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Twins
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 13, 1975
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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 April 13, 1975 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 13, 1975 |
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Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 13, 1975 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Decker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Busby |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 7,771 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Kunkel 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Jim Evans 3B: Lou DiMuro |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lyman Bostock | Center Fielder |
Steve Braun | First Baseman |
Larry Hisle | Left Fielder |
Bobby Darwin | DH |
Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
Steve Brye | Right Fielder |
Danny Thompson | Shortstop |
Glenn Borgmann | Catcher |
Sergio Ferrer | Second Baseman |
Frank Quilici | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
John Mayberry | First Baseman |
Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
Harmon Killebrew | DH |
George Brett | Third Baseman |
Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
Frank White | Second Baseman |
Buck Martinez | Catcher |
Jack McKeon | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 13, 1975
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Busby
Bostock hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Busby
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Patek. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hisle vs. Busby
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Braun moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Darwin vs. Busby
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Decker
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Decker
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Decker
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ferrer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Decker
McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brye. McRae reaches second base with a double. Mayberry goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Decker
Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Busby
Soderholm hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Busby
Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Busby
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Decker
Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Decker
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Decker
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brye throws the ball in to Thompson who tags White trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Martinez vs. Decker
Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Busby
Borgmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrer vs. Busby
Ferrer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Mayberry. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrer vs. Busby
Ferrer hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Borgmann moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bostock vs. Busby
Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Borgmann moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Braun vs. Busby
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Busby covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Decker
Patek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Decker
There goes Patek. The throw from Borgmann and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Decker
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayberry vs. Decker
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Decker
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek scores. Otis moves to third. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. Decker
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Otis scores. McRae scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Decker
Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pinson vs. Decker
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Decker fields it and throws to second for the out. Killebrew moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Decker
There's a wild pitch. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Decker
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Busby
Hisle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Busby
There's a wild pitch. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Darwin vs. Busby
Darwin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Soderholm vs. Busby
Soderholm hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brye vs. Busby
Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Decker
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Decker
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Decker
Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hisle. Otis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Decker
There goes Otis. The throw from Borgmann and he is safe. Otis steals third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mayberry vs. Decker
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Decker
McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brye. McRae reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Killebrew vs. Decker
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Busby
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Busby
Borgmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrer vs. Busby
Ferrer hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Decker
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ferrer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Decker
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Decker
White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hisle. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Decker
Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bostock vs. Busby
Bostock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Busby
Braun takes first base on ball four. Bostock moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hisle vs. Busby
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to third for the out. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Darwin vs. Busby
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Decker
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Decker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Decker
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Decker
Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Busby
Al Cowens now playing right field.
Soderholm hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Busby
Brye hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Busby
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Decker
McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ferrer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Decker
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Borgmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Decker
Brett hits a line drive into left field. Hisle picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hisle. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Decker
Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Busby
Borgmann is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrer vs. Busby
Ferrer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bostock vs. Busby
Bostock hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Busby
Braun hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Decker
White hits a fly ball into right field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Decker
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Decker
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Pattin
Marty Pattin now pitching.
Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Pattin
Darwin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Darwin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Soderholm vs. Pattin
Soderholm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Darwin moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brye vs. Pattin
Brye hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Brye reaches second base with a double. Darwin scores. Soderholm goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching. Rod Carew pinch hits for Danny Thompson.
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walton vs. Bird
Danny Walton pinch hits for Glenn Borgmann. Dan Ford pinch runs for Rod Carew.
Walton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brye scores. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ferrer vs. Bird
Luis Gomez pinch runs for Danny Walton.
Ferrer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bostock vs. Bird
Bostock is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/13/1975 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Bostock L, cf 4 0 0 0 Patek F, ss 4 1 0 0 Braun S, 1b 3 0 1 0 Otis A, cf 3 2 2 0 Hisle L, lf 3 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 3 1 0 0 Darwin B, dh 4 1 1 0 McRae H, lf 4 1 3 3 Soderholm E, 3b 4 1 1 0 Killebrew H, dh 4 0 1 2 Brye S, rf 4 1 1 2 Brett G, 3b 4 0 3 0 Thompson D, ss 3 0 0 0 Pinson V, rf 3 0 0 0 Carew R, ph 1 0 1 0 Cowens A, rf 1 0 0 0 Ford D, pr 0 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 0 2 0 Borgmann G, c 3 0 1 0 Martinez B, c 4 0 0 0 Walton D, ph 1 0 1 1 Gomez L, pr 0 0 0 0 Ferrer S, 2b 4 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 3 8 3 34 5 11 5 Minnesota 000 000 003 -- 3 Kansas City 103 100 00x -- 5 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Decker J (L) 8.0 11 5 5 3 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Busby S (W) 8.0 3 0 0 3 2 Pattin M 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 Bird D (S) 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 E -- Patek F, Mayberry J, Hisle L DP -- Kansas City 2 LOB -- Minnesota 7, Kansas City 8 2B -- McRae H 2, Otis A, White F, Darwin B, Brye S SB -- Patek F, Otis A WP -- Decker J, Busby S T -- 2:27 A -- 7771
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