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Sunday September 20, 1970
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A theft of home on a double steal and a successful squeeze bunt were among the Brewers' accomplishments in a 4-3 victory over the the Royals. After the Brewers picked up a run in the first inning, Phil Roof was safe on an error in the fifth and Tommy Harper tripled. Mike Hegan walked and the pair then executed a double steal, Harper scoring.

The Brewers added what proved to be the winning run in the sixth on a double by Bob Burda, a sacrifice and a squeeze bunt by Roof, scoring pinch-runner Russ Snyder. The Royals bunched two walks and three singles for their runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 20, 1970 (Day game) at County Stadium

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


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly rf              4   1   0   0     1   4   .234      Harper 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .287
Otis cf               3   1   1   1     2   1   .285      Hegan 1b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .237
Piniella lf           5   0   0   0     0   2   .298      May cf                3   0   1   0     1   0   .234
Kirkpatrick c         5   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Savage lf             2   0   0   1     2   0   .271
Oliver 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .261      Burda rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Schaal 3b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .270        Snyder pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .234
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .227      Pena ss               2   0   0   0     1   0   .238
Hernandez ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Roof c                2   1   0   1     0   0   .233
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .170      Kubiak 2b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Severson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Lockwood p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Johnson p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .113        Sanders p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Spriggs ph          0   1   0   0     1   0   .242
  Monteagudo p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sorrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .133

Totals               33   3   5   3     7  11             Totals               23   4   4   3     6   2

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 12,841
Left on Base: Royals 10, Brewers 5
DP: Royals 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Hernandez, Kubiak
Doubles: Burda (8)
Triples: Harper (4)
Stolen Bases: Rojas (3), Otis (29), Hegan (9), Harper (33)
Caught Stealing: Pena 2 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Kubiak (14), Pena (6), Roof (3), Snyder (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(7-12)         6     3   4   2   5   2   0  26   3.15
Monteagudo              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.75
Abernathy               1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.34
Totals                  8     4   4   2   6   2   0  33

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood W(4-11)        6     3   3   3   7   6   0  29   4.27
Sanders SV(9)           3     2   0   0   0   5   0  11   1.68
Totals                  9     5   3   3   7  11   0  40

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


ROYALS 1ST: Kelly was called out on strikes; Otis struck out;
Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper popped to catcher in foul territory; Hegan
walked; May singled to right [Hegan to third]; Savage grounded
out (pitcher to first) [May to second, Hegan scored]; Burda
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Brewers 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Oliver popped to
first in foul territory; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Pena walked; Pena was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Roof flied out to center; Kubiak
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas walked; Rojas stole second; Hernandez grounded
out (second to first) [Rojas to third]; Johnson walked; Kelly
struck out; Otis walked [Johnson to second]; Piniella flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Lockwood made an out to second; Harper grounded out
(second to first); Hegan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Oliver singled to
left; Schaal walked [Oliver to second]; Rojas flied out to
right; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: May made an out to first; Savage walked; Burda
popped to catcher in foul territory; Pena flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Johnson struck out; Kelly was called out on strikes;
Otis walked; Otis stole second; Piniella grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Roof reached on an error by Hernandez; Kubiak out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Roof to second];
Lockwood was called out on strikes; Harper tripled to left [Roof
scored (unearned)]; Hegan walked; Harper stole home and Hegan
stole second; May walked; Savage flied out to center; 2 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
flied out to center; Schaal singled to center; Rojas reached on
an error by Kubiak [Schaal to second]; Hernandez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Burda doubled to right; SNYDER RAN FOR BURDA; Pena
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Snyder to third];
Roof out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Snyder
scored]; Kubiak struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Brewers 4.

ROYALS 7TH: SNYDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SPRIGGS BATTED
FOR JOHNSON; Spriggs walked; Kelly walked [Spriggs to second];
Otis singled to left [Kelly to second, Spriggs scored]; SANDERS
REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick
lined to center [Kelly to third]; Oliver singled [Otis to
second, Kelly scored]; Schaal singled to center [Oliver to
third, Otis scored]; Rojas struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: MONTEAGUDO REPLACED SPRIGGS (PITCHING); Sanders
singled to center; Harper popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hegan forced Sanders (shortstop to second); May forced Hegan
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers
4.

ROYALS 8TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Taylor struck out;
SORRELL BATTED FOR MONTEAGUDO; Sorrell flied out to center;
Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: SEVERSON REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING SS); ABERNATHY
REPLACED SORRELL (PITCHING); Savage walked; Snyder out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Savage to second]; Pena
reached on a fielder's choice [Savage out at third (shortstop to
third)]; Pena was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis lined to shortstop; Piniella struck out;
Kirkpatrick made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Brewers 4.



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