Kansas City Royals vs Milwaukee Brewers
May 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1973 at County Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 5 1 1 0
Otis cf 5 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 2 3
Kirkpatrick lf 4 0 1 0
McRae rf 4 0 0 0
  Hovley rf 0 0 0 0
Hopkins dh 3 0 1 0
  Piniella ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 0
Healy c 3 0 0 0
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
May cf 5 1 1 1
Money ss 4 1 1 1
Lahoud rf 3 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Briggs lf 3 0 0 0
Brown dh 3 0 0 1
Porter c 0 0 0 0
  Coluccio ph 1 0 0 0
  Felske c 0 0 0 0
Vukovich 3b 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 2 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Champion p 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
Kansas City 013 000 0105100
Milwaukee 000 002 001340
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  W (3-2) 5.2 1 2 2 6 4
  Jackson   2.1 1 1 1 2 3
  Garber  SV (5) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
8
7
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  L (1-2) 3.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Champion   4.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Newman   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Kansas City Otis (7,off Champion).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (6,2nd inning off Slaton 0 on, 0 out), Milwaukee May (5,6th inning off Busby 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Patek (1,off Newman).  WP–Champion 2 (2).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Hank Morgenweck.  T–3:07.  A–11,597.
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