Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
June 6, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1981 at Royals Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Milwaukee Brewers 4, Kansas City Royals 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Gantner 2b 4 0 1 1
Yount ss 2 0 0 2
Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0
Oglivie lf 3 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Thomas dh 3 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 1 1
Bosley cf 4 2 3 0
Brouhard rf 4 1 2 0
Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 2 1 0 0
  Mulliniks pr 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Hurdle rf 1 0 0 0
  Geronimo rf 3 0 1 2
Wathan c 3 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Milwaukee 002 010 010490
Kansas City 000 000 200260
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  W (7-2) 7.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Fingers  SV (11) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (5-7) 9.0 9 4 4 3 6
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 3.  2B–Milwaukee Bosley (1,off Leonard); Brouhard (2,off Leonard).  SF–Yount 2 (4,off Leonard 2).  HBP–Yount (2,by Leonard).  SB–Bosley (1,2nd base off Leonard/Wathan); G Brett (3,2nd base off Vuckovich/Simmons).  CS–Gantner (4,2nd base by Leonard/Wathan).  WP–Leonard (3).  HBP–Leonard (1,Yount).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:25.  A–37,468.
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