The Brewers got six-hit pitching from Jim Slaton, their 21-year-old rookie righthander, and beat the Twins, 4-0. Steve Luebber, who started for the Twins and gave up the Brewers' first two runs, was charged with the defeat, his first decision in the major league. The Brewers wound up their scoring when Dave May hit a two-run homer off Tom Hall in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 4, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Sunday, July      4, 1971 (Day game) at County Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Brewers      0  1  1    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   4  8  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .294      Harper lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .226
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Theobald 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .268
Braun 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .247      May cf                3   1   2   2     1   0   .303
Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .258      Briggs 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .279
Reese lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .184      Ellis 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Holt cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Voss rf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .242
Cardenas ss           2   0   0   0     2   0   .283      Kubiak ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .203
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     1   0   .255      Rodriguez c           2   0   0   1     1   1   .209
Luebber p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Slaton p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .077
  Kaat ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Ratliff ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .163
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Oliva ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .374

Totals               32   0   6   0     4   3             Totals               29   4   8   4     4   6

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  9,771
Left on Base: Twins 9, Brewers 7
DP: Twins 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Braun, Kubiak
Doubles: Killebrew (12), May (15)
Home Runs: May (6)
Caught Stealing: Carew (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (1)
GIDP: Oliva (6), May (10)
Hit by Pitch: Ellis (1,by Luebber)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber L(0-1)          4     6   2   2   4   2   0  21   7.00
Hall                    2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   3.16
Corbin                  2     2   2   2   0   1   1   8   3.66
Totals                  8     8   4   4   4   6   1  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton W(4-1)           9     6   0   0   4   3   0  36   3.50
Totals                  9     6   0   0   4   3   0  36

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (3)
Hit by Pitch: Luebber (1)
Wild Pitches: Slaton (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar lined to center; Carew singled to center; Carew
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Braun singled
to center; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Braun to second];
Killebrew was walked intentionally; Reese struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper singled to center; Theobald singled to right
[Harper to second]; May grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Harper to third, Theobald out at second];
Briggs walked; Mitterwald allowed a passed ball [Briggs to
second]; Ellis was hit by a pitch; Voss flied out to left; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt struck out; Cardenas grounded out (third to
first); Mitterwald walked; Luebber forced Mitterwald (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: On a bunt Kubiak singled to third; Rodriguez walked
[Kubiak to second]; Slaton struck out; Harper singled to left
[Kubiak scored, Rodriguez to third, Harper to second (error by
Braun)]; Theobald grounded out (pitcher to first); May walked;
Briggs forced May (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (second to first); Braun flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Ellis was called out on strikes; Voss walked;
Kubiak singled to center [Voss to third, Kubiak to second (on
throw)]; Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Voss scored,
Kubiak to third]; Slaton grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew doubled to right; Reese flied out to right;
Holt grounded out (second to pitcher) [Killebrew to third];
Cardenas walked; Mitterwald flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald
flied to right in foul territory; May doubled to left [May out
at third (left to shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 2.

TWINS 5TH: KAAT BATTED FOR LUEBBER; Kaat flied out to center;
Tovar singled to center; Carew forced Tovar (shortstop to
second); Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: HALL REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Briggs popped to
catcher in foul territory; Ellis was called out on strikes; Voss
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 2.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Reese lined to center;
Holt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Kubiak grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
struck out; Slaton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 2.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas walked; Mitterwald forced Cardenas
(shortstop to second); RATLIFF BATTED FOR HALL; Ratliff struck
out; Tovar singled to right [Mitterwald to third]; Carew flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: CORBIN REPLACED RATLIFF (PITCHING); Harper flied
out to center; Theobald singled to second; May homered [Theobald
scored]; Briggs struck out; Ellis flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 8TH: Braun singled to right; Killebrew popped to first in
foul territory; Reese grounded out (first unassisted) [Braun to
second]; Holt grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: Voss grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak
grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 4.

TWINS 9TH: Cardenas reached on an error by Kubiak [Cardenas to
first]; Mitterwald flied out to center; OLIVA BATTED FOR CORBIN;
Oliva grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Cardenas out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Brewers 4.