A two-run single by Lou Piniella in the seventh inning enabled the Royals to defeat the Twins, 5-3, in a game that saw seven batters hit by pitched balls, tying the A. L. record set by the Tigers and Senators August 24, 1914. The Royals' first three runs scored in the fifth on two walks, a double by Paul Schaal, two more passes and an infield out. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     13, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  3  0    2  0  x  -   5  4  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .452      Patek ss              4   0   0   1     1   0   .233
Carew 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Keough rf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .074
Oliva rf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .379        Taylor ph,rf        0   1   0   0     1   0   .500
Killebrew 3b          5   1   2   0     0   2   .462      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Reese 1b              2   1   1   0     0   1   .154      Piniella lf           3   0   1   2     0   0   .219
Holt cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .318      Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     1   1   .263
Cardenas ss           1   0   1   2     1   0   .174      Oliver 1b             2   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     0   0   .143        Burgmeier p         1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Ratliff ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barber p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Abernathy p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rojas 2b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .346
  Renick ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Schaal 3b             3   2   1   1     1   0   .240
  Powell pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Hedlund p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hopkins ph,1b       1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Braun ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   3             Totals               27   5   4   5     7   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  6,740
Left on Base: Twins 10, Royals 8
DP: Twins 0, Royals 2
Doubles: Schaal (2)
Home Runs: Oliva (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenas (1)
GIDP: Holt (3), Carew (3)
Hit by Pitch: Reese 2 (2,by Burgmeier,by York), Cardenas (1,by Burgmeier), Braun (1,by Abernathy), Piniella (1,by Williams), Otis (1,by Perranoski), Hopkins (1,by Perranoski)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barber                  4.1   1   2   2   2   2   0  16   4.15
Williams L(0-1)         1.2   2   1   1   2   0   0   9   1.08
Perranoski              2     1   2   2   3   1   0  12  10.13
Totals                  8     4   5   5   7   3   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(2-0)          5     5   2   2   1   2   1  21   3.00
Burgmeier               1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   0.00
York                    1.1   2   1   1   1   0   0   7   4.26
Abernathy SV(2)         1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   3   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Williams (1), Perranoski 2 (2), Burgmeier 2 (2), York (1), Abernathy (1)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett


TWINS 1ST: Tovar lined to center; Carew grounded out (shortstop
to first); Oliva homered; Killebrew singled to third; Reese was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek made an out to second; Keough lined to center;
Otis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt made an out to shortstop; Cardenas walked;
Mitterwald flied out to left; Barber lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella made an out to second; Kirkpatrick was
called out on strikes; Oliver singled to left; Rojas grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Carew flied out
to center; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal made an out to first; Hedlund flied out to
center; Patek lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew struck out; Reese singled to right; Holt
singled to right [Reese to third]; Cardenas hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Reese scored]; Mitterwald singled to center [Holt to
third]; Barber flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough made an out to shortstop; Otis was called out
on strikes; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 0.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick walked; Oliver forced Kirkpatrick
(shortstop to second); Rojas walked [Oliver to second]; WILLIAMS
REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING); Schaal doubled to left [Rojas to
third, Oliver scored]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR HEDLUND; Hopkins was
walked intentionally; Patek walked [Rojas scored, Schaal to
third, Hopkins to second]; Keough grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Patek to second, Hopkins to third, Schaal scored]; Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
2, Royals 3.

TWINS 6TH: HOPKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BURGMEIER
REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); Killebrew lined to center; Reese was
hit by a pitch; Holt grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Reese out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella was hit by a pitch; Piniella was out trying
to advance to second (catcher to second); Kirkpatrick flied out
to center; Burgmeier singled to pitcher; Rojas made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 3.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas was hit by a pitch; Mitterwald flied out to
right; RENICK BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Renick walked [Cardenas to
second]; YORK REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); POWELL RAN FOR
RENICK; Tovar walked [Cardenas to third, Powell to second];
Carew grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); Schaal
walked; Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first) [Schaal to
second]; Patek made an out to second; TAYLOR BATTED FOR KEOUGH;
Taylor walked; Otis was hit by a pitch [Schaal to third, Taylor
to second]; Piniella singled to center [Otis to third, Taylor
scored, Schaal scored]; Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 5.

TWINS 8TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Oliva popped to
third in foul territory; Killebrew singled to center; Reese was
hit by a pitch [Killebrew to second]; Holt made an out to third;
Cardenas singled to center [Reese to second, Killebrew scored];
RATLIFF BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; ABERNATHY REPLACED YORK
(PITCHING); Ratliff flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: RATLIFF STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Abernathy
struck out; Rojas walked; Schaal forced Rojas (third to second);
Hopkins was hit by a pitch [Schaal to second]; Patek lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 5.

TWINS 9TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR PERRANOSKI; Braun was hit by a
pitch; Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Carew singled to
right [Braun to second]; Oliva grounded out (second to first)
[Carew to second, Braun to third]; Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Royals 5.