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May 31, 1972

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Royals 2 9 2
Twins 3 6 2
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Royals 2 9 2
Twins 3 6 2

Harmon Killebrew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .248
OBP .333 .399
At Bats 3 109
Hits 1 27
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 22

Jim Rooker Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 31, 1972
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Jim Rooker
Ed Kirkpatrick
Gail Hopkins
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Steve Hovley
Harmon Killebrew
Rod Carew
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tovar hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Piniella trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson.
Top 7 Hovley is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Steve Brye now playing left field. Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 6 Roof hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Renick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Darwin hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rooker hits a line drive into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schaal hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Renick. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Roof hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Darwin. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Hovley 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 4 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Darwin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Roof and he is safe. Otis steals third.
Top 4 Rookerhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Roof interferes with Rooker who is awarded first base. Otis moves to second.
Top 4 Schaal hits a line drive into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Carew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Renick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piniella is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blyleven bunts towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out. Roof moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roof takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hovley strikes out.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Darwin. Patek reaches second base with a double. Rooker moves to third.
Top 2 Rooker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Top 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Otis. The throw from Roof and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Darwin takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hovley scores. There goes Piniella trying to get to third. Tovar throws the ball in to Soderholm, who tags Piniella for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hovley moves to second.
Top 1 Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Patek is called out on strikes.