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September 25, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 11 0
Royals 0 9 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 7 11 0
Royals 0 9 2

Bobby Knoop Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .205
OBP .333 .273
At Bats 3 156
Hits 1 32
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 10

Jim Kaat Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 13 0
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Municipal Stadium - September 25, 1971
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Out
Jim Kaat
George Mitterwald
Harmon Killebrew
Rod Carew
Eric Soderholm
Leo Cardenas
Rick Renick
Steve Brye
Cesar Tovar
Bobby Knoop
Dennis Paepke
Lou Piniella

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 7 11 0 6
Kansas City Royals 0 9 2 8
Winning Pitcher Jim Kaat
Losing Pitcher Paul Splittorff
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Harmon Killebrew
Attendance 7,191
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Knoop hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Paepke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 9 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 9 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Hopkins hits a popup towards the mound. Kaat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Carew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Renick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 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.
Bottom 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tovar hits a line drive towards first. Hopkins reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kaat hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mitterwald hits a fly ball towards right. Oliver settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oliver. Soderholm moves to third.
Top 8 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Soderholm reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lance Clemons now pitching. Renick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clemons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Chuck Harrison pinch hits for Ted Abernathy. Harrison hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Knoop hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tovar. Knoop reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Paepke strikes out.
Bottom 7 Oliver strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Brye. The throw from Paepke and he is out, Knoop applying the tag.
Top 7 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Brye takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis strikes out.
Top 6 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaat scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Kaat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. Renick scores. Kaat moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mitterwald is thrown out after the base hit. Renick moves to third.
Top 6 Soderholm hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Renick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mitterwald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rich Severson pinch hits for Bill Butler. Severson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Paepke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Knoop strikes out.
Bottom 5 Paepke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cardenas strikes out.
Top 5 Brye strikes out.
Top 5 Killebrew is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella who is chasing the ball. Carew reaches third base with a triple. Tovar goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Renick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Hopkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bill Butler now pitching. Kaat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Paepke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mitterwald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Mitterwald reaches second base with a double. Killebrew scores. Renick scores. Soderholm moves to third.
Top 4 Soderholm is hit by the pitch. Renick moves to second.
Top 4 Renick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carew tags and scores.
Top 4 Brye strikes out.
Top 4 Killebrew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Carew moves to third.
Top 4 Carew bunts towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tovar moves to third.
Top 4 Tovar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Tovar reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 3 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Kaat scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Splittorff for the out.
Top 3 Kaat is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Mitterwald strikes out.
Top 3 Soderholm is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Paepke hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brye throws the ball in to Cardenas who relays the ball to Carew who tags Oliver trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Renick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a popup towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.