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Minnesota Twins @ New York Yankees

1972-04-30 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 74°F · 2:49

New York Yankees defeated Minnesota Twins 5–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 2nd. Sparky Lyle earned the win. Thurman Munson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	13
NYA	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	5

W: Sparky Lyle L: Tom Norton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Ron Luciano · 2B: Frank Umont · 3B: Jim Odom · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	3	2	1	0	2	0
Danny Thompson	4	1	3	0	1	1
Rod Carew	5	1	1	1	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	5	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Braun	5	0	2	1	0	0
Bobby Darwin	4	0	3	2	1	0
Jim Nettles	4	0	1	0	1	1
Rick Dempsey	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Perry	2	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Manuel	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Renick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Monzon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Brye	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Mitterwald	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich McKinney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Allen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Roy White	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ron Blomberg	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Callison	3	1	1	1	0	1
Thurman Munson	3	1	1	2	1	0
Gene Michael	3	2	1	0	1	0
Steve Kline	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sparky Lyle	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Torres	1	0	1	1	0	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	5.0	3	5	0
Ray Corbin	2.0	0	0	1
Wayne Granger	1.0	0	0	1
Tom Norton	0.1	2	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Kline	6.2	9	5	1
Sparky Lyle	2.1	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: W
Danny Thompson: S7.1-3
Rod Carew: 6/L
Harmon Killebrew: 5/L
Steve Braun: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Bobby Darwin: S9.3-H;2-3;B-2(TH)
Jim Nettles: IW
Rick Dempsey: 2

Bot 1

Rich McKinney: 63
Bernie Allen: 6
Bobby Murcer: W
Roy White: W.1-2
Ron Blomberg: PB.2-3;1-2
Ron Blomberg: 8

Top 2

Jim Perry: 43
Cesar Tovar: S8
Danny Thompson: CS2(24)
Danny Thompson: W
Rod Carew: 6/L

Bot 2

Johnny Callison: S9
Thurman Munson: HR/7.1-H
Gene Michael: W
Steve Kline: 34/SH.1-2
Rich McKinney: FC
Bernie Allen: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Bobby Murcer: E4.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Roy White: 7

Top 3

Harmon Killebrew: 63
Steve Braun: 9
Bobby Darwin: 7

Bot 3

Ron Blomberg: 5/FL
Johnny Callison: 63
Thurman Munson: W
Gene Michael: 6

Top 4

Jim Nettles: 3/G
Rick Dempsey: 63
Jim Perry: S9
Cesar Tovar: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Steve Kline: 5
Rich McKinney: 8
Bernie Allen: 43

Top 5

Danny Thompson: K/C
Rod Carew: E3
Harmon Killebrew: S7.1-2
Steve Braun: 4/L
Bobby Darwin: S7.2-H(UR);1-2
Jim Nettles: 8

Bot 5

Bobby Murcer: DGR/9#
Roy White: W
Ron Blomberg: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Callison: 8/SF.3-H
Thurman Munson: 13

Top 6

Rick Dempsey: W
Charlie Manuel: 46(1)/FO
Cesar Tovar: 5/L
Danny Thompson: S8.1-2
Rod Carew: 6(1)/FO

Bot 6

Gene Michael: 13
Steve Kline: 43
Rich McKinney: 53

Top 7

Harmon Killebrew: 6
Steve Braun: 43
Bobby Darwin: W
Jim Nettles: S9.1-2
Rick Renick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Bernie Allen: 4
Bobby Murcer: K
Roy White: 6

Top 8

Dan Monzon: 13
Cesar Tovar: W
Danny Thompson: S9.1-3
Rod Carew: S.3-H;1-2
Harmon Killebrew: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ron Blomberg: 43
Johnny Callison: K
Thurman Munson: 7

Top 9

Steve Braun: S7
Bobby Darwin: S8.1-2
Jim Nettles: K
Steve Brye: 54(1)/FO.2-3
George Mitterwald: 4

Bot 9

Gene Michael: S9
Sparky Lyle: K
Rusty Torres: D9.1-H;B-3(TH)

Notes & reviews

Twins manager Rigney ejected by 2B umpire Umont for that Darwin was safe at 2nd on force play

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