Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
June 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1972 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 3, Kansas City Royals 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nettles cf 3 0 1 0
  Darwin ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Thompson ss 4 0 2 0
Carew 2b 4 1 1 0
Braun lf 4 1 1 0
Reese 1b 4 1 1 2
Manuel rf 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 2 1
  Norton p 0 0 0 0
  Monzon ph 0 0 0 0
Woodson p 2 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Tovar ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 2 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 1
Piniella lf 3 1 1 3
  Hovley ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 2 1 0 0
Scheinblum rf 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 3
Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0
  Knoop 2b 0 0 0 0
Floyd 3b 3 1 0 0
Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
Minnesota 012 000 000380
Kansas City 000 071 00x8111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Woodson  L (5-6) 4.2 6 4 4 3 4
  LaRoche   0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Norton   3.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy   2.1 6 3 2 2 1
  Nelson  W (1-1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 4
  Burgmeier  SV (7) 4.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
4
6

  E–Mayberry (2).  DP–Minnesota 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Piniella (15,off Woodson); Otis (9,off Norton).  3B–Minnesota Reese (1,off Murphy).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (7,5th inning off LaRoche 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Soderholm (1,by Murphy).  CS–Reese (1,Home by Nelson/Kirkpatrick).  SB–Patek (12,2nd base off Norton/Dempsey).  WP–Woodson (1), Norton (1).  HBP–Murphy (2,Soderholm).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:30.  A–14,777.
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