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Royals 5 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
May 25, 1973

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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 May 25, 1973 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 25, 1973 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
Losing PitcherJim Strickland  
SaveNorm Angelini  
Game Winning RBIGail Hopkins 

Game Info

DateMay 25, 1973 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Splittorff  
Home Starting PitcherBill Hands  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance6,890 
Time of Game3 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Art Frantz
1B: Jim Honochick
2B: Lou DiMuro
3B: Jim Odom

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Steve Hovley  Center Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Hal McRae  Right Fielder 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Larry Hisle  Center Fielder 
Danny Thompson  Shortstop 
Bobby Darwin  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  DH 
Joe Lis  First Baseman 
Jerry Terrell  Second Baseman 
Mike Adams  Left Fielder 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Dan Monzon  Third Baseman 
Frank Quilici  Manager 

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Royals 5 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
May 25, 1973

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         Game of 5/25/1973 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Hovley S, cf-rf       2  0  1  0   Hisle L, cf           6  0  2  3   
Rojas C, 2b           5  0  1  1   Thompson D, ss        4  0  0  0   
Otis A, dh-cf         5  0  0  0   Darwin B, rf          5  0  1  0   
Mayberry J, 1b        4  2  2  0   Killebrew H, dh       3  0  1  0   
Kirkpatrick , c-lf-c  4  2  3  2   Brye S, pr            0  0  0  0   
Piniella L, lf        4  0  0  0   Oliva T, ph           1  0  0  0   
Splittorff P, p-p     0  0  0  0   Lis J, 1b             2  0  0  0   
Bird D, p             0  0  0  0   Walton D, ph          1  0  0  0   
Dal Canton B, p       0  0  0  0   Holt J, 1b            1  0  0  0   
Bevacqua K, ph-lf     1  0  1  0   Terrell J, 2b-3b      4  0  2  0   
McRae H, rf           3  0  1  0   Adams M, lf           1  0  0  0   
Healy F, c            1  1  0  0   Carew R, ph-2b        0  1  0  0   
Hopkins G, ph         1  0  1  1   Mitterwald G, c       4  1  2  1   
Drago D, pr           0  0  0  0   Kaat J, pr            0  1  0  0   
Angelini N, p         0  0  0  0   Roof P, c             1  0  0  0   
Schaal P, 3b          4  0  0  0   Monzon D, 3b          3  1  1  0   
Patek F, ss           4  0  1  0   Braun S, ph-lf        0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  5 11  4                        36  4  9  4

Kansas City      010 200 001 1 --  5
Minnesota        000 000 202 0 --  4

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Splittorff P*         8.0  7  4  4  5  3
Bird D+               0.0  1  0  0  2  0
Dal Canton B (W)      1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Angelini N (S)        1.0  1  0  0  1  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hands B               9.0  7  4  2  4  4
Strickland J (L)      0.1  3  1  1  0  0
Goltz D               0.2  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Monzon D, Patek F, Terrell J
DP -- Kansas City 1, Minnesota 2
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Minnesota 12
2B -- Patek F, Kirkpatrick E
3B -- Monzon D
HR -- Kirkpatrick E, Mitterwald G
CS -- Terrell J
SH -- Terrell J, Hovley S, Schaal P, Carew R
WP -- Strickland J
T -- 3:15
A -- 6890

    

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