Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
May 30, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1972 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 2, Minnesota Twins 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
Hovley rf 4 1 1 1
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0
Knoop 2b 1 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 1 0
  Taylor pr 0 0 0 0
  Rojas 2b 0 0 0 0
Splittorff p 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 1 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 4 1 1 0
Thompson ss 4 0 2 0
Carew 2b 3 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 1
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Darwin cf 3 0 1 0
Renick lf 2 0 0 0
  Brye lf 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 0 0
Roof c 4 2 2 2
Perry p 3 0 1 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Kansas City 011 000 000251
Minnesota 110 100 00x371
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.1 4 2 2 3 2
  Dal Canton  L (2-3) 3.2 3 1 1 1 4
  Nelson   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (4-3) 7.0 5 2 1 2 2
  LaRoche  SV (6) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
3
4

  E–Knoop (2), Tovar (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Otis (6,off Perry); Scheinblum (2,off Perry).  HR–Kansas City Hovley (1,3rd inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Roof 2 (2,2nd inning off Splittorff 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Dal Canton 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Killebrew (6,by Dal Canton).  CS–Piniella (1,2nd base by Perry/Roof).  IBB–Dal Canton (1,Killebrew).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:17.  A–6,164.
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