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Twins 7 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
May 18, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on May 18, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Twins with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1970 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 7 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 7
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Bill Zepp  
Losing Pitcher—Mike Hedlund  
Save—Ron Perranoski  
Game Winning RBI—Charlie Manuel 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1970 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Kaat  
Home Starting PitcherBill Butler  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance8,560 
Time of Game2 hours 47 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Emmett Ashford
1B: Hank Soar
2B: Lou DiMuro
3B: Jerry Neudecker

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Center Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Brant Alyea  Left Fielder 
Rick Renick  Third Baseman 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Jim Kaat  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pat Kelly  Right Fielder 
Mike Fiore  First Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Bob Oliver  Third Baseman 
Joe Keough  Left Fielder 
Rich Severson  Second Baseman 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Ellie Rodriguez  Catcher 
Bill Butler  Pitcher 
Charlie Metro  Manager 

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Twins 7 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
May 18, 1970

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         Game of 5/18/1970 -- Minnesota at Kansas City (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, cf           2  2  1  0   Kelly P, rf           5  0  0  0   
Carew R, 2b           5  1  3  2   Fiore M, 1b           5  0  1  0   
Killebrew H, 1b-3b    4  1  1  1   Otis A, cf            5  1  2  2   
Quilici F, 3b         0  0  0  0   Oliver B, 3b          4  0  0  0   
Oliva T, rf           5  0  1  1   Keough J, lf          4  2  3  0   
Alyea B, lf           4  0  0  0   Severson R, 2b        4  1  1  1   
Holt J, lf            0  0  0  0   Hernandez J, ss       3  0  2  2   
Renick R, 3b          2  1  1  0   Rodriguez E, c        3  0  1  0   
Reese R, ph-1b        0  1  0  0   Butler B, p           2  0  0  0   
Cardenas L, ss        3  1  1  2   Wright K, p           0  0  0  0   
Mitterwald G, c       3  0  0  0   Schaal P, ph          1  1  0  0   
Manuel C, ph          0  0  0  1   Hedlund M, p          0  0  0  0   
Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   Fitzmorris A, p       0  0  0  0   
Kaat J, p             2  0  0  0   Taylor H, ph          1  0  0  0   
Zepp B, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Ratliff P, ph-c       1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  7  8  7                        37  5 10  5

Minnesota        020 020 111 --  7
Kansas City      020 001 200 --  5

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kaat J                6.2  9  5  3  1  3
Zepp B (W)            0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Perranoski R (S)      2.0  1  0  0  0  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Butler B*             6.0  6  5  5  6  1
Wright K              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Hedlund M (L)+        0.0  0  1  0  2  0
Fitzmorris A          2.0  1  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Carew R, Cardenas L, Rodriguez E
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Minnesota 6, Kansas City 7
2B -- Severson R
HR -- Cardenas L, Carew R, Otis A, Killebrew H
SB -- Tovar C
CS -- Tovar C
SF -- Manuel C
HBP -- by Perranoski R (Hernandez J)
WP -- Kaat J, Hedlund M, Fitzmorris A
T -- 2:47
A -- 8560

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