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Twins
@ Royals
Municipal Stadium
June 25, 1972
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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 June 25, 1972 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 25, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 25, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Drago |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Bill Haller 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Bill Kunkel |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Right Fielder |
| Danny Thompson | Shortstop |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Steve Braun | Left Fielder |
| Jim Nettles | Center Fielder |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Phil Roof | Catcher |
| Bert Blyleven | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Catcher |
| Richie Scheinblum | Right Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Floyd | Third Baseman |
| Dick Drago | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Royals
Municipal Stadium
June 25, 1972
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Drago
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drago
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Drago
Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Carew reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Drago
Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
There goes Otis. The throw from Roof and he is out, Thompson applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Drago
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Drago covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Drago
Nettles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Drago
Soderholm hits a fly ball towards left. Piniella settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Piniella. Nettles moves to third. Soderholm moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Roof vs. Drago
Roof hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to home to get Nettles. Soderholm moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blyleven vs. Drago
Blyleven hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Soderholm scores. Roof moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tovar vs. Drago
Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drago
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Drago
Carew takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Drago
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Drago
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Drago
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Drago
Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Floyd vs. Blyleven
Floyd is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drago vs. Blyleven
Drago strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roof vs. Drago
Roof hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Drago
Blyleven strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Drago
Tovar is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Drago
There goes Tovar. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Drago
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. Drago
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Drago
Killebrew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Drago
Braun hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Scheinblum. Braun reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Drago
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Soderholm vs. Drago
Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roof vs. Drago
Roof is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Floyd vs. Blyleven
Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keough vs. Blyleven
Joe Keough pinch hits for Dick Drago.
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Hedlund
Mike Hedlund now pitching.
Blyleven hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Hedlund
Tovar is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Hedlund
There goes Tovar. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Hedlund
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Hedlund
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hedlund
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Hedlund
Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Hedlund
Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Hedlund
Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scheinblum moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roof vs. Hedlund
Roof hits a popup, foul, towards third. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Hedlund
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Hedlund
Tovar hits a popup towards third. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Blyleven
Rich Reese now playing first base. Steve Hovley pinch hits for Bobby Floyd.
Hovley hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Blyleven
Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Mike Hedlund.
Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopkins for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Blyleven
There goes Patek. The throw from Roof and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Abernathy
Bobby Knoop now playing third base. Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Abernathy
Carew hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Abernathy
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Abernathy
There goes Thompson. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Scheinblum moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rojas vs. Granger
Wayne Granger now pitching.
Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick scores. Scheinblum scores. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Knoop vs. Granger
Knoop takes first base on ball four. Mayberry moves to third. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Taylor vs. Granger
Carl Taylor pinch hits for Ted Abernathy.
Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mayberry tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Patek vs. Granger
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/25/1972, game 1 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Tovar C, rf 3 1 0 0 Patek F, ss 5 0 1 0
Thompson D, ss 3 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 4 0 2 0
Carew R, 2b 4 1 2 1 Piniella L, lf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew H, 1b 4 1 1 3 Kirkpatrick E, c 3 1 1 0
Reese R, 1b 1 0 0 0 Scheinblum R, rf 4 1 1 0
Braun S, lf 4 0 2 0 Mayberry J, 1b 3 1 2 0
Nettles J, cf 4 0 1 0 Rojas C, 2b 4 0 2 2
Soderholm E, 3b 4 1 0 0 Floyd B, 3b 2 0 1 0
Roof P, c 4 0 0 0 Hovley S, ph 1 0 0 0
Blyleven B, p 4 0 1 1 Knoop B, 3b 0 0 0 0
Granger W, p 0 0 0 0 Drago D, p 1 0 0 0
Keough J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hedlund M, p 0 0 0 0
Hopkins G, ph 1 0 0 0
Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0
Taylor C, ph 0 0 0 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 8 5 33 3 10 3
Minnesota 013 100 000 -- 5
Kansas City 000 000 003 -- 3
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (W)* 8.0 9 3 3 1 6
Granger W (S) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Drago D (L) 5.0 7 5 4 2 2
Hedlund M 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Abernathy T 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
E -- Piniella L
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Minnesota 8, Kansas City 7
2B -- Carew R, Braun S
HR -- Killebrew H
SB -- Tovar C 2, Patek F
CS -- Otis A, Thompson D
SF -- Taylor C
HBP -- by Drago D (Tovar C), by Hedlund M (Tovar C), by Blyleven B (Kirkpatrick E)
T -- 2:25
A -- 0
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