Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
September 19, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1971 at Metropolitan 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Severson 2b 4 1 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 2 2 1
Keough rf 3 0 0 0
  Otis ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b 2 1 1 2
Kirkpatrick cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Paepke c 3 0 0 1
Floyd ss 4 0 2 0
Montgomery p 4 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 4 0 2 0
Nettles cf 4 1 1 0
Braun 2b 4 1 1 0
Brye lf 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 1
Holt 1b 4 0 0 1
Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0
  Oliva ph 1 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0
Hamm p 2 0 1 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
  Gebhard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Kansas City 020 001 020570
Minnesota 000 000 002260
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Montgomery  W (2-0) 8.0 6 2 2 3 2
  Abernathy  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hamm  L (2-4) 7.1 5 5 5 2 4
  Hall   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Gebhard   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (12,off Hamm); Hopkins (15,off Hall); Floyd (3,off Gebhard).  HR–Kansas City Schaal (9,6th inning off Hamm 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Paepke (1,off Hamm).  SB–Kirkpatrick (3,3rd base off Hamm/Mitterwald); Tovar (17,2nd base off Montgomery/Paepke).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:22.  A–9,665.
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