Royals @ Twins
July 11, 1971

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Bottom 10 R H E
Royals 5 13 1
Twins 5 9 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Royals 5 13 1
Twins 6 10 0

Jim Nettles Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .280
OBP .250 .308
At Bats 4 25
Hits 1 7
• Singles 1 6
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 2

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 6
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Metropolitan Stadium - July 11, 1971
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Home Run
Tom Burgmeier
Jerry May
Gail Hopkins
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Ed Kirkpatrick
Joe Keough
Jim Nettles

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 5 13 1 10
Minnesota Twins 6 10 0 7
Winning Pitcher Steve Luebber
Losing Pitcher Tom Burgmeier
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Nettles
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Gail Hopkins now playing first base. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Ted Abernathy. Knoop hits a line drive into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hopkins moves to second.
Top 10 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Chuck Harrison. Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Keough hits a line drive towards first. Killebrew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Steve Luebber now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Luebber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Braun moves to third.
Bottom 9 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Danny Thompson pinch hits for Tom Hall. Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Mitterwald hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Hall covering, for the out. Patek moves to third. Schaal moves to second.
Top 9 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Patek moves to second.
Top 9 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Abernathy strikes out.
Bottom 8 Nettles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Keough now playing right field. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 May hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harrison strikes out.
Top 8 Tom Hall now pitching. Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. Braun scores.
Bottom 7 Braun hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliver. Braun reaches second base with a double. Nettles scores. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 7 Brant Alyea pinch hits for Hal Haydel. Alyea hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ed Kirkpatrick now playing center field. Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rojas hits a line drive into right field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Otis is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Holt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tovar scores.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Tovar reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Braun hits a line drive towards first. Harrison reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Haydel fires to first and picks off Patek.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haydel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Dal Canton strikes out.
Top 6 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Haydel is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Mitterwald hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harrison hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles throws the ball in to Braun who tags Oliver trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a line drive into left field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a popup towards first. Harrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 4 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Piniella strikes out.
Top 4 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dal Canton scores. Schaal moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Top 4 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Dal Canton moves to second.
Top 4 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dal Canton takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Braun scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 3 Braun hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Haydel hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Harrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Hal Haydel now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to third.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Braun scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Otis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nettles. Otis reaches second base with a double. Schaal goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 2 There goes Patek. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Dal Canton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 May hits a fly ball into right field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Holt hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Harrison strikes out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis scores. Piniella moves to second.
Top 1 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schaal scores. Otis moves to second.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schaal moves to second.
Top 1 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.