Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers
July 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1971 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Milwaukee Brewers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 1
Oliver rf 4 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
  Floyd pr 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0
Splittorff p 2 0 0 0
  Paepke ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 3 2
Theobald 2b 3 0 0 0
Ellis 3b,rf 3 0 0 0
Kosco 1b 4 0 0 0
Yates rf 2 0 1 0
  Heise pr,3b 1 0 1 0
Kubiak ss 3 0 1 0
May cf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 0 0
Lopez p 2 1 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Kansas City 000 100 000152
Milwaukee 002 000 00x260
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (3-3) 7.0 5 2 0 1 4
  Abernathy   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
2
0
1
5
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lopez  W (2-3) 8.0 5 1 1 1 8
  Sanders  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
10

  E–Patek (16), Splittorff (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Milwaukee 2.  2B–Kansas City Otis (15,off Lopez), Milwaukee Harper (11,off Splittorff).  SH–Lopez (1,off Splittorff); Theobald (4,off Abernathy).  SB–Patek (30,2nd base off Sanders/Rodriguez); Yates (1,2nd base off Splittorff/May).  CS–Kubiak (4,2nd base by Splittorff/May).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:11.  A–7,367.
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