Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
September 3, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1973 at Royals 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 11, Kansas City Royals 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hisle lf 5 2 5 2
Carew 2b 5 1 1 1
Oliva dh 6 2 3 1
Darwin rf 6 1 2 3
Holt 1b 3 0 1 0
  Lis ph 0 0 0 0
  Monzon pr 1 1 0 0
  Roof c 0 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0
  Reese ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Brye cf 4 1 1 0
Soderholm 3b 4 2 1 1
Thompson ss 3 0 2 1
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Terrell ss 1 0 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Albury p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 17 10
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 5 1 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 5 1 2 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 2 0 1 1
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Poquette rf 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 1
Schaal 3b 4 1 2 2
Taylor c 4 0 0 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
Minnesota 020 000 11711174
Kansas City 200 002 0105104
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   6.1 7 4 2 1 6
  Albury   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Campbell  W (2-1) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
2
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago   1.0 3 2 2 3 0
  Mingori   5.1 6 1 0 0 4
  Bird   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Hoerner   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Garber  L (9-7) 0.2 4 4 4 0 0
  Dal Canton   0.1 2 2 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
8
5
6

  E–Soderholm (2), Thompson 3 (23), Mayberry (8), Kirkpatrick (1), Schaal (21), Drago (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Minnesota Darwin (17,off Mingori); Soderholm (2,off Garber); Hisle (24,off Garber), Kansas City Rojas (25,off Goltz); Otis (21,off Goltz).  HR–Minnesota Darwin (16,9th inning off Dal Canton 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City Schaal (7,8th inning off Campbell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Brye (2,off Garber).  SF–Kirkpatrick (5,off Goltz).  IBB–McRae (2,by Albury).  CS–Piniella (7,2nd base by Goltz/Mitterwald).  WP–Garber (4).  IBB–Albury (2,McRae).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:43.  A–11,134.
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