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Royals
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 3, 1975
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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 May 3, 1975 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 3, 1975 |
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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 | May 3, 1975 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 18,931 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lou DiMuro 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Jim Evans |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
John Mayberry | First Baseman |
Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
Tony Solaita | DH |
George Brett | Third Baseman |
Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
Frank White | Shortstop |
Bob Stinson | Catcher |
Jack McKeon | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Sergio Ferrer | Shortstop |
Steve Brye | Right Fielder |
Bobby Darwin | DH |
Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
Craig Kusick | First Baseman |
Steve Braun | Left Fielder |
Glenn Borgmann | Catcher |
Dan Ford | Center Fielder |
Frank Quilici | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
May 3, 1975
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Blyleven
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Brye picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brye. Otis goes all the way around to score. Mayberry moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew catches it and throws to second with Ferrer covering, to double up Mayberry. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
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, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrer vs. Splittorff
Ferrer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Splittorff
Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Blyleven
Solaita strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ferrer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Splittorff
Darwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Soderholm vs. Splittorff
Soderholm hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Splittorff
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Splittorff
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borgmann vs. Splittorff
Splittorff fires to first and has Braun trapped. There's the throw to Rojas who tags Braun for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Splittorff
Borgmann 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
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a popup towards short. Ferrer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. Blyleven
Stinson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Blyleven
Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Splittorff
Ford hits a line drive towards short. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrer vs. Splittorff
Ferrer strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brye vs. Splittorff
Brye hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Darwin vs. Splittorff
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. White misplays the ball. That's an error on White. Carew scores. Brye moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Soderholm vs. Splittorff
Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye scores. Darwin moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kusick vs. Splittorff
There's a wild pitch. Darwin moves to third. Soderholm moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kusick vs. Splittorff
Kusick is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Braun vs. Splittorff
Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Darwin scores. Soderholm scores. Kusick moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Borgmann vs. Pattin
Marty Pattin now pitching.
Borgmann hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Solaita vs. Blyleven
Solaita hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett 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 4
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Pattin
Ford hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Pattin
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrer vs. Pattin
Ferrer hits a ball on the ground towards short. White misplays the ball. That's an error on White. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brye vs. Pattin
There goes Ferrer. The throw from Stinson and he is out, Rojas applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ferrer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stinson vs. Blyleven
Stinson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Blyleven
Pinson 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 5
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brye vs. Pattin
Brye 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, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Pattin
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Pattin
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
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. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Pattin
Kusick hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Pattin
Braun hits a popup towards short. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borgmann vs. Pattin
Borgmann hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Blyleven
Solaita hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Solaita for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett 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, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Pattin
Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carew vs. Pattin
Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ferrer vs. Pattin
Ferrer bunts towards the mound. Pattin juggles the ball. That's an error on Pattin. Ford moves to third. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brye vs. Pattin
Brye hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pinson. Brye reaches second base with a double. Ford scores. Carew scores. Ferrer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Darwin vs. Pattin
Darwin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brye moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Soderholm vs. Mingori
Steve Mingori now pitching.
Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kusick vs. Mingori
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
Larry Hisle now playing left field.
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. Blyleven
Stinson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Blyleven
Pinson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hisle vs. Dal Canton
Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Rodney Scott now playing second base.
Hisle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Borgmann vs. Dal Canton
The ball gets by Stinson for a passed ball. Hisle moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Borgmann vs. Dal Canton
Borgmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Dal Canton
There's a wild pitch. Hisle is attempting to get to home. There's the throw to Dal Canton and Hisle is out. Borgmann moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Dal Canton
Ford strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. Dal Canton
Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Borgmann scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ferrer vs. Dal Canton
Ferrer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brye vs. Dal Canton
Brye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew scores. Ferrer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Dal Canton
Darwin takes first base on ball four. Brye moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Dal Canton
Soderholm takes first base on ball four. Brye moves to third. Darwin moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kusick vs. Dal Canton
Kusick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brye scores. Darwin scores. Soderholm moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hisle vs. Dal Canton
Hisle hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Luis Gomez now playing shortstop. Sergio Ferrer now playing second base.
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Blyleven
Solaita hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Blyleven
Scott is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/3/1975 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Pinson V, rf 4 0 0 0 Carew R, 2b 4 3 2 1 Otis A, cf 3 1 0 0 Gomez L, ss 0 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 4 2 3 1 Ferrer S, ss-2b 4 2 1 0 McRae H, lf 3 1 1 2 Brye S, rf 5 2 3 4 Solaita T, dh 4 1 1 1 Darwin B, dh 4 3 2 0 Brett G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Soderholm E, 3b 4 2 2 3 Rojas C, 2b 3 0 1 0 Kusick C, 1b 4 0 1 2 Scott R, 2b 1 0 0 0 Braun S, lf 2 0 1 2 White F, ss 3 0 0 0 Hisle L, lf 2 0 1 0 Stinson B, c 3 0 0 0 Borgmann G, c 3 1 0 0 Ford D, cf 4 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 5 6 4 36 14 14 12 Kansas City 100 100 003 -- 5 Minnesota 024 000 35x -- 14 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Splittorff P (L) 2.2 5 6 2 3 2 Pattin M* 3.1 4 3 2 0 0 Mingori S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Dal Canton B 1.0 5 5 5 3 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Blyleven B (W) 9.0 6 5 4 2 8 * Pitched to 5 batters in 7th E -- Brye S, White F 2, Pattin M DP -- Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1 LOB -- Kansas City 2, Minnesota 5 2B -- Brye S HR -- Soderholm E, Mayberry J, McRae H, Solaita T CS -- Braun S, Ferrer S SH -- Ferrer S WP -- Splittorff P, Dal Canton B PB -- Stinson B T -- 2:42 A -- 18931
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