Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
April 20, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1971 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 2 0
Kirkpatrick cf 2 0 0 1
Piniella lf 3 1 1 0
Oliver 1b 4 1 2 0
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 1
Keough rf 3 0 1 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
May c 4 0 1 2
  Rooker pr 0 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Paepke ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 1 0 0
Carew 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 0 2 1
Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0
  Thompson 3b 0 0 0 0
Reese 1b 3 2 1 0
Holt cf 4 1 2 1
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0
Tischinski c 2 0 1 1
  Braun ph 1 1 1 1
  Mitterwald c 1 0 0 0
Perry p 3 0 1 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 4
Kansas City 100 000 0034103
Minnesota 011 003 00x5100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  L (0-1) 5.1 9 5 4 2 2
  Wright   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  York   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
3
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (2-2) 8.0 9 4 4 4 5
  Perranoski  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
6

  E–Patek (2), Kirkpatrick (1), Oliver (1).  DP–Kansas City 2, Minnesota 4.  2B–Kansas City Schaal (3,off Perry); May (1,off Perranoski), Minnesota Tischinski (1,off Dal Canton).  3B–Minnesota Oliva (1,off Dal Canton).  SF–Kirkpatrick (1,off Perry).  CS–Patek (1,2nd base by Perry/Tischinski).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:42.  A–3,491.
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