Posting his fourth shutout of the season, Bill Parsons scattered six hits and pitched the Brewers to a 5-0 victory over the Twins. Dave May had three hits for the Brewers, including a homer. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 5, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Friday, July      2, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Brewers      1  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  6  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .295      Harper 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Theobald 2b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .257
Braun 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .245      May cf                3   2   3   1     1   0   .299
Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .261      Briggs 1b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .284
  Luebber pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ellis rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .278
Reese lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .189      Voss lf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .246
Holt cf               2   0   0   0     1   1   .274      Kubiak ss             2   0   1   2     2   1   .201
Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .285      Roof c                4   0   0   0     0   2   .180
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Parsons p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .121
Blyleven p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .082
  Thomas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .059
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Haydel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Strickland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   6   0     3   6             Totals               29   5   6   5     6   7

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 16,547
Left on Base: Twins 8, Brewers 6
DP: Twins 1, Brewers 2
Doubles: Ellis (2)
Triples: Kubiak (3)
Home Runs: May (5)
GIDP: Mitterwald 2 (7), Roof (5)
Hit by Pitch: Holt (1,by Parsons)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(7-11)        4     3   4   4   4   4   0  18   3.02
Williams                2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   3.52
Haydel                  1.1   1   1   1   1   0   1   6  13.50
Strickland              0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     6   5   5   6   7   1  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons W(7-9)          9     6   0   0   3   6   0  35   2.36
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   6   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Parsons (3)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Merle Anthony


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Carew struck out; Braun
walked [Tovar to second]; Killebrew popped to first in foul
territory; Reese lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald
walked; May singled to right [Theobald to third]; Briggs forced
May (shortstop to second) [Theobald scored]; Ellis popped to
first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers
1.

TWINS 2ND: Holt walked; Cardenas lined to right; Mitterwald
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Holt
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Voss flied out to right; Kubiak walked; Roof
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Kubiak out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers
1.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven popped to second; Tovar singled to left;
Carew forced Tovar (shortstop to second); Braun singled to right
[Carew to third]; Killebrew walked [Braun to second]; Reese
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Parsons struck out; Harper grounded out (shortstop
to first); Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 4TH: Holt was hit by a pitch; Cardenas forced Holt
(shortstop to second); Mitterwald grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Cardenas out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: May walked; Briggs struck out; Ellis doubled to
left [May scored]; Voss walked; Kubiak tripled to right [Ellis
scored, Voss scored]; Roof struck out; Parsons was called out on
strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 5TH: THOMAS BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Thomas grounded out
(pitcher to first); Tovar popped to second; Carew singled to
second; Braun grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Harper struck
out; Theobald flied out to left; May singled to center; Briggs
singled to first [May to second]; Ellis flied out to left; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew struck out; Reese lined to right; Holt
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Voss popped to shortstop; Kubiak struck out; Roof
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas struck out; Mitterwald popped to catcher in
foul territory; THOMPSON BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Thompson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: HAYDEL REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Parsons
grounded out (catcher to first); Harper grounded out (shortstop
to first); Theobald flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 8TH: Tovar lined to center; Carew flied out to center;
Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: May homered; Briggs walked; Ellis flied out to
center; STRICKLAND REPLACED HAYDEL (PITCHING); Voss grounded out
(second to first) [Briggs to second]; Kubiak walked; Roof
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 5.

TWINS 9TH: Killebrew singled to center; LUEBBER RAN FOR
KILLEBREW; Reese singled to right [Luebber to second]; Holt
popped to third in foul territory; Cardenas flied out to right;
Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 5.