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June 29, 1972

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Bottom 8 R H E
Royals 5 9 0
Twins 1 6 1
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Royals 5 9 0
Twins 2 7 1

Cesar Tovar Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .280
OBP .333 .357
At Bats 3 236
Hits 1 66
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 16

Dick Drago Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - June 29, 1972
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Home Run
Dick Drago
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Bobby Knoop
Bobby Floyd
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Cesar Tovar
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Tovar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Rich Reese pinch hits for Bob Gebhard. Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gebhard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mayberry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Darwin. Mayberry reaches second base with a double. Otis scores.
Top 8 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gebhard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Otis moves to third.
Top 8 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Top 8 George Mitterwald now catching. Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Charlie Manuel pinch hits for Phil Roof. Manuel hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Darwin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bob Gebhard now pitching. Patek strikes out.
Top 7 Drago takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Floyd bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Floyd for the out. Kirkpatrick scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Rojas hits a popup towards second base. Carew makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Carew. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tovar. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Scheinblum scores. Mayberry goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Scheinblum moves to second.
Top 7 Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Top 7 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. Floyd moves to third.
Top 6 Drago bunts towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Carew covering, for the out. Floyd moves to second.
Top 6 Floyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blyleven hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Roof strikes out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 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.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Soderholm hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Darwin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 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.
Top 4 Piniella strikes out.
Top 4 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.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 3 Blyleven strikes out.
Top 3 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Drago is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Roof is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Scheinblum hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Otis strikes out.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.