Twins @ Royals
September 25, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 13 0
Royals 2 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 13 0
Royals 2 10 2

Freddie Patek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .271
OBP .000 .328
At Bats 1 582
Hits 0 158
• Singles 0 120
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 11
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 0 36

Bert Blyleven Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 15 0
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Municipal Stadium - September 25, 1971
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Out
Bert Blyleven
Phil Roof
Harmon Killebrew
Rod Carew
Steve Braun
Leo Cardenas
Steve Brye
Jim Holt
Cesar Tovar
Freddie Patek

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 7 13 0 9
Kansas City Royals 2 10 2 7
Winning Pitcher Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher Al Fitzmorris
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Harmon Killebrew
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Patek hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Severson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Holt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew scores.
Top 9 Cardenas bunts towards first. Hopkins scoops it up and throws to first, with Severson covering, for the out. Carew moves to second.
Top 9 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick 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.
Bottom 8 Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hopkins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roof scores. Tovar moves to third.
Top 8 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brye scores. Roof moves to second.
Top 8 Blyleven bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 8 Roof takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Brye. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Brye steals third.
Top 8 Brye hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Brye reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Freddie Patek now playing shortstop. Roger Nelson now pitching. Lou Piniella now playing left field. Holt hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Schaal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Valdespino hits a popup in front of the plate. Roof settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lou Piniella pinch hits for Bobby Floyd. Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Freddie Patek pinch hits for Al Fitzmorris. Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Severson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hopkins moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Bottom 6 Keough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Blyleven strikes out.
Top 6 Roof hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Brye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Valdespino hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Floyd hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 5 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fitzmorris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fitzmorris for the out.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kirkpatrick scores.
Bottom 4 Severson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops it up and throws to first, with Fitzmorris covering, for the out.
Top 4 Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Tovar reaches second base with a double. Holt scores. Brye scores. Roof moves to third.
Top 4 Blyleven strikes out.
Top 4 Roof takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Holt moves to third. Brye moves to second.
Top 4 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal has Cardenas trapped. There's the throw to Martinez and back to Schaal, who tags Cardenas for the out. Holt moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Holt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cardenas moves to third.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Cardenas reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fitzmorris scores. Valdespino moves to second.
Bottom 3 Valdespino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fitzmorris moves to third.
Bottom 3 Floyd hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fitzmorris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Braun strikes out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Severson hits a fly ball into center field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tovar is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Blyleven strikes out.
Top 2 Martinez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Martinez. Brye moves to third.
Top 2 Roof hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd misplays the ball. That's an error on Floyd. Brye moves to second.
Top 2 Brye takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Holt hits a line drive into left field. Valdespino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Valdespino moves to second.
Bottom 1 Valdespino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Floyd hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carew takes first base on ball four. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.