KANSAS CITY 4, MINNESOTA 2 IN KANSAS CITY

Date:  Sunday, May 16 (Game 2 of doubleheader)

Batting stars:  Jimmie Hall was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one.  Rich Rollins was 2-for-4 with a run.  Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a run.

Pitching star:  Dick Stigman struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and three walks.

Opposition stars:  Rene Lachemann was 3-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Jim Landis was 3-for-4 with a double and a stolen base, scoring once.  Bert Campaneris was 3-for-4 with a stolen base (his ninth) and a run.

The game:  Hall's double with none out in the second scored Killebrew from first base to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.  Kansas City tied it in the fifth on Ken Harrelson's RBI single and took a 2-1 lead in the sixth on a squeeze bunt.  The Twins loaded the bases with one out in the seventh but could only score once (and that one came in on an error) to tie the score.  The Athletics got the lead back in the eighth on Johnny Klippstein's errant pickoff throw with men on first and third.  Lachemann homered leading off the ninth for an insurance run.  The Twins put men on first and second with one out in the ninth but could do nothing with them.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-5.  Jerry Kindall was 0-for-5 with a walk.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4.  Bob Allison was 0-for-2 with two walks.

Record:  The loss dropped the Twins to 18-10, still second in the American League, two and a half games behind Chicago.