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Royals 4 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
April 20, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on April 20, 1971 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Royals with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 20, 1971 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 4 H: 10 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Jim Perry  
Losing Pitcher—Bruce Dal Canton  
Save—Ron Perranoski  
Game Winning RBI—Tony Oliva 

Game Info

DateApril 20, 1971 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
Home Starting PitcherJim Perry  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance3,491 
Time of Game2 hours 42 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dave Phillips
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Larry Napp
3B: Jerry Neudecker

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Center Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Bob Oliver  First Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Joe Keough  Right Fielder 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Bruce Dal Canton  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  Third Baseman 
Rich Reese  First Baseman 
Jim Holt  Center Fielder 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Tom Tischinski  Catcher 
Jim Perry  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Royals 4 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
April 20, 1971

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         Game of 4/20/1971 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           5  1  2  0   Tovar C, lf           4  1  0  0   
Rojas C, 2b           4  0  2  0   Carew R, 2b           4  0  1  0   
Kirkpatrick E, cf     2  0  0  1   Oliva T, rf           4  0  2  1   
Piniella L, lf        3  1  1  0   Killebrew H, 3b       4  0  0  0   
Oliver B, 1b          4  1  2  0   Thompson D, 3b        0  0  0  0   
Schaal P, 3b          3  1  1  1   Reese R, 1b           3  2  1  0   
Keough J, rf          3  0  1  0   Holt J, cf            4  1  2  1   
Taylor C, ph          1  0  0  0   Cardenas L, ss        4  0  1  0   
May J, c              4  0  1  2   Tischinski T, c       2  0  1  1   
Rooker J, pr          0  0  0  0   Braun S, ph           1  1  1  1   
Dal Canton B, p       2  0  0  0   Mitterwald G, c       1  0  0  0   
Wright K, p           0  0  0  0   Perry J, p            3  0  1  0   
Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   
Hopkins G, ph         0  0  0  0                                      
York J, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Paepke D, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  4 10  4                        34  5 10  4

Kansas City      100 000 003 --  4
Minnesota        011 003 00x --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dal Canton B (L)      5.1  9  5  4  2  2
Wright K              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Burgmeier T           0.2  0  0  0  0  1
York J                1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Perry J (W)*          8.0  9  4  4  4  5
Perranoski R (S)      1.0  1  0  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Oliver B, Kirkpatrick E, Patek F
DP -- Kansas City 2, Minnesota 4
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Minnesota 8
2B -- Tischinski T, Schaal P, May J
3B -- Oliva T
CS -- Patek F
SF -- Kirkpatrick E
T -- 2:42
A -- 3491

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