With help from Ted Abernathy, who retired the last two batters, Dick Drago was the winner when the Royals defeated the Brewers, 5-3. Drago had a four-hitter going into the ninth inning but had to leave the mound after the Brewers rallied for two runs on a single by Tommy Harper, a triple by Mike Hegan and a sacrifice fly by Dave May. Ed Kirkpatrick and Amos Otis homered in the Royals' 13-hit attack. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Saturday, April 17, 1971 (Day game) at County Stadium
Royals 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 - 5 13 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Harper 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .171 Keough rf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .129 Hegan 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Otis cf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .273 May cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .219 Kirkpatrick c 5 1 1 1 0 2 .207 Walton lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Rojas 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .350 Theobald pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Piniella lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .205 Voss rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Oliver 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schaal 3b 0 1 0 0 4 0 .303 Savage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Drago p 3 0 1 1 0 2 .125 Kubiak 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .211 Auerbach ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .273 Pattin p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Smith rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Totals 36 5 13 5 6 6 Totals 32 3 7 3 1 5 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 7,509 Left on Base: Royals 11, Brewers 4 DP: Royals 1, Brewers 2 Doubles: Keough (1), Rojas 2 (5) Triples: Hegan (1) Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (1), Otis (1) Caught Stealing: Keough 2 (3) Sacrifice Hits: Drago (2) Sacrifice Flies: May (1) GIDP: Oliver (1), Kubiak (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago W(2-1) 8.1 7 3 3 0 5 0 31 1.88 Abernathy SV(3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 5 0 34 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin L(2-1) 7.1 10 4 4 4 6 1 34 2.13 Sanders 1.2 3 1 1 2 0 1 9 5.79 Totals 9 13 5 5 6 6 2 43 Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough singled to right; Otis struck out while Keough was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Harper made an out to shortstop; Hegan grounded out (first unassisted); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick homered; Rojas grounded out (third to first); Piniella singled to center; Oliver flied out to left; Schaal walked [Piniella to second]; Drago struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Walton grounded out (second to first); Voss singled to center; Kubiak grounded into a double play (first unassisted) [Voss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough flied to right in foul territory; Otis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Roof struck out; Auerbach was called out on strikes; Pattin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick popped to first in foul territory; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Harper lined to center; Hegan grounded out (pitcher to first); May lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Oliver was called out on strikes; Schaal walked; Drago reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Schaal to second]; Patek singled to center [Schaal scored, Drago out at third (center to third), Patek to second (on throw)]; Keough doubled to left [Patek scored]; Otis singled to third [Keough to third]; Kirkpatrick struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Walton singled to left; Voss forced Walton (pitcher to shortstop); Kubiak flied out to left; Roof singled to right [Voss to second]; Auerbach singled to left [Roof to third, Voss scored]; Pattin grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 1. ROYALS 6TH: Rojas doubled; Piniella lined to right [Rojas to third]; Oliver flied out to right; Schaal was walked intentionally; Drago struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 6TH: Harper struck out; Hegan grounded out (second to first); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 1. ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough walked; Keough was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Otis singled to shortstop; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 7TH: Walton was called out on strikes; Voss flied out to right; Kubiak flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 1. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Piniella singled to left; Oliver singled to left [Piniella to second]; SANDERS REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); SMITH REPLACED PATTIN (PLAYING RF); Schaal walked [Piniella to third, Oliver to second]; Drago singled to left [Schaal to second, Oliver to third, Piniella scored]; Patek popped to first in foul territory; Keough flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 1. BREWERS 8TH: Roof flied out to center; Auerbach lined to shortstop; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Brewers 1. ROYALS 9TH: Otis homered; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Rojas doubled to left; Piniella was walked intentionally; Oliver grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Piniella out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 1. BREWERS 9TH: Harper singled to left; Hegan tripled to left [Harper scored]; May hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hegan scored]; Walton singled; THEOBALD RAN FOR WALTON; SAVAGE BATTED FOR SANDERS; ABERNATHY REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Savage walked [Theobald to second]; Kubiak forced Savage (first to shortstop) [Theobald to third]; Roof grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Brewers 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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