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April 12, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 2 12 0
Royals 0 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 2 12 0
Royals 0 3 0

Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .214
OBP .000 .214
At Bats 3 28
Hits 0 6
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 2

Bert Blyleven Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - April 12, 1971
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Bert Blyleven
George Mitterwald
Harmon Killebrew
Rod Carew
Danny Thompson
Leo Cardenas
Cesar Tovar
Jim Holt
Tony Oliva
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 2 12 0 9
Kansas City Royals 0 3 0 4
Winning Pitcher Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher Dick Drago
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Holt
Attendance 32,728
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Keough hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Carew strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Tovar. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Top 9 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier. Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mitterwald hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Holt hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harmon Killebrew now playing first base. Danny Thompson now playing third base. Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Brant Alyea pinch hits for Rich Reese. Alyea strikes out.
Top 7 Killebrew is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Oliva hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Oliva reaches second base with a double. Carew moves to third.
Top 7 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tovar scores.
Top 7 Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Tovar reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Blyleven hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Drago bunts towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 6 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Holt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 5 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Carew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Carew reaches second base with a double. Tovar moves to third.
Top 5 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mitterwald is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Keough hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Mitterwald scoops up the ball and tags Keough for the out.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Holt hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Oliva hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a line drive towards third. Killebrew catches it and steps on third to double up Rojas.
Bottom 3 Drago is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Rojas reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Tovar is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Blyleven bunts towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mitterwald strikes out.
Top 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Holt moves to second.
Top 2 Holt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Killebrew scores.
Top 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Killebrew moves to third.
Top 2 Killebrew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Killebrew reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Carew. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Top 1 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.