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Royals 12 @ Twins 10
Metropolitan Stadium
July 5, 1973

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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 July 5, 1973 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 12 to 10.

Game Summary

DateJuly 5, 1973 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 12 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 12
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 10 H: 17 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 10
Hits: 17
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherPaul Splittorff  
Losing PitcherJoe Decker  
SaveGene Garber  
Game Winning RBIJohn Mayberry 

Game Info

DateJuly 5, 1973 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Splittorff  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Decker  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance8,787 
Time of Game3 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Art Frantz
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Jim Odom

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Gail Hopkins  DH 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Right Fielder 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Fran Healy  Catcher 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jerry Terrell  Shortstop 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Bobby Darwin  Right Fielder 
Tony Oliva  DH 
Joe Lis  First Baseman 
Larry Hisle  Center Fielder 
Steve Braun  Third Baseman 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Mike Adams  Left Fielder 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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Royals 12 @ Twins 10
Metropolitan Stadium
July 5, 1973

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         Game of 7/5/1973 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           6  1  2  2   Terrell J, ss         5  0  3  0   
Rojas C, 2b           6  3  3  5   Carew R, 2b           4  3  2  0   
Otis A, cf            4  2  1  1   Darwin B, rf          4  1  2  2   
Mayberry J, 1b        3  0  1  2   Oliva T, dh           4  2  1  1   
Hopkins G, dh         4  1  0  0   Lis J, 1b             5  1  2  2   
Piniella L, lf        5  0  1  2   Hisle L, cf           5  2  4  3   
Kirkpatrick E, rf     4  1  2  0   Braun S, 3b           5  0  1  1   
Schaal P, 3b          3  2  1  0   Mitterwald G, c       5  0  1  1   
Healy F, c            4  2  2  0   Brye S, pr            0  0  0  0   
                                   Adams M, lf           3  1  1  0   
                                   Holt J, lf            2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39 12 13 12                        42 10 17 10

Kansas City      004 005 030 -- 12
Minnesota        200 002 213 -- 10

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W)      6.2 12  6  6  1  3
Bird D*               1.1  2  3  3  2  2
Garber G (S)          1.0  3  1  1  0  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Decker J (L)          5.1  9  8  8  4  2
Goltz D               2.0  4  4  4  4  1
Hands B               1.2  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Holt J
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Minnesota 8
2B -- Terrell J, Rojas C 2, Mayberry J, Carew R, Braun S
HR -- Rojas C, Hisle L
SB -- Carew R, Schaal P
CS -- Kirkpatrick E
WP -- Decker J, Goltz D, Bird D
PB -- Mitterwald G
T -- 3:16
A -- 8787

    

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