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Kansas City Royals @ Milwaukee Brewers

1971-07-07 · Night game · County Stadium · Att: 7469 · 81°F, night · 2:31

Milwaukee Brewers defeated Kansas City Royals 8–2. Milwaukee Brewers put up 5 in the 7th. Bill Parsons earned the win. Dave May went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	8
ML4	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0		8	10

W: Bill Parsons L: Bill Butler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ron Luciano · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Bill Kunkel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	3	0	0	0	1	1
Paul Schaal	3	0	0	0	1	0
Amos Otis	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Keough	3	0	2	1	0	0
Bobby Knoop	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Butler	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Theobald	5	1	3	0	0	0
Rob Ellis	4	1	1	0	0	1
Andy Kosco	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Yates	2	1	2	0	1	0
Ted Kubiak	2	1	0	0	2	0
Dave May	2	2	1	3	1	1
Phil Roof	3	1	2	3	1	0
Bill Parsons	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Voss	1	1	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Butler	4.2	5	5	2
Roger Nelson	1.2	4	0	1
Jim York	0.2	1	1	1
Al Fitzmorris	1.0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Parsons	9.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 9
Paul Schaal: W
Amos Otis: CS2(24)
Amos Otis: 63

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: 63
Ron Theobald: S5
Rob Ellis: 7
Andy Kosco: 53

Top 2

Ed Kirkpatrick: 13
Gail Hopkins: S9.BX2(94)
Lou Piniella: 3/FL

Bot 2

Al Yates: D
Ted Kubiak: W
Dave May: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Phil Roof: FC5.3XH(52);2-3;B-2
Bill Parsons: K

Top 3

Joe Keough: 43
Bobby Knoop: 8
Bill Butler: S8
Freddie Patek: W.1-2
Paul Schaal: 8

Bot 3

Tommy Harper: 63
Ron Theobald: 4/L
Rob Ellis: K/C

Top 4

Amos Otis: S8
Ed Kirkpatrick: SB2
Ed Kirkpatrick: 3/P
Gail Hopkins: 8
Lou Piniella: S6.2-3
Joe Keough: S8.3-H;1-3
Bobby Knoop: 4/P

Bot 4

Andy Kosco: 6/P
Al Yates: D
Ted Kubiak: W
Dave May: HR.2-H;1-H
Phil Roof: W
Bill Parsons: 14/SH.1-2
Tommy Harper: 63

Top 5

Bill Butler: K/C
Freddie Patek: 63
Paul Schaal: 43

Bot 5

Ron Theobald: S7
Rob Ellis: 34/SH.1-2
Andy Kosco: CS3(25)#
Andy Kosco: W
Al Yates: W.1-2
Ted Kubiak: 13

Top 6

Amos Otis: 63
Ed Kirkpatrick: 43
Gail Hopkins: 8

Bot 6

Dave May: K/C
Phil Roof: S9
Bill Parsons: 14/SH.1-2
Tommy Harper: 8

Top 7

Lou Piniella: 8
Joe Keough: S9
Bobby Knoop: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Ron Theobald: D
Rob Ellis: S7.2-3
Andy Kosco: 8
Bill Voss: S7.3-H;1-2
Ted Kubiak: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Dave May: IW
Phil Roof: T.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-H(E6)(NR)(UR)
Bill Parsons: K/C

Top 8

Bob Oliver: 8
Freddie Patek: K
Paul Schaal: 53

Bot 8

Tommy Harper: 7
Ron Theobald: 9/L
Rob Ellis: 13

Top 9

Amos Otis: HR
Ed Kirkpatrick: 31
Gail Hopkins: S8
Lou Piniella: 64(1)3/GDP