Royals @ Twins
May 31, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 2 11 2
Twins 3 6 2
Top 9 R H E
Royals 2 11 2
Twins 3 6 2

Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .324
OBP .500 .373
At Bats 4 145
Hits 2 47
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 15

Wayne Granger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 7
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 31, 1972
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Out
Wayne Granger
Phil Roof
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Eric Soderholm
Danny Thompson
Steve Brye
Bobby Darwin
Cesar Tovar
Lou Piniella
Steve Hovley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 2 11 2 10
Minnesota Twins 3 6 2 7
Winning Pitcher Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher Jim Rooker
Save Wayne Granger
Game Winning RBI Eric Soderholm
Attendance 7,686
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Patek hits a line drive into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 John Mayberry pinch hits for Jim Rooker. Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Soderholm hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Darwin hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schaal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 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. Rojas moves to third.
Top 8 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to second.
Top 8 Wayne Granger now pitching. Rich Reese now playing first base. Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tovar hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Piniella trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson.
Top 7 Hovley is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Steve Brye now playing left field. Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 6 Roof hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Renick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Darwin hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rooker hits a line drive into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schaal hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Renick. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Roof hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Darwin. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Hovley 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 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Darwin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Roof and he is safe. Otis steals third.
Top 4 Rookerhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Roof interferes with Rooker who is awarded first base. Otis moves to second.
Top 4 Schaal hits a line drive into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Carew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Renick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piniella is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blyleven bunts towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out. Roof moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roof takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Soderholm 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 2 Hovley strikes out.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Darwin. Patek reaches second base with a double. Rooker moves to third.
Top 2 Rooker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Top 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Otis. The throw from Roof and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Renick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Darwin takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to third. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hovley scores. There goes Piniella trying to get to third. Tovar throws the ball in to Soderholm, who tags Piniella for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hovley moves to second.
Top 1 Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Patek is called out on strikes.