GAME 1: MIN 8, KC 4Jim Kaat and Steve Busby squared off in Game 1. The Royals held a 4 run lead after 6 innings, with Lou Pinella driving in 2 of the runs. Minnesota started their dramatic comeback scoring 8 runs over the final 3 innings to garner the victory. Hits by Zoilo Versailes and Earl Battey made the score 4-3 after 7. Bob Allison and Versailes hit back to back homers to give the Twins the lead for good. Minnesota banged out 18 hits in the victory.
GAME 2: MIN 7, KC 4
Camilo Pascual and Dick Drago squared off in Game 2. Minnesota jumped
on Drago for 5 runs in the 1st, highlighted by Bobby Allison's 3 run homer and Earl Battey's solo shot. Pascual surrendered 3 runs in 6 innings en route to the victory.GAME 3: MIN 9, KC 8
Roger Nelson and Jim Roland met in Game 3 as the series shifted to Minnesota. The Royals built up an 8-4 lead after 7 innings, but the Twins exploded for 5 runs in the 8th. Rich Rollins and Jim Hall each had run scoring doubles in the inning and put the Twins on the brink of sweeping the Royals.GAME 4: KC 2, MIN 1
Game 4 seen Paul Splittorff against Jim Grant. The Royals plated 2 in the 1st on a
John Mayberry homer and 5 KC relievers pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings to slow down the Twin bats to push the series to a 5th game.GAME 5: KC 7, MIN 4 (10 INN)
It was Drago and Kaat in Game 5. The Royals plated 7 runs off of Kaat to garner the 7-4 win. Mayberry and Paul Schaal each homered for the Royals to lead a 13 hit attack.GAME 6: KC 6, MIN 5
Camilo Pascual and Steve Busby met in Game 6. The Royals had a 3-1 lead after 7
innings. Andy Kostro's 3 run homer highlighted a 4 run Twin rally to give them a 5-3 lead after 7 1/2 innings. In the bottom of the 8th, Lou Pinella hit a 3 run homer off of Al Worthington and the Royals escaped with a 6-5 victory.GAME 7: KC 9 MIN 5
Dick Stigman and Roger Nelson met in the series finale. Minnesota built a quick 3-1 lead after 3 innings. Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew led the way with homers. Oliva made it 4-1 in the top of the 5th with a single, but the Royals plated 2 in the bottom of the inning on Bernie Allen's and Bob Allison's misplays of back-to-back grounders. The Royals tied it at 4 after 7 innings, only to have Rich Rollins get hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to give the Twins a 5-4 lead. The Royals bats came to life in the 8th scoring 5 times. Richie Scheinblum and Paul Schaal each drove in 2 runs in the inning. Bruce Dal Canton set the Twins down in order to send the Royals to the World Series.SERIES MVP: Richie Scheinblum 28 AB 10 H 7 RBI 3 DOUBLES
--submitted by Milo Miller--
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