Pinch-hitting with two out in the ninth, Lou Piniella came through with a three-run homer to give the Royals an 8-6 victory over the Brewers. The Royals also had back-to-back homers by Bob Oliver and Billy Sorrell in the second inning while taking a 4-0 lead. Kansas City Royals 8, Milwaukee Brewers 6Game Played on Saturday, July 4, 1970 (Night game) at County StadiumRoyals 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 8 11 1 Brewers 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 - 6 10 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .271 Harper 3b,lf 5 0 1 2 0 3 .311 Rojas 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .225 Hegan 1b 3 1 2 2 2 0 .272 Otis cf 3 1 2 2 2 0 .310 Burda rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .292 Kirkpatrick lf,c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Walton lf 5 0 1 1 0 3 .270 Oliver 1b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .277 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorrell 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .235 May cf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .212 Schaal ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Pena ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .267 Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Roof c 2 1 1 0 2 0 .256 Piniella ph,lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 .307 Alvis pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .169 Matchick ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .220 Francona ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211 O'Riley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gil 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .197 Monteagudo p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Krausse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Gelnar p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Snyder ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .246 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Savage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Pattin pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 McNertney c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Totals 36 8 11 8 4 4 Totals 35 6 10 6 8 10 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 9,665 Left on Base: Royals 9, Brewers 11 DP: Royals 2, Brewers 0 Errors: Sorrell, Gelnar Doubles: Snyder (8), Burda (2) Triples: Otis (5) Home Runs: Oliver (14), Sorrell (1), Piniella (8), Hegan (6) Stolen Bases: Kelly (23) Sacrifice Hits: O'Riley 2 (2), Sanders (1) GIDP: May (5) Hit by Pitch: Kelly (1,by Sanders), Rodriguez (3,by Sanders) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA O'Riley 4.1 6 3 3 3 4 1 21 5.59 Monteagudo 2.2 3 3 2 2 2 0 13 3.75 Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.41 Abernathy W(2-0) 1.2 1 0 0 2 4 0 8 2.12 Totals 9 10 6 5 8 10 1 44 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Krausse 1.2 6 4 4 0 1 2 10 4.97 Gelnar 3.1 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 5.37 Sanders 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 13 1.63 Baldwin L(2-1) 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 6 2.70 Totals 9 11 8 8 4 4 3 44 Hit by Pitch: Sanders 2 (3) Wild Pitches: Monteagudo (1) Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Emmett Ashford ROYALS 1ST: Kelly lined to second; Rojas singled to center; Otis tripled to center [Rojas scored, Otis out at home (center to second to catcher)]; Kirkpatrick struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to left; Hegan singled to right; Burda singled to center [Hegan to second]; Walton struck out; May walked [Hegan to third, Burda to second]; Pena grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver homered; Sorrell homered; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Matchick singled to center; O'Riley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Matchick to second]; Kelly singled to center [Matchick scored]; GELNAR REPLACED KRAUSSE (PITCHING); Rojas flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Roof walked; Gil hit into a double play (center to first) [Roof out at second]; Gelnar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Otis made an out to first; Kirkpatrick singled; Oliver forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); Sorrell forced Oliver (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Harper struck out; Hegan flied out to right; Burda flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; Matchick singled to right; O'Riley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Matchick to second]; Kelly reached on an error by Gelnar [Matchick to third, Kelly to first]; Kelly stole second; Rojas made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Walton was called out on strikes; May grounded out (second to first); Pena walked; Roof singled to third [Pena to second]; Gil grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Otis walked; Kirkpatrick grounded out (third to first) [Otis to second]; Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Sorrell walked; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: SNYDER BATTED FOR GELNAR; Snyder doubled to left; Harper struck out; Hegan homered [Snyder scored]; Burda doubled to right; MONTEAGUDO REPLACED O'RILEY (PITCHING); Walton singled to left [Burda scored]; May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Walton out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 3. ROYALS 6TH: SANDERS REPLACED SNYDER (PITCHING); Matchick grounded out (second to first); Monteagudo flied out to center; Kelly was hit by a pitch; Rojas singled to left [Kelly to second]; Otis singled to center [Kelly scored, Rojas to third]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 3. BREWERS 6TH: Pena grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof reached on an error by Sorrell [Roof to second]; Gil singled to center [Roof scored (unearned)]; Sanders out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gil to second]; Harper struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 4. ROYALS 7TH: Oliver struck out; Sorrell grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez was hit by a pitch; Matchick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 4. BREWERS 7TH: Hegan walked; Burda popped to first in foul territory; Walton grounded out (third to first) [Hegan to second]; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 4. ROYALS 8TH: Monteagudo struck out; Kelly made an out to first; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 4. BREWERS 8TH: Pena singled to right; Monteagudo threw a wild pitch [Pena to second]; Roof walked; ALVIS RAN FOR ROOF; BURGMEIER REPLACED MONTEAGUDO (PITCHING); On a bunt Gil popped to catcher in foul territory; SAVAGE BATTED FOR SANDERS; Savage walked [Pena to third, Alvis to second]; PATTIN RAN FOR SAVAGE; ABERNATHY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Harper singled to left [Pena scored, Alvis scored, Pattin to second]; Hegan walked [Pattin to third, Harper to second]; Burda popped to third in foul territory; Walton struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 6. ROYALS 9TH: MCNERTNEY REPLACED PATTIN (PLAYING C ); ALVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BALDWIN REPLACED WALTON (PITCHING); Otis walked; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Oliver walked [Otis to second]; SCHAAL BATTED FOR SORRELL; Schaal was called out on strikes; PINIELLA BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Piniella homered [Otis scored, Oliver scored]; Matchick flied out to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Brewers 6. BREWERS 9TH: SCHAAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); May walked; Pena struck out; FRANCONA BATTED FOR ALVIS; Francona was called out on strikes; Gil was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Brewers 6. |
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