Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
August 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Auerbach ss 4 1 2 0
O'Brien 3b 4 0 1 1
Briggs cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
Lahoud lf 3 0 1 0
  May cf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 2 0
Heise 2b 3 1 0 0
Colborn p 2 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 5 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 1 0
  Keough pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 1
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0
Patek ss 1 0 1 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Milwaukee 001 000 010271
Kansas City 000 000 010181
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  W (5-4) 7.2 8 1 1 3 5
  Brett   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Linzy  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  L (6-5) 7.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Fitzmorris   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Angelini   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
3

  E–Colborn (1), Rojas (7).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Mayberry (18,off Colborn).  SH–Colborn (1,off Dal Canton).  IBB–Heise (1,by Dal Canton); Brown (2,by Abernathy).  SB–Auerbach (20,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Kirkpatrick).  CS–Patek (7,2nd base by Colborn/Rodriguez).  IBB–Dal Canton (3,Heise); Abernathy (3,Brown).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:35.  A–8,908.
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