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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 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 0, Minnesota Twins 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
Floyd ss 3 0 1 0
Nelson p 3 0 1 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 4 0 0 0
Thompson ss 4 0 0 0
Carew 2b 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 1 1 0
Nettles cf 3 1 1 0
Brye lf 2 0 0 0
  Reese ph 0 0 0 0
  Darwin ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 2 1
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0
Corbin p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 1
Kansas City 000 000 000–062
Minnesota 000 000 20x–250
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (1-2) 6.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Burgmeier   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
2
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Corbin  W (4-0) 9.0 6 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
3
  E–Schaal (9), Scheinblum (4).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Kansas City Floyd (1,off Corbin), Minnesota Soderholm (8,off Nelson).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:02.  A–5,099.
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