Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers
April 17, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1971 at County Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 1 1
Keough rf 4 0 2 1
Otis cf 5 1 3 1
Kirkpatrick c 5 1 1 1
Rojas 2b 5 0 2 0
Piniella lf 4 1 2 0
Oliver 1b 5 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 0 1 0 0
Drago p 3 0 1 1
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 13 5
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Harper 3b 4 1 1 0
Hegan 1b 4 1 1 1
May cf 3 0 0 1
Walton lf 4 0 2 0
  Theobald pr 0 0 0 0
Voss rf 3 1 1 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 0 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 4 0 0 0
Roof c 4 0 1 0
Auerbach ss 3 0 1 1
Pattin p 2 0 0 0
  Smith rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Kansas City 010 020 0115130
Milwaukee 000 010 002370
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (2-1) 8.1 7 3 3 0 5
  Abernathy  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (2-1) 7.1 10 4 4 4 6
  Sanders   1.2 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Milwaukee 2.  2B–Kansas City Keough (1,off Pattin); Rojas 2 (5,off Pattin,off Sanders).  3B–Milwaukee Hegan (1,off Drago).  HR–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (1,2nd inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out); Otis (1,9th inning off Sanders 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Drago (2,off Pattin).  IBB–Schaal (2,by Pattin); Piniella (1,by Sanders).  SF–May (1,off Drago).  CS–Keough 2 (3,2nd base by Pattin/Roof 2).  IBB–Pattin (1,Schaal); Sanders (1,Piniella).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:25.  A–7,509.
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