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Twins 3 @ Royals 2
Municipal Stadium
September 9, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on September 9, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 9, 1972 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 2 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherDave LaRoche  
Losing PitcherTed Abernathy  
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Game Winning RBIDanny Thompson 

Game Info

DateSeptember 9, 1972 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Goltz  
Home Starting PitcherRoger Nelson  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance7,851 
Time of Game3 hours 37 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Honochick
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Larry McCoy

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Steve Braun  Third Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Charlie Manuel  Right Fielder 
Jim Nettles  Center Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Glenn Borgmann  Catcher 
Dave Goltz  Pitcher 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Roger Nelson  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Twins 3 @ Royals 2
Municipal Stadium
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         Game of 9/9/1972 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, lf           6  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            6  0  2  0   
Carew R, 2b           3  0  1  0   Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   
Soderholm E, pr-3b    2  1  0  0   Rojas C, 2b           6  0  0  0   
Braun S, 3b-2b        5  0  1  0   Scheinblum R, rf      5  1  1  0   
Killebrew H, 1b       3  0  0  1   Mayberry J, 1b        4  1  2  2   
Holt J, 1b            1  0  0  0   Keough J, pr          0  0  0  0   
Manuel C, rf          5  0  0  0   Piniella L, lf        5  0  1  0   
Brye S, rf            0  0  0  0   Kirkpatrick E, c      3  0  0  0   
Nettles J, cf         5  2  2  0   Taylor C, ph          1  0  0  0   
Thompson D, ss        5  0  2  1   Schaal P, 3b          5  0  2  0   
Borgmann G, c         4  0  1  1   Patek F, ss           5  0  0  0   
Goltz D, p            2  0  0  0   Nelson R, p           5  0  1  0   
Granger W, p          1  0  0  0   Hovley S, cf          0  0  0  0   
Reese R, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
LaRoche D, p          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  3  7  3                        45  2  9  2

Minnesota        000 011 000 000 1 --  3
Kansas City      000 200 000 000 0 --  2

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Goltz D               5.2  4  2  2  5  1
Granger W             4.1  3  0  0  1  2
LaRoche D (W)         3.0  2  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nelson R             12.0  5  2  2  0  6
Abernathy T (L)       1.0  2  1  1  0  2

DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 4, Kansas City 11
2B -- Nettles J, Thompson D
HR -- Mayberry J
SH -- Piniella L
SF -- Borgmann G, Killebrew H
T -- 3:37
A -- 7851

    

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