Royals @ Twins
September 19, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 5 7 0
Twins 2 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 5 7 0
Twins 2 6 0

Tony Oliva Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .337
OBP .000 .369
At Bats 0 486
Hits 0 164
• Singles 0 109
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 81

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 21
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 19, 1971
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Dennis Paepke
Gail Hopkins
Rich Severson
Paul Schaal
Bobby Floyd
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Ed Kirkpatrick
Tony Oliva
Jim Holt
Steve Brye

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 5 7 0 4
Minnesota Twins 2 6 0 5
Winning Pitcher Monty Montgomery
Losing Pitcher Pete Hamm
Save Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI Ed Kirkpatrick
Attendance 9,665
Time of Game 2 hours 22 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tony Oliva pinch hits for Eric Soderholm. Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins fields it and throws to second for the out. Braun scores. Brye moves to third.
Bottom 9 Cardenas takes first base on ball four. Nettles scores. Braun moves to third. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 9 Brye takes first base on ball four. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 9 Braun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles moves to third.
Bottom 9 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Montgomery strikes out.
Top 9 Floyd hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. Floyd reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Paepke strikes out.
Top 9 Bob Gebhard now pitching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rick Renick pinch hits for Tom Hall. Renick hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Amos Otis now playing center field. Ed Kirkpatrick now playing right field. Mitterwald hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Hopkins hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tovar. Hopkins reaches second base with a double. Severson scores. Schaal goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Tom Hall now pitching. Amos Otis pinch hits for Joe Keough. Otis strikes out.
Top 8 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Severson moves to third.
Top 8 Severson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Montgomery is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Soderholm hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Paepke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Holt hits a popup towards short. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Floyd hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Paepke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Braun hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick 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 6 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schaal hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Severson hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Soderholm moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mitterwald strikes out.
Bottom 5 Soderholm takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Montgomery fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Floyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cardenas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Braun scoops it up and throws to first, with Hamm covering, for the out.
Top 4 Keough hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Tovar. The throw from Paepke and he is safe. Tovar steals second.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Hamm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Severson 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 3 Montgomery strikes out.
Bottom 2 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Paepke hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kirkpatrick tags and scores.
Top 2 Piniella strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Kirkpatrick steals third.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Hopkins goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Braun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Keough hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schaal hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Severson strikes out.