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Thursday September 17, 1970
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Getting a second chance at the plate when Rich Severson dropped a pop foul, Ted Kubiak singled with the bases loaded and two out in the 13th inning, scoring Ted Savage, to bring the Brewers a 4-3 victory over the Royals. The Brewers stepped out with two runs in the first inning on a homer by Dave May, but Lou Piniella hit a round-tripper for the Royals in the second and the tying run followed in the sixth on a single by Pat Kelly, his theft of second and a single by Ed Kirkpatrick.

Paul Schaal homered for the Royals in 10th, but the Brewers rallied with a run-scoring single by Mike Hegan. In the 13th, May singled and when Savage bunted, both runners were safe on a late throw to second. After a sacrifice, an intentional pass and forceout at the plate, Kubiak got new life on Severson's error and came through with the winning single. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 17, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   3  5  1
Brewers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  -   4 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf,cf           5   1   1   0     0   2   .236      Harper 3b             5   0   0   0     1   0   .289
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .283      Hegan 1b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .238
  Spriggs rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      May cf                5   1   2   2     1   1   .235
Kirkpatrick c         5   0   1   1     0   2   .245      Savage lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .280
Oliver 1b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Snyder rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .237
Piniella lf           5   1   1   1     0   0   .302        Smith ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Schaal 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .265      Pena ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Rojas 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Francona ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Severson ss           5   0   1   0     0   1   .256        Gil 2b              1   0   1   0     1   0   .186
Drago p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .042      Roof c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .239
  Burgmeier p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Burda ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .256
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Alvis pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .173
                                                            McNertney c         2   0   1   0     0   0   .243
                                                          Kubiak 2b,ss          5   0   1   1     0   1   .251
                                                          Pattin p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .113
                                                            Wicker ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Ellsworth p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sanders p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200

Totals               43   3   5   3     1  12             Totals               44   4  10   4     4   6

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance:  7,116
Left on Base: Royals 3, Brewers 11
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Severson
Doubles: Hegan (21)
Home Runs: Piniella (11), Schaal (4), May (8)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (33)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (8), Savage 2 (3), Kubiak (13), Smith (1)
GIDP: Francona (5)
Hit by Pitch: Hegan (1,by Drago)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago                   9.2   6   3   3   3   3   1  38   3.93
Burgmeier L(6-6)        3     3   1   0   1   3   0  14   2.97
Abernathy               0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.48
Totals                 12.2  10   4   3   4   6   1  53

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin                 10     5   3   3   1  10   2  36   3.48
Ellsworth               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.30
Sanders W(5-1)          2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.80
Totals                 13     5   3   3   1  12   2  45

Hit by Pitch: Drago (7)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Jim Honochick


ROYALS 1ST: Kelly struck out; Otis struck out; Kirkpatrick
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Hegan was
hit by a pitch; May homered [Hegan scored]; Savage grounded out
(shortstop to first); Snyder lined to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver struck out; Piniella homered; Schaal grounded
out (third to first); Rojas flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Pena flied out to right; Roof struck out; Kubiak
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Brewers 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Severson grounded out (third to first); Drago struck
out; Kelly grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Pattin was called out on strikes; Harper flied out
to center; Hegan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(first to pitcher); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Savage singled
to right; Snyder flied out to center; Pena singled to right
[Savage to third]; Roof flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella lined to left; Schaal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Pattin
struck out; Harper flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Severson lined to left; Drago struck out; Kelly
singled to left; Kelly stole second; Otis walked; Kirkpatrick
singled to left [Otis to third, Kelly scored, Kirkpatrick to
second (on throw)]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Hegan flied out to left; May made an out to first;
Savage popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
popped to first in foul territory; Rojas flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Snyder grounded out (second to first); Pena
grounded out (pitcher to first); Roof grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Severson singled to left; Drago out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Severson to second]; Kelly struck out;
Otis struck out; Amos Otis ejected by HP umpire Frank Umont
for throwing helmet on ground at Umont's feet; also had disputed
called second strike; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: SPRIGGS REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING RF); KELLY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Kubiak flied out to center; Pattin lined
to left; Harper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
grounded out (third to first); Piniella flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: Hegan doubled to left; May was walked
intentionally; Savage out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [May to second, Hegan to third]; Snyder was walked
intentionally; FRANCONA BATTED FOR PENA; Francona grounded into
a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Hegan out at home];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 2.

ROYALS 10TH: GIL REPLACED FRANCONA (PLAYING 2B); KUBIAK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Schaal homered; Rojas popped to first in
foul territory; Severson struck out; Drago struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 10TH: BURDA BATTED FOR ROOF; Burda singled; ALVIS RAN
FOR BURDA; Kubiak out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Alvis to second]; WICKER BATTED FOR PATTIN; Wicker grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Alvis to third]; Harper walked; Hegan
singled to right [Harper to third, Alvis scored]; BURGMEIER
REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 3, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 11TH: MCNERTNEY REPLACED ALVIS (PLAYING C ); ELLSWORTH
REPLACED WICKER (PITCHING); Kelly grounded out (shortstop to
first); Spriggs grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers
3.

BREWERS 11TH: Savage grounded out (pitcher to first); SMITH
BATTED FOR SNYDER; Smith grounded out (second to first); Gil
singled; McNertney singled [Gil to second]; Kubiak struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 12TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SANDERS REPLACED
ELLSWORTH (PITCHING); Oliver struck out; Piniella flied out to
right; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 12TH: Sanders struck out; Harper flied out to center;
Hegan grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 13TH: Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Severson
grounded out (second to first); Burgmeier flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 13TH: May singled; Savage reached on a fielder's choice
on a sacrifice bunt [May to second]; Smith out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Savage to second, May to third]; Gil
was walked intentionally; McNertney forced May (shortstop to
catcher) [Gil to second, Savage to third]; ABERNATHY REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Severson dropped a foul fly hit by Kubiak
for an error; Kubiak singled to left [McNertney to second, Gil
to third, Savage scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 4.



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