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Royals 10 @ Twins 6
Metropolitan Stadium
September 17, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 17, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 10 to 6.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 17, 1972 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 10 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 10
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 6 H: 10 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Norm Angelini  
Losing Pitcher—Bob Gebhard  
Save—Al Fitzmorris  
Game Winning RBI—Freddie Patek 

Game Info

DateSeptember 17, 1972 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Splittorff  
Home Starting PitcherJim Perry  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance7,275 
Time of Game3 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Kunkel
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Bill Haller
3B: Jerry Neudecker

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Steve Hovley  Right Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Carl Taylor  Catcher 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Paul Splittorff  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Right Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Mike Adams  Left Fielder 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Steve Brye  Center Fielder 
Dan Monzon  Second Baseman 
Jim Perry  Pitcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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Royals 10 @ Twins 6
Metropolitan Stadium
September 17, 1972

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         Game of 9/17/1972 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Schaal P, 3b          5  1  1  0   Tovar C, rf-cf        4  1  1  0   
Rojas C, 2b           5  0  0  0   Thompson D, ss        4  1  0  1   
Hovley S, rf-cf       5  1  1  1   Killebrew H, 1b       2  0  0  0   
Mayberry J, 1b        3  1  2  2   Granger W, p          0  0  0  0   
Piniella L, lf        6  1  1  1   Nettles J, ph         1  1  1  3   
Otis A, cf            1  0  0  0   Norton T, p           0  0  0  0   
Dal Canton B, p       1  0  0  0   Carew R, ph-2b        1  0  0  0   
Hedlund M, p          0  0  0  0   Mitterwald G, c       5  0  1  0   
Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   Gebhard B, p          0  0  0  0   
Angelini N, p         0  0  0  0   Corbin R, p           0  0  0  0   
Scheinblum R, ph      1  0  1  0   Adams M, lf           5  0  2  0   
Wohlford J, pr        0  1  0  0   Soderholm E, 3b       2  0  0  0   
Fitzmorris A, p       0  0  0  0   Braun S, ph-3b        3  0  1  0   
Taylor C, c           3  2  1  1   Brye S, cf            2  0  1  0   
Patek F, ss           5  1  2  2   Holt J, ph-rf         3  1  1  0   
Splittorff P, p       1  0  1  0   Monzon D, 2b          3  1  1  0   
Keough J, ph-rf       4  2  3  2   Roof P, c             0  0  0  0   
                                   Perry J, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Goltz D, p            1  0  0  0   
                                   Manuel C, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   LaRoche D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Reese R, 1b           2  1  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40 10 13  9                        39  6 10  5

Kansas City      500 001 000 4 -- 10
Minnesota        000 000 033 0 --  6

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Splittorff P          2.0  2  0  0  1  5
Dal Canton B*         5.0  5  3  3  1  3
Hedlund M+            1.0  3  3  2  1  0
Abernathy T           0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Angelini N (W)        0.2  0  0  0  0  1
Fitzmorris A (S)      1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Perry J               0.2  5  5  3  0  0
Goltz D               4.1  2  0  0  4  3
LaRoche D             1.0  2  1  1  0  1
Granger W             2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Norton T              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Gebhard B (L)#        0.0  1  2  1  0  0
Corbin R              1.0  2  2  2  2  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 10th

E -- Thompson D, Mitterwald G, Patek F, Roof P
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 10, Minnesota 7
2B -- Keough J, Patek F
HR -- Nettles J
SB -- Keough J
SH -- Dal Canton B, Tovar C, Rojas C
SF -- Mayberry J
HBP -- by Perry J (Otis A)
PB -- Taylor C
T -- 3:16
A -- 7275

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