F · Wind 4 mph · 2:16

Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 5–3. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 6th. Al Fitzmorris earned the win. Lou Piniella went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Fitzmorris L: Dave LaRoche SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Evans · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Dave Phillips · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	4	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Hovley	3	1	2	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	1	1	2	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	1	2	1	0	1
Cookie Rojas	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gail Hopkins	3	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	0	1	0	0	2
Paul Schaal	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Keough	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Fitzmorris	2	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Scheinblum	1	1	1	2	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	4	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Thompson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rod Carew	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Darwin	2	0	0	0	1	2
Rich Reese	3	1	1	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm	3	1	1	2	0	0
Jim Nettles	2	1	0	0	1	0
George Mitterwald	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Woodson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	5.0	3	2	4
Al Fitzmorris	4.0	0	1	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Woodson	6.1	7	2	1
Dave LaRoche	2.2	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 9
Steve Hovley: 5
Lou Piniella: 2/FL

Bot 1

Cesar Tovar: 7
Danny Thompson: 53
Rod Carew: 63

Top 2

Ed Kirkpatrick: 5
Cookie Rojas: W
Gail Hopkins: 36(1)/FO
Amos Otis: K

Bot 2

Bobby Darwin: HP
Rich Reese: 16(1)/FO
Eric Soderholm: HR/78.1-H
Jim Nettles: 6
George Mitterwald: 3/FL

Top 3

Paul Schaal: S9
Tom Murphy: 36(1)/FO/BG
Freddie Patek: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Dick Woodson: K
Cesar Tovar: 9
Danny Thompson: K/C

Top 4

Steve Hovley: S7
Lou Piniella: 8/L
Ed Kirkpatrick: S8.1-2
Cookie Rojas: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Rod Carew: W
Bobby Darwin: K
Rich Reese: S9.1-3
Eric Soderholm: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Gail Hopkins: 5
Amos Otis: 3
Paul Schaal: 9

Bot 5

Jim Nettles: W
George Mitterwald: SB2#
George Mitterwald: K
Dick Woodson: 9/FL
Cesar Tovar: S9.2-H
Danny Thompson: CS2(24)

Top 6

Joe Keough: 9
Freddie Patek: 63
Steve Hovley: S4
Lou Piniella: HR/7.1-H
Ed Kirkpatrick: HR/89
Cookie Rojas: 4

Bot 6

Danny Thompson: 9
Rod Carew: 43
Bobby Darwin: W
Rich Reese: 7/L

Top 7

Gail Hopkins: 7/FL
Amos Otis: S7
Paul Schaal: W.1-2
Al Fitzmorris: 1/P
Freddie Patek: W.2-3;1-2
Carl Taylor: 9/FL

Bot 7

Eric Soderholm: 53
Jim Nettles: 7/L7D
George Mitterwald: 63

Top 8

Lou Piniella: 3/P
Ed Kirkpatrick: K
Cookie Rojas: S7
Richie Scheinblum: HR/7.1-H
Amos Otis: K

Bot 8

Harmon Killebrew: 53
Cesar Tovar: 7/L7D
Danny Thompson: 9

Top 9

Paul Schaal: 53
Al Fitzmorris: 3/P
Freddie Patek: 3/FL

Bot 9

Rod Carew: 43
Bobby Darwin: K
Steve Braun: 43

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