Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
August 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1972 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 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Auerbach ss 5 1 3 2
Theobald 2b 3 0 1 1
Davis cf 4 0 1 1
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 1 1 0
Brown rf 3 1 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Ferraro 3b 3 1 1 1
Rodriguez c 3 2 2 2
Lonborg p 2 0 0 0
  May cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Floyd ss 0 0 0 0
Hovley cf 4 0 1 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 1 2 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 3 0
Schaal 3b 5 0 0 0
Splittorff p 1 0 1 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 1 1
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
  Otis ph 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Milwaukee 100 401 0107111
Kansas City 000 100 1002100
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  W (11-7) 6.0 7 2 2 6 7
  Linzy  SV (7) 3.0 3 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
8
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (9-10) 3.1 6 5 5 1 6
  Fitzmorris   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Angelini   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Burgmeier   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
12

  E–T Reynolds (1).  DP–Milwaukee 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Milwaukee T Reynolds (4,off Burgmeier).  SH–Theobald (6,off Splittorff); Lonborg (7,off Jackson); Ferraro (4,off Burgmeier).  SF–Rodriguez (4,off Burgmeier).  HBP–Patek (1,by Lonborg).  IBB–Kirkpatrick (7,by Lonborg).  SB–Auerbach (19,2nd base off Splittorff/Kirkpatrick); Davis (5,2nd base off Splittorff/Kirkpatrick); Patek (25,2nd base off Lonborg/Rodriguez).  WP–Jackson (1).  HBP–Lonborg (7,Patek).  IBB–Lonborg (6,Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:50.  A–24,762.
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