Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
August 7, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1971 at Municipal 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 2 1 2 2
Theobald 2b 3 0 0 0
Briggs 1b 4 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 2 2
May rf 3 2 1 1
Matchick 3b 3 1 1 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 2 0 0 0
Auerbach ss 2 1 0 0
Pattin p 1 1 0 0
  Weaver p 0 0 0 0
  Pena 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 6 6 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 1 2 0
Keough rf 3 1 1 1
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b 3 0 0 1
Piniella lf 3 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 3 1 2 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0
Paepke c 3 1 1 0
Wright p 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 1 1 2
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 27 5 10 5
Milwaukee 000 123 0660
Kansas City 000 004 15101
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (10-12) 6.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Weaver   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Sanders   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
6.1
10
5
5
0
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (2-4) 5.0 4 5 5 5 0
  York   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
7.0
6
6
6
6
3

  E–Paepke (3).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Cardenal (2,off Nelson), Kansas City Keough (12,off Pattin); Oliver (8,off Weaver).  HR–Milwaukee May (11,6th inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Kirkpatrick (9,6th inning off Pattin 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Theobald (10,off Wright); Pattin (8,off York).  HBP–Harper (1,by Wright).  SB–Harper (17,2nd base off Wright/Paepke); Matchick (1,2nd base off York/Paepke).  CS–Cardenal (1,2nd base by Wright/Paepke); Patek (10,2nd base by Pattin/Rodriguez).  WP–Wright (3).  HBP–Wright (2,Harper).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–(none), 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:10.  A–9,738.
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