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Twins 3 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
September 26, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 26, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Twins with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 26, 1971 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Monty Montgomery  
Losing Pitcher—Steve Luebber  
Save—Ted Abernathy  
Game Winning RBI—Paul Schaal 

Game Info

DateSeptember 26, 1971 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Luebber  
Home Starting PitcherMonty Montgomery  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance12,338 
Time of Game2 hours 30 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Evans
1B: Hank Soar
2B: Larry Barnett
3B: George Maloney

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Rich Reese  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Jim Holt  Center Fielder 
Steve Brye  Left Fielder 
Rick Dempsey  Catcher 
Steve Luebber  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Floyd  Shortstop 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Joe Keough  Center Fielder 
Gail Hopkins  First Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Bob Oliver  Right Fielder 
Dennis Paepke  Catcher 
Rich Severson  Second Baseman 
Monty Montgomery  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
September 26, 1971

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         Game of 9/26/1971, game 2 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Soderholm E, 3b       4  1  1  1   Floyd B, ss           4  1  0  0   
Reese R, rf           3  0  0  0   Schaal P, 3b          4  1  2  2   
Tovar C, ph-cf        1  0  0  0   Keough J, cf          4  1  1  1   
Killebrew H, 1b       3  0  0  0   Hopkins G, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Thompson D, pr        0  0  0  0   Piniella L, lf        3  0  1  0   
Haydel H, p           0  0  0  0   Oliver B, rf          2  1  1  1   
Carew R, 2b           4  0  3  1   Paepke D, c           2  0  0  0   
Cardenas L, ss        3  0  0  0   Martinez B, c         1  0  0  0   
Holt J, cf-1b         4  0  0  0   Severson R, 2b        4  1  3  1   
Brye S, lf            4  0  0  0   Montgomery M, p       2  0  0  0   
Dempsey R, c          4  1  2  0   Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   
Luebber S, p          2  0  0  0   Abernathy T, p        1  0  0  0   
Corbin R, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Braun S, ph-rf        1  1  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  3  7  3                        31  5  9  5

Minnesota        000 000 030 --  3
Kansas City      000 040 01x --  5

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Luebber S (L)         4.1  6  4  4  3  4
Corbin R              2.2  1  0  0  1  0
Haydel H              1.0  2  1  1  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Montgomery M (W)      7.1  6  3  3  0  6
Burgmeier T           0.1  1  0  0  1  0
Abernathy T (S)       1.1  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Killebrew H
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 5, Kansas City 8
2B -- Schaal P, Hopkins G, Dempsey R, Soderholm E
3B -- Severson R 2
SH -- Cardenas L, Martinez B
SF -- Oliver B
T -- 2:30
A -- 12338

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