Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
June 2, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1979 at Royals 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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Milwaukee Brewers 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 0 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Cooper 1b 2 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Lezcano rf 4 2 2 0
Yount ss 4 0 0 0
Wohlford lf 3 1 2 1
Thomas cf 2 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 2
  Moore ph 1 0 1 0
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Augustine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 0
Cowens rf 3 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 2 3 2
Porter c 3 0 2 1
Wathan 1b 1 0 0 0
  LaCock ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Washington 2b 3 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Milwaukee 020 001 000390
Kansas City 300 000 01x4111
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Travers   2.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Cleveland  L (1-3) 5.1 4 1 1 1 2
  Augustine   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (8-4) 9.0 9 3 3 5 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
3

  E–Porter (6).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Milwaukee Martinez (3,off Splittorff); Lezcano (10,off Splittorff), Kansas City Otis (14,off Travers); McRae (16,off Cleveland); Porter (7,off Augustine).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (5,off Travers).  HR–Kansas City McRae (4,1st inning off Travers 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Cowens (1,off Travers).  SB–Wohlford 2 (3,2nd base off Splittorff/Porter 2).  CS–Molitor (7,2nd base by Splittorff/Porter); Washington (3,2nd base by Cleveland/Martinez).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:17.  A–32,795.
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