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Twins
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 4, 1973
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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 4, 1973 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,741 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Odom 1B: Larry Barnett 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Larry McCoy |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Hisle | Left Fielder |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Tony Oliva | DH |
| Joe Lis | First Baseman |
| George Mitterwald | Catcher |
| Bobby Darwin | Right Fielder |
| Steve Brye | Center Fielder |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Terrell | Shortstop |
| Frank Quilici | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Right Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Carl Taylor | Catcher |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 4, 1973
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Splittorff
Hisle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Splittorff
Oliva hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lis vs. Splittorff
Lis hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Lis reaches second base with a double. Oliva moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mitterwald vs. Splittorff
Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Oliva scores. Lis scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Splittorff
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Splittorff
Brye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Splittorff
Soderholm hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Soderholm reaches second base with a double. Brye goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terrell vs. Splittorff
Terrell bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Terrell for the out. Soderholm moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hisle vs. Splittorff
Hisle strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lis scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Splittorff
Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lis vs. Splittorff
Lis hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Lis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mitterwald vs. Splittorff
Mitterwald hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Darwin vs. Splittorff
Darwin hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Lis scores. Darwin moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brye vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick 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: ---
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Blyleven
Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Blyleven
There goes Patek. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Littell
Soderholm 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: ---
Terrell vs. Littell
Terrell bunts towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hisle vs. Littell
There goes Terrell. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Terrell steals second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hisle vs. Littell
Hisle 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Littell
Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Terrell scores. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Littell
Littell fires to first and picks off Carew. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Littell
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliva for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lis vs. Littell
Lis strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Littell
Mitterwald hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Littell
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Blyleven
Taylor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terrell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Littell
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Littell
Brye hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Littell
Soderholm takes first base on ball four. Brye moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terrell vs. Littell
Terrell takes first base on ball four. Brye moves to third. Soderholm moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hisle vs. Littell
Hisle takes first base on ball four. Brye scores. Soderholm moves to third. Terrell moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Carew vs. Fitzmorris
Al Fitzmorris now pitching.
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hisle. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Fitzmorris
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Fitzmorris covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lis vs. Fitzmorris
Lis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Fitzmorris
Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Blyleven
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Fitzmorris
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Fitzmorris
Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Fitzmorris
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terrell vs. Wright
Ken Wright now pitching.
Terrell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Wright
Hisle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Wright
Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Wright
Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a line drive into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick 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, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/1973 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Hisle L, lf 3 0 0 1 Patek F, ss 4 0 1 0
Carew R, 2b 5 0 1 1 White F, 2b 3 0 1 0
Oliva T, dh 5 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 3 0 1 0
Lis J, 1b 4 2 2 0 Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitterwald G, c 4 0 1 2 McRae H, dh 4 0 0 0
Darwin B, rf 4 0 1 1 Kirkpatrick E, rf 4 0 0 0
Brye S, cf 4 2 2 0 Piniella L, lf 4 0 0 0
Soderholm E, 3b 3 0 1 1 Schaal P, 3b 2 0 1 0
Terrell J, ss 2 1 1 0 Taylor C, c 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 10 6 31 0 4 0
Minnesota 211 101 000 -- 6
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (W) 9.0 4 0 0 3 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (L) 2.2 7 4 4 0 2
Littell M 2.2 3 2 2 3 3
Fitzmorris A 2.2 0 0 0 0 0
Wright K 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
E -- Schaal P
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Minnesota 6, Kansas City 7
2B -- Lis J 2, Soderholm E, White F
SB -- Patek F, Terrell J
SH -- Terrell J
T -- 2:28
A -- 9741
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