Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
June 7, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1981 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 1, Kansas City Royals 7

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Moore c 4 0 1 0
Yount ss 5 1 1 0
Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0
Thomas rf 4 0 1 1
Simmons dh 3 0 2 0
Oglivie cf 4 0 0 0
Money 3b 4 0 2 0
Brouhard lf 4 0 1 0
Romero 2b 2 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 0 0
  Gantner 2b 1 0 1 0
Lerch p 0 0 0 0
  Keeton p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 10 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 0 1
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 3 1
  Chalk pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 2 1 0 0
May 1b 2 0 1 2
  Mulliniks pr,2b 1 1 0 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
White 2b 2 0 1 0
  Aikens 1b 0 1 0 0
Wathan c 4 1 2 2
Geronimo rf 2 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 9 7
Milwaukee 100 000 0001100
Kansas City 103 001 02x793
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (3-5) 5.0 7 5 5 4 1
  Keeton   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Easterly   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
7
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (3-4) 5.1 8 1 1 2 4
  Martin  SV (2) 3.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
2
7

  E–Washington (4), Wathan (3), Geronimo (2).  DP–Milwaukee 3, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City May (2,off Lerch).  3B–Kansas City Geronimo (2,off Lerch); Wathan (1,off Easterly).  IBB–Simmons (2,by Splittorff); Geronimo (1,by Keeton).  SH–White (3,off Keeton).  SF–Geronimo (2,off Easterly).  SB–C Moore (1,2nd base off Splittorff/Wathan); Wilson (5,2nd base off Lerch/C Moore); G Brett (4,2nd base off Keeton/C Moore).  IBB–Keeton (2,Geronimo); Splittorff (3,Simmons).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:37.  A–32,429.
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