George Mitterwald hit his first homer of the season and drove in another run with a triple to help the Twins defeat the Royals, 4-3. Cesar Tovar, who went 3-for-4 at the plate, scored the first two Twins' runs before Mitterwald homered in the fourth inning.

Danny Thompson walked in the eighth and Mitterwald tripled to produce what proved to be the winning run. The Royals had a homer by John Mayberry and run-scoring single by Steve Hovley for their only hits off Dick Woodson until the ninth when Lou Piniella tripled. After Dave LaRoche relieved, Piniella scored on an infield out by Paul Schaal. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 3 2 Twins 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 x - 4 10 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Tovar lf 4 2 3 0 1 0 .254 Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262 Carew 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .319 Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Braun 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .285 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .296 Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .231 Piniella lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .312 Reese 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Darwin rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .357 Nettles cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .226 Thompson ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .270 Patek ss 2 1 0 0 1 1 .217 Mitterwald c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .198 Taylor ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .303 Woodson p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .067 Nelson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .109 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Keough ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hovley ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .281 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Angelini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Totals 29 3 3 3 7 7 Totals 31 4 10 4 5 4 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 6,416 Left on Base: Royals 6, Twins 10 DP: Royals 1, Twins 1 Errors: Scheinblum, Nelson Doubles: Carew (20) Triples: Piniella (4), Mitterwald (1) Home Runs: Mayberry (20), Mitterwald (1) Stolen Bases: Patek (30), Tovar (17), Carew (11) Caught Stealing: Rojas (8), Braun (4) Sacrifice Flies: Darwin (2) GIDP: Killebrew (14) Hit by Pitch: Darwin (7,by Murphy) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nelson L(9-5) 4 7 3 3 2 1 1 20 2.05 Murphy 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 3.59 Fitzmorris 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.83 Angelini 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 2.35 Abernathy 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.75 Totals 8 10 4 4 5 4 1 38 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Woodson W(13-14) 8 3 3 3 6 6 1 32 2.57 LaRoche SV(10) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.59 Totals 9 3 3 3 7 7 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Murphy (4) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty ROYALS 1ST: Otis flied out to center; Rojas walked; Scheinblum walked [Rojas to second]; Mayberry struck out while Rojas was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Carew doubled to left [Tovar scored]; Braun walked; Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carew to third, Braun out at second]; Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1. TWINS 2ND: Nettles flied out to left; Thompson flied out to left; Mitterwald singled to center; Woodson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1. ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Nelson flied out to center; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 1. TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled; Tovar stole second; On a bunt Carew singled to third [Tovar to third]; Carew stole second; Braun popped to third in foul territory; Killebrew was walked intentionally; Darwin hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tovar scored]; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 2. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas lined to left; Scheinblum grounded out (third to first); Mayberry homered; Piniella walked; Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 2. TWINS 4TH: Thompson flied out to center; Mitterwald homered; Woodson lined to third; Tovar singled to center; Tovar was picked off first but was safe on an error by Nelson [Tovar to third]; Carew flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 3. ROYALS 5TH: Schaal walked; Patek struck out; KEOUGH BATTED FOR NELSON; Keough forced Schaal (second to shortstop); Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 3. TWINS 5TH: MURPHY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Braun walked; Killebrew grounded out (third to first) [Braun to second]; Darwin was hit by a pitch; Nettles flied out to right; Thompson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 3. ROYALS 6TH: Rojas flied out to center; Scheinblum flied out to center; Mayberry walked; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 3. TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald flied out to center; Woodson was called out on strikes; Tovar walked; Carew lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Twins 3. ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Schaal grounded out (second to first); Patek walked; Patek stole second; HOVLEY BATTED FOR MURPHY; Hovley singled to left [Patek scored]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3. TWINS 7TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Braun singled to left; Killebrew grounded out (third to first) [Braun to second]; Darwin singled to left [Braun to third]; ANGELINI REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Braun was caught stealing home (catcher to third); Nettles struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3. ROYALS 8TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Rojas was called out on strikes; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); Mayberry lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: Thompson walked; Mitterwald tripled to right [Thompson scored]; Scheinblum dropped a foul fly hit by Woodson for an error; Woodson struck out; ABERNATHY REPLACED ANGELINI (PITCHING); Tovar flied out to center; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 4. ROYALS 9TH: Piniella tripled to left; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; LAROCHE REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Wohlford struck out; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first) [Piniella scored]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR PATEK; Taylor walked; MAY BATTED FOR ABERNATHY; May popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 4.

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