Royals @ Twins
May 22, 1973

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 7 12 0
Twins 8 12 2
Top 9 R H E
Royals 7 12 0
Twins 8 12 2

Steve Hovley Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .600 .358
At Bats 4 62
Hits 2 19
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 5
RBI’s 0 6

Ken Sanders Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 6
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 22, 1973
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Ken Sanders
George Mitterwald
Joe Lis
Rod Carew
Steve Braun
Danny Thompson
Jim Holt
Steve Brye
Bobby Darwin
Steve Hovley
Freddie Patek
Jim Wohlford

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 7 12 0 12
Minnesota Twins 8 12 2 7
Winning Pitcher Dick Woodson
Losing Pitcher Wayne Simpson
Save Ken Sanders
Game Winning RBI Harmon Killebrew
Attendance 4,951
Time of Game 3 hours 1 minute
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hovley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lou Piniella pinch hits for Fran Healy. Piniella hits a line drive into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wohlford moves to third.
Top 9 Jim Wohlford pinch runs for Gail Hopkins. Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanders fields it and throws to third for the out. Wohlford moves to second.
Top 9 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bevacqua moves to second.
Top 9 Steve Brye now playing center field. Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Oliva strikes out.
Bottom 8 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hisle hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mayberry hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Otis takes first base on ball four. Rojas moves to second.
Top 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Hovley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Joe Lis now playing first base. Ken Sanders now pitching. Healy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Holt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four. Lis moves to third. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Braun hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Lis pinch runs for Harmon Killebrew. Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ken Wright now pitching. Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodson fields it and throws to second for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 7 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mayberry scores.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hisle. Mayberry reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hisle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hovley hits a fly ball into left field. Holt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Healy strikes out.
Top 6 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Darwin scores. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 5 Braun hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. Darwin moves to third.
Bottom 5 Darwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third.
Bottom 5 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Killebrew reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hopkins hits a line drive into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Hisle. The throw from Healy and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Hisle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Holt moves to third.
Bottom 4 Holt is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gene Garber now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Braun scores. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Braun moves to third.
Bottom 4 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hovley hits a line drive into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Healy hits a line drive into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Darwin hits a line drive into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Holt scores. Carew scores.
Bottom 3 Mike Jackson now pitching. Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliva for the out. Holt moves to third. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mitterwald scores. Holt moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hisle hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mitterwald moves to third.
Bottom 3 Holt takes first base on ball four. Mitterwald moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mitterwald takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hopkins hits a popup towards third. Braun settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mayberry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Braun is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Darwin strikes out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Healy hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rojas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carew scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Carew. The throw from Healy and he is safe. Carew steals second.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hisle hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a popup towards short. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Mayberry moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Top 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew juggles the ball. That's an error on Killebrew. Hovley scores.
Top 1 Hovley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hisle. Hovley reaches second base with a double.