Kansas City Royals (7) Minnesota Twins (4)

| 1971

Date of Game: Thursday, August 05, 1971
Stadium: Municipal Stadium

Minnesota Twins (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 49-60	Record: 55-52
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Attendance: 9,255 Time of Game: 2:40

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Amos Otis 2B in 7th inning (45.2)

Bob Oliver 2B in 6th inning (12.68)

Jim Holt 1B in 3rd inning (10.86)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	1
Kansas City Royals	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	x	7	9	1

Minnesota Twins Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Steve Braun	3b	23.089	5	0	0	0	0	2	.236	87	87	4	21	4
Cesar Tovar	lf-cf	31.033	5	1	2	0	0	0	.308	106	898	0	22	14
Tony Oliva	rf	33.016	5	1	2	1	0	1	.370	88	1157	20	64	4
Rod Carew	2b	25.308	4	1	1	0	1	1	.279	101	538	1	34	4
Leo Cardenas	ss	32.231	2	0	1	1	0	0	.294	108	1585	13	58	2
Jim Holt	1b	27.070	4	0	3	2	0	0	.265	97	321	1	21	4
Rich Reese	1b	29.310	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	91	624	7	29	5
George Mitterwald	c	25.363	4	0	1	0	0	2	.249	95	295	11	30	1
Jim Nettles	cf	24.156	2	0	0	0	1	0	.234	36	49	5	16	1
George Thomas	ph-lf	33.249	1	0	0	0	0	0	.161	25	678	0	2	0
Tom Hall	p	23.256	3	1	1	0	0	0	.296	42	135	0	1	0
Stan Williams	p	34.325	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	44	452	0	0	0
Bob Gebhard	p	28.214	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	3	0	0	0
Danny Thompson	ph	24.185	1	0	1	0	0	0	.267	33	129	0	5	0
Jim Strickland	p	23.054	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	13	13	0	0	0
Totals:			36	4	12	4	2	6	.333	969	6964

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Freddie Patek	ss	26.300	4	1	0	0	0	2	.259	100	381	5	28	35
Cookie Rojas	2b	32.152	2	2	1	0	3	0	.310	100	1138	6	52	7
Amos Otis	cf	24.101	5	1	1	3	0	1	.315	101	327	15	61	35
Lou Piniella	lf	27.343	4	1	2	1	0	0	.275	79	368	2	33	3
Chuck Harrison	1b	30.102	3	0	1	1	1	0	.214	29	305	2	18	0
Paul Schaal	3b	28.155	3	1	0	0	1	0	.256	107	761	6	36	6
Bob Oliver	rf	28.178	3	0	2	2	0	1	.238	88	369	5	24	0
Jerry May	c	27.235	1	0	0	0	0	1	.246	59	453	1	22	0
Dennis Paepke	ph-c	26.110	3	0	0	0	0	0	.216	40	52	2	9	0
Roger Nelson	p	27.059	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	7	62	0	0	0
Bill Butler	p	24.146	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	7	62	0	1	0
Ted Abernathy	p	38.152	1	0	1	0	0	0	.111	46	607	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	ph	32.291	1	1	1	0	0	0	.222	36	1072	1	7	0
Tom Burgmeier	p	28.003	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	47	207	0	0	0
Totals:			32	7	9	7	5	6	.281	846	6164

Game Stats

2B: Rod Carew (12), George Mitterwald (10), Bob Oliver (7), Amos Otis (20), Lou Piniella (17)
3B: Bobby Knoop (1), Lou Piniella (4)
RBIs: Leo Cardenas (58), Chuck Harrison (18), Jim Holt 2 (21), Tony Oliva (64), Bob Oliver 2 (24), Amos Otis 3 (61), Lou Piniella (33)
SB: Jim Holt (4), Freddie Patek (35)
SH: Leo Cardenas (3)
SF: Leo Cardenas (9), Bob Oliver (1)
GDP: Tom Hall (1), Amos Otis (14)

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Tom Hall	23.256	6	5	4	3	4	5	0	3.43	1.27	0	0	0	41	132
Stan Williams (L 5-5)	34.325	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	4.01	1.39	0	0	0	44	466
Bob Gebhard	28.214	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	0	0	0	3	3
Jim Strickland	23.054	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	1.32	0	0	0	13	13
Pitching Totals:		8	9	7	6	5	6	0			0	0	0	101	614

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Roger Nelson	27.059	3	6	3	3	2	3	0	6.00	1.33	0	0	0	7	64
Bill Butler	24.146	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.80	1.77	0	0	0	8	67
Ted Abernathy (W 3-4)	38.152	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	2.44	1.32	0	0	0	46	613
Tom Burgmeier (Sv 10)	28.003	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	1.11	0	0	0	46	174
Pitching Totals:		9	12	4	4	2	6	0			0	0	0	107	918

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Hall 0-0-0; Stan Williams 0-0-0; Bob Gebhard 0-0-0; Jim Strickland 0-0-0; Roger Nelson 0-0-0; Bill Butler 0-0-0; Ted Abernathy 0-0-0; Tom Burgmeier 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Tom Hall 27; Stan Williams 3; Bob Gebhard 5; Jim Strickland 4; Roger Nelson 16; Bill Butler 6; Ted Abernathy 11; Tom Burgmeier 7;
Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 9,255
Umpires: Home: John Rice 1B Bill Kunkel 2B Ron Luciano 3B Red Flaherty

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