Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
June 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1972 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 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Hovley rf 3 1 2 0
  Taylor ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 1 1 2
Kirkpatrick c 4 1 2 1
Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0
Hopkins 1b 3 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 1 1 2
  Mayberry 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0
Murphy p 1 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 4 0 1 1
Thompson ss 4 0 0 0
Carew 2b 3 0 0 0
Darwin cf 2 0 0 0
Reese 1b 3 1 1 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 2
Nettles lf 2 1 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0
Woodson p 2 0 0 0
  Killebrew 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 3 3
Kansas City 000 003 020590
Minnesota 020 010 000330
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy   5.0 3 3 3 2 4
  Fitzmorris  W (1-3) 4.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Woodson   6.1 7 3 3 2 1
  LaRoche  L (1-2) 2.2 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2.  HR–Kansas City Piniella (5,6th inning off Woodson 1 on, 2 out); Kirkpatrick (4,6th inning off Woodson 0 on, 2 out); Scheinblum (3,8th inning off LaRoche 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Soderholm (4,2nd inning off Murphy 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Darwin (4,by Murphy).  SB–Nettles (1,2nd base off Murphy/Kirkpatrick).  CS–Tovar (6,2nd base by Murphy/Kirkpatrick).  HBP–Murphy (1,Darwin).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:16.  A–6,807.
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