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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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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Milwaukee Brewers 7, Kansas City Royals 6

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 1 1 0
  Auerbach pr 0 0 0 0
  Pena 1b 0 0 0 0
Theobald 2b 5 1 2 0
Cardenal cf 5 2 2 4
Briggs 1b 4 1 1 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
May rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Porter c 3 0 2 0
Matchick 3b 4 0 1 0
Heise ss 4 1 1 0
Slaton p 3 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 1 0 0 0
  Voss rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 1 3
Valdespino lf 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 2 1
Hopkins 1b 4 0 2 1
Oliver rf 4 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 0
Knoop 2b 2 1 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 1 0
  Floyd 2b 0 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 1 1 0
Fitzmorris p 1 0 0 0
  Clemons p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 1 1 1
  Butler p 1 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Milwaukee 000 160 0007110
Kansas City 000 060 0006101
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton   4.0 5 5 5 2 4
  Morris   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Bell  W (1-0) 4.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Sanders  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  L (6-3) 4.1 7 5 5 2 2
  Clemons   0.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Dal Canton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Butler   4.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
3
6

  E–Clemons (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Milwaukee Cardenal (7,off Fitzmorris); Heise (7,off Fitzmorris).  3B–Kansas City Patek (9,off Slaton).  HR–Milwaukee Cardenal (2,5th inning off Fitzmorris 3 on, 1 out).  SB–May (13,Home off Clemons/Martinez).  CS–Theobald (7,2nd base by Butler/Martinez).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:40.  A–5,790.
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