Although defeating the Twins, 4-2, for their fourth straight victory and 10th in last their 14 games, the Royals were eliminated from the West Division race when the Athletics walloped the White Sox, 13-2. George Brett drove in three of the Royals' runs, accounting for two with a triple in the third inning and rapping a single to score the tie-breaking run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 24, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  8  0
Royals       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   4  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock cf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .278      White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .240
  Kusick ph,1b        2   0   1   1     0   0   .228      Pinson rf,lf          3   2   1   0     1   0   .224
Braun lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Brett 3b              4   0   2   3     0   0   .312
  Hisle ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .316      Mayberry dh           3   0   0   1     0   1   .293
  Roof c              1   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Solaita 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
Carew 1b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .359      Cowens cf,rf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .275
  Poepping rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Quirk lf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .160
Oliva dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .272        Otis pr,cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Briggs rf             2   0   1   0     1   1   .245      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229
  Brye ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Stinson c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .271
McKay 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Littell p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Terrell 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .286        Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .139        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ford ph,cf          1   1   1   0     1   0   .281        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Borgmann c            1   0   0   0     1   0   .207        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thompson ph,ss      2   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Hughes p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   8   2     5   4             Totals               29   4   8   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  6,653
Left on Base: Twins 10, Royals 4
DP: Twins 2, Royals 1
Doubles: Solaita (11)
Triples: Brett (13)
Stolen Bases: Briggs (6), Cowens (12), White (9)
Caught Stealing: Ford (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Mayberry (5)
GIDP: White (4)
Hit by Pitch: Carew (1,by Mingori), Cowens (4,by Hughes)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hughes L(16-14)         7.1   8   4   4   1   4   0  30   3.80
Burgmeier               0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.05
Totals                  8     8   4   4   1   5   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Littell                 6.1   5   2   2   4   4   0  27   4.41
Sadecki                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.03
McDaniel                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.40
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.54
Pattin W(10-10)         2.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.30
Totals                  9     8   2   2   5   4   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Hughes (13), Mingori (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Haller


TWINS 1ST: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Braun singled
to left; Carew lined to center; Oliva singled to left [Braun to
third]; Briggs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; Pinson grounded out (second to
first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: McKay grounded out (third to first); Terrell lined to
second; Gomez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Solaita
doubled to right; Cowens struck out; Quirk was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann walked; Bostock singled [Borgmann to
second]; Braun flied out to left; Carew flied into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bostock out at first]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; Stinson forced Patek (second
to shortstop); White popped to catcher in foul territory; Pinson
singled to center [Stinson to third]; Brett tripled to right
[Stinson scored, Pinson scored]; Mayberry flied out to center; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 2.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Briggs walked;
Briggs stole second; McKay struck out; Terrell grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Solaita grounded out (second to first); Cowens
grounded out (third to first); Quirk popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 2.

TWINS 5TH: Gomez was called out on strikes; Borgmann grounded
out (first unassisted); Bostock walked; Braun flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to center; Stinson singled to
center; White grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Stinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 2.

TWINS 6TH: Carew struck out; Oliva grounded out (second to
first); Briggs singled to left; McKay flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Pinson flied out to center; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Royals 2.

TWINS 7TH: Terrell singled to center; FORD BATTED FOR GOMEZ;
Ford walked [Terrell to second]; THOMPSON BATTED FOR BORGMANN;
Thompson popped to first in foul territory; SADECKI REPLACED
LITTELL (PITCHING); KUSICK BATTED FOR BOSTOCK; Kusick singled to
left [Terrell scored, Ford to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED SADECKI
(PITCHING); HISLE BATTED FOR BRAUN; Hisle walked [Ford to third,
Kusick to second]; MINGORI REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Carew
was hit by a pitch [Ford scored, Kusick to third, Hisle to
second]; Oliva flied out to left; PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI
(PITCHING); BRYE BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Brye popped to catcher in
foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ROOF REPLACED
HISLE (PLAYING C ); POEPPING REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING RF); BRYE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Solaita flied out to left;
Cowens was hit by a pitch; Cowens stole second; Quirk singled
[Cowens to third]; OTIS RAN FOR QUIRK; Patek flied into a double
play (first to third) [Cowens out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 2.

TWINS 8TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COWENS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
McKay flied out to center; Terrell popped to second; Ford
singled to left; Ford was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Stinson flied out to center; White singled to left;
White stole second; Pinson walked; Brett singled [White scored,
Pinson to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING); Mayberry
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Pinson scored, Brett to second];
Solaita struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 4.

TWINS 9TH: Thompson popped to second; Kusick flied out to
center; Roof singled to center; Poepping grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Royals 4.