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Royals
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 16, 1972
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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 September 16, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 16, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 16, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Drago |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 7,241 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: Bill Haller |
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 |
| Dick Drago | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | Left Fielder |
| Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
| Steve Braun | Third Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Bobby Darwin | Right Fielder |
| Jim Nettles | Center Fielder |
| Danny Thompson | Shortstop |
| George Mitterwald | Catcher |
| Bert Blyleven | Pitcher |
| Frank Quilici | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 16, 1972
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Drago
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Drago
There goes Tovar. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Tovar steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Drago
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Braun vs. Drago
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Drago
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Drago
Darwin is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Drago
Jim Holt pinch runs for Bobby Darwin.
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Jim Holt now playing right field.
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drago
Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Drago
Mitterwald strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Drago
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blyleven for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drago vs. Blyleven
Drago is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Drago moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Drago
Tovar strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Drago
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Drago
Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Drago
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Drago
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Drago
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drago
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. Drago
Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drago vs. Blyleven
Drago hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Holt throws the ball in to Killebrew who tags Drago trying to return to first, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Drago
Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Drago
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Drago
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Drago
Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Drago
There's a wild pitch. Carew scores. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Drago
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Holt. Piniella reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Drago
Holt hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Drago
Nettles hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Scheinblum chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards third. Schaal fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Schaal. Nettles moves all the way to home. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drago
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitterwald vs. Drago
Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blyleven vs. Drago
Blyleven is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Blyleven
Joe Keough pinch hits for Freddie Patek.
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keough for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Blyleven
Steve Hovley pinch hits for Dick Drago.
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. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Burgmeier
Bobby Floyd now playing shortstop. Tom Burgmeier now pitching.
Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Burgmeier
Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Braun vs. Burgmeier
Braun takes first base on ball four. Tovar moves to third. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Killebrew vs. Burgmeier
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Carew scores. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Holt vs. Jackson
Rich Reese pinch runs for Harmon Killebrew. Mike Jackson now pitching.
Holt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Braun scores. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nettles vs. Jackson
The ball gets by Kirkpatrick for a passed ball. Holt moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Jackson
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Jackson
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holt scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitterwald vs. Jackson
Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blyleven vs. Jackson
Blyleven hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Mitterwald moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tovar vs. Fitzmorris
Al Fitzmorris now pitching.
Tovar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Rich Reese now playing first base. Dan Monzon now playing second base. Steve Brye now playing left field.
Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wohlford vs. Blyleven
Jim Wohlford pinch hits for Cookie Rojas.
Wohlford hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheinblum vs. Blyleven
Scheinblum hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Monzon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monzon vs. Fitzmorris
Jim Wohlford now playing second base.
Monzon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Fitzmorris
Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Fitzmorris
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wohlford fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Blyleven
Piniella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Blyleven
Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Blyleven
Schaal hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Floyd vs. Blyleven
Floyd is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/16/1972 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Otis A, cf 4 0 1 0 Tovar C, lf 5 2 2 0
Rojas C, 2b 3 0 2 0 Brye S, lf 0 0 0 0
Wohlford J, ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Carew R, 2b 4 2 2 0
Scheinblum R, rf 4 0 0 0 Monzon D, 2b 1 0 0 0
Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Braun S, 3b 3 2 3 0
Piniella L, lf 3 0 1 0 Killebrew H, 1b 4 1 2 5
Kirkpatrick E, c 4 0 0 0 Reese R, pr-1b 1 0 0 0
Schaal P, 3b 3 1 1 1 Darwin B, rf 0 0 0 0
Patek F, ss 2 0 0 0 Holt J, pr-rf 3 2 2 2
Keough J, ph 1 0 0 0 Nettles J, cf 4 1 1 0
Floyd B, ss 1 0 0 0 Thompson D, ss 4 1 2 1
Drago D, p 1 0 1 0 Mitterwald G, c 4 0 1 0
Hovley S, ph 1 0 0 0 Blyleven B, p 4 0 1 1
Burgmeier T, p 0 0 0 0
Jackson M, p 0 0 0 0
Fitzmorris A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 1 6 1 37 11 16 9
Kansas City 000 000 001 -- 1
Minnesota 300 012 50x -- 11
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Drago D (L) 6.0 8 6 5 1 4
Burgmeier T* 0.0 3 3 3 1 0
Jackson M 0.2 4 2 2 0 1
Fitzmorris A 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- Schaal P
DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Minnesota 5
2B -- Piniella L
3B -- Nettles J
HR -- Killebrew H, Holt J, Schaal P
SB -- Tovar C
HBP -- by Drago D (Darwin B), by Blyleven B (Drago D)
WP -- Drago D
PB -- Kirkpatrick E
T -- 2:27
A -- 7241
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