Saturday September 19, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Wally Bunker, who had been plagued by an ailing shoulder, pitched 7 2/3 innings and gained his second victory of the season when the Royals defeated the Brewers, 4-1. Bunker, who allowed only three hits, also contributed a single and scored one of the Royals' two runs in the fifth inning. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 19, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 1 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .284 Harper 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .287 Schaal 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .266 Hegan 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Piniella lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .301 May cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Oliver 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .260 Savage lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .273 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .229 Snyder rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Kirkpatrick rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .239 Burda ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Hernandez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Gelnar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Bunker p 2 1 1 0 1 0 .077 Francona ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Abernathy p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pena ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Roof c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Kubiak 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .253 Morris p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Wicker rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Totals 35 4 8 4 3 6 Totals 31 1 3 1 4 7 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 12,562 Left on Base: Royals 7, Brewers 7 DP: Royals 0, Brewers 1 Errors: Hernandez, Harper, Savage Stolen Bases: Oliver (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bunker W(2-10) 7.2 3 1 0 3 6 0 30 4.47 Abernathy SV(10) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.37 Totals 9 3 1 0 4 7 0 35 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morris L(2-3) 4.2 6 3 3 1 2 0 20 4.08 Baldwin 2.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 2.67 Gelnar 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 4.30 Ellsworth 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.19 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 6 0 38 Wild Pitches: Bunker (4) Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - George Maloney ROYALS 1ST: Otis grounded out (third to first); Schaal made an out to shortstop; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Harper struck out; Hegan singled to right; May grounded out (second to first) [Hegan to second]; Savage grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver singled to right; Rojas lined into a double play (second to first) [Oliver out at first]; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Snyder struck out; Pena made an out to third; Roof flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Rodriguez struck out; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bunker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Kubiak singled to center; Bunker threw a wild pitch [Kubiak to second]; Morris popped to first in foul territory; Harper walked; Hegan struck out; May popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to center; Schaal singled to left [Schaal to second (error by Savage)]; Piniella singled to center [Schaal scored, Piniella to second (on throw to home)]; Oliver flied out to right; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Savage lined to left; Snyder struck out; Pena flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick popped to catcher in foul territory; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez walked; Bunker singled to right [Hernandez to second]; Otis singled to left [Bunker to second, Hernandez scored]; Schaal singled to center [Otis to third, Bunker scored]; BALDWIN REPLACED SNYDER (PITCHING); WICKER REPLACED MORRIS (PLAYING RF); Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak singled to right; Wicker forced Kubiak (second to shortstop); Harper flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. ROYALS 6TH: Oliver struck out; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Hegan flied out to center; May flied out to center; Savage popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. ROYALS 7TH: Rodriguez struck out; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bunker walked; Otis reached on an error by Harper [Bunker to second]; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 7TH: BURDA BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Burda was called out on strikes; Pena made an out to shortstop; Roof struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. ROYALS 8TH: GELNAR REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Piniella struck out; Oliver walked; Oliver stole second; Rojas singled to right [Oliver scored]; Kirkpatrick forced Rojas (second to shortstop); Rodriguez forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 8TH: Kubiak walked; Wicker flied out to center [Kubiak to second]; Harper walked; Hegan made an out to third; May reached on an error by Hernandez [Harper to second, Kubiak to third]; ABERNATHY REPLACED BUNKER (PITCHING); Savage walked [Kubiak scored (unearned), Harper to third, May to second]; FRANCONA BATTED FOR GELNAR; Francona made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 1. ROYALS 9TH: ELLSWORTH REPLACED FRANCONA (PITCHING); Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Abernathy grounded out (second to first); Otis singled to left; Schaal struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 1. BREWERS 9TH: Pena was called out on strikes; Roof flied out to left; Kubiak grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 1.

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