Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1972 at Municipal 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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Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 6 0 0 0
Carew 2b 3 0 1 0
  Soderholm pr,3b 2 1 0 0
Braun 3b,2b 5 0 1 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 1
  Holt 1b 1 0 0 0
Manuel rf 5 0 0 0
  Brye rf 0 0 0 0
Nettles cf 5 2 2 0
Thompson ss 5 0 2 1
Borgmann c 4 0 1 1
Goltz p 2 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Otis cf 6 0 2 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 6 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 5 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 2
  Keough pr 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 5 0 2 0
Patek ss 5 0 0 0
Nelson p 5 0 1 0
  Hovley cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 9 2
Minnesota 000 011 000 000 1370
Kansas City 000 200 000 000 0290
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   5.2 4 2 2 5 1
  Granger   4.1 3 0 0 1 2
  LaRoche  W (4-5) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
9
2
2
6
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   12.0 5 2 2 0 6
  Abernathy  L (3-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
13.0
7
3
3
0
8

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Nettles (5,off Abernathy); Thompson (19,off Abernathy).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (18,4th inning off Goltz 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Borgmann (3,off Nelson); Killebrew (4,off Nelson).  SH–Piniella (3,off LaRoche).  IBB–Kirkpatrick (9,by Goltz); Mayberry (11,by Granger).  IBB–Goltz (2,Kirkpatrick); Granger (4,Mayberry).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:37.  A–7,851.
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