Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
August 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Kansas City Royals 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Braun 3b 5 0 0 0
Tovar lf,cf 5 1 2 0
Oliva rf 5 1 2 1
Carew 2b 4 1 1 0
Cardenas ss 2 0 1 1
Holt 1b 4 0 3 2
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 1 0
Nettles cf 2 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hall p 3 1 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Gebhard p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 1 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 0 0
Rojas 2b 2 2 1 0
Otis cf 5 1 1 3
Piniella lf 4 1 2 1
Harrison 1b 3 0 1 1
Schaal 3b 3 1 0 0
Oliver rf 3 0 2 2
May c 1 0 0 0
  Paepke ph,c 3 0 0 0
Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Butler p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 0 1 0
  Knoop ph 1 1 1 0
  Burgmeier p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Minnesota 012 100 0004121
Kansas City 100 101 40x791
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hall   6.0 5 4 3 4 5
  Williams  L (4-5) 0.0 1 3 3 1 0
  Gebhard   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Strickland   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   3.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Butler   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Abernathy  W (3-4) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Burgmeier  SV (10) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
6

  E–Braun (9), Patek (19).  DP–Minnesota 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Minnesota Carew (12,off Nelson); Mitterwald (10,off Nelson), Kansas City Piniella (17,off Hall); Oliver (7,off Hall); Otis (20,off Williams).  3B–Kansas City Piniella (4,off Hall); Knoop (1,off Hall).  SH–Cardenas (3,off Nelson).  SF–Cardenas (9,off Nelson); Oliver (1,off Hall).  HBP–Patek (5,by Williams).  SB–Holt (4,2nd base off Nelson/May); Patek (36,2nd base off Williams/Mitterwald).  HBP–Williams (7,Patek).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:40.  A–9,255.
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