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Kansas City Royals @ Milwaukee Brewers

1973-07-09 · Night game · County Stadium · Att: 8312 · 74°F, night · 3:12

Kansas City Royals defeated Milwaukee Brewers 13–6. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 2nd. Paul Splittorff earned the win and Doug Bird picked up the save. Kurt Bevacqua went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	4	0	0	4	2	1	0	2	13	14
ML4	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	10

W: Paul Splittorff L: Jerry Bell SV: Doug Bird

Umpires — HP: Lou DiMuro · 1B: Hank Soar · 2B: Jim Odom · 3B: Art Frantz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	6	2	2	1	0	1
Cookie Rojas	6	2	1	1	0	0
Amos Otis	4	2	2	1	2	0
John Mayberry	4	2	2	2	2	1
Gail Hopkins	4	1	1	0	1	0
Lou Piniella	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	3	2	1	2	3	1
Paul Schaal	2	1	0	0	0	0
Fran Healy	2	0	1	0	0	1
Kurt Bevacqua	4	1	2	6	0	0
Carl Taylor	2	0	1	0	1	0
Hal McRae	0	0	0	0	1	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bob Coluccio	5	0	0	1	2
Dave May	4	1	2	1	0
George Scott	4	0	1	0	0
Ollie Brown	4	1	1	0	1
Don Money	4	1	1	0	0
John Briggs	3	1	1	0	0
Ellie Rodriguez	4	0	0	1	1
Tim Johnson	4	1	2	0	0
Pedro Garcia	4	1	1	1	0
Bobby Mitchell	1	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	6.0	8	0	1
Doug Bird	3.0	2	0	3

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Bell	4.1	6	6	1
Bill Champion	2.0	4	2	1
Rob Gardner	2.2	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 8
Cookie Rojas: 53
Amos Otis: E8.B-3
John Mayberry: W
Gail Hopkins: W.1-2
Lou Piniella: 9

Bot 1

Bob Coluccio: 53
Dave May: S9
George Scott: S.1-H(E6)(UR);B-2
Ollie Brown: SB3#
Ollie Brown: 9
Don Money: 8

Top 2

Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Paul Schaal: E4.1-3;B-1
Fran Healy: K
Freddie Patek: SB2
Freddie Patek: S8.3-H(UR);2-3
Cookie Rojas: E6.3-H(UR);1-2;B-1
Amos Otis: W.2-3;1-2
John Mayberry: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Gail Hopkins: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

John Briggs: 63
Ellie Rodriguez: 63
Tim Johnson: 43

Top 3

Lou Piniella: 53
Ed Kirkpatrick: 7/L
Paul Schaal: 43

Bot 3

Pedro Garcia: 8
Bob Coluccio: 7
Dave May: 43

Top 4

Fran Healy: S8.B-2(E8)
Freddie Patek: 5/FL
Cookie Rojas: 9
Amos Otis: 5/P

Bot 4

George Scott: 53
Ollie Brown: 31
Don Money: 13

Top 5

John Mayberry: S7
Gail Hopkins: S7.1-2
Lou Piniella: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: IW
Kurt Bevacqua: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H
Carl Taylor: W
Freddie Patek: K
Cookie Rojas: 3/P

Bot 5

John Briggs: S8
Ellie Rodriguez: K
Tim Johnson: D7.1-3
Pedro Garcia: S9.3-H;2-3
Bob Coluccio: 63.3-H;1-2
Dave May: S9.2-H
George Scott: 13

Top 6

Amos Otis: S8
John Mayberry: W.1-2
Gail Hopkins: 8
Lou Piniella: 8.2-3
Ed Kirkpatrick: W.1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Carl Taylor: 9

Bot 6

Ollie Brown: S6
Don Money: S7.1-2
John Briggs: WP.2-3;1-2
John Briggs: 8
Ellie Rodriguez: WP.3-H;2-3
Ellie Rodriguez: 63.3-H
Tim Johnson: 13

Top 7

Freddie Patek: S8
Cookie Rojas: 63.1-2
Amos Otis: D9.2-H
John Mayberry: K
Gail Hopkins: 3/G

Bot 7

Pedro Garcia: 13
Bob Coluccio: K
Dave May: 5/FL

Top 8

Lou Piniella: S7
Ed Kirkpatrick: K
Kurt Bevacqua: 7
Carl Taylor: S9.1-2
Freddie Patek: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

George Scott: 3/FL
Ollie Brown: K
Don Money: 43

Top 9

Cookie Rojas: S7
Amos Otis: W.1-2
John Mayberry: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Hal McRae: IW
Lou Piniella: 9
Ed Kirkpatrick: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: 7

Bot 9

Bobby Mitchell: D
Ellie Rodriguez: 63
Tim Johnson: S4.2-3
Pedro Garcia: 2/FL
Bob Coluccio: K

Notes & reviews

30 minute rain delay
Healy and Bell ejected by HP umpire DiMuro for fighting after Bell threw 3 straight pitches at Healy's head; Healy charged the mound; both benches cleared and a brawl ensued; Taylor replaced Healy to complete walk which was charged to Bell

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